Little Tuppen
by
James Baldwin
One day an old hen whose name was Cluck-cluck went
into the woods with her little chick Tuppen to get some
blueberries to eat. But a berry stuck fast in the little one's throat,
and he fell upon the ground, choking and gasping. Cluck-cluck,
in great fright, ran to fetch some water for him.
She ran to the spring and said: "My dear spring, please give
me some water. I want it for my little chick Tuppen, who lies
choking and gasping under the blueberry bush in the green
woods."
The spring said: "I will give you some water if you will
bring me a cup."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the oak-tree and said: "Dear oak-
tree, please give me a cup. I want it for the spring; and then the
spring will give me water for my little chick Tuppen, who lies
choking and gasping under the blueberry bush in the green
woods."
The oak-tree said: "I will give you a cup if some one will
shake my branches."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to maid Marian, the wood-cutter's
child, and said: "Dear maid Marian, please shake the oak-tree's
branches; and then the oak-tree will give me a cup, and I will
give the cup to the spring, and the spring will give me water for
my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and gasping under the
blueberry bush in the green woods."
The wood-cutter's child, maid Marian, said: "I will shake
the oak-tree's branches if you will give me some shoes."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the shoemaker and said: "Dear
shoemaker, please give me some shoes. I want them for maid
Marian, the wood-cutter's child; for then maid Marian will shake
the oak-tree's branches, and the oak-tree will give me a cup, and I
will give the cup to the spring, and the spring will give me water
for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and gasping under
the blueberry bush in the green woods."
The shoemaker said: "I will give you some shoes if you will
give me some leather."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to Moo-moo, the ox, and said: "Dear
Moo-moo, please give me some leather. I want it for the
shoemaker; for then the shoemaker will give me some shoes, and
I will give the shoes to maid Marian, and maid Marian will shake
the oak-tree's branches, and the oak-tree will give me a cup, and I
will give the cup to the spring, and the spring will give me water
for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and gasping under
the blueberry bush in the green woods."
The ox, Moo-moo, said: "I will give you some leather if you
will give me some corn."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the farmer and said: "Dear farmer,
please give me some corn. I want it for Moo-moo, the ox; for then
the ox will give me some leather; and I will give the leather to the
shoemaker, and the shoemaker will give me shoes, and I will
give the shoes to maid Marian, and maid Marian will shake the
oak-tree's branches, and the oak-tree will give me a cup, and I
will give the cup to the spring, and the spring will give me water
for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and gasping under
the blueberry bush in the green woods."
The farmer said: "I will give you some corn if you will give
me a plow."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the blacksmith and said: "Dear
blacksmith, please give me a plow. I want it for the farmer; for
then the farmer will give me some corn, and I will give the corn
to the ox, and the ox will give me leather, and I will give the
leather to the shoemaker, and the shoemaker will give me shoes,
and I will give the shoes to maid Marian, and maid Marian will
shake the Oak-tree's branches, and the Oak-tree will give me a
cup, and I will give the cup to the Spring, and the Spring will
give me water for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and
gasping under the blueberry bush in the green woods."
The blacksmith said: "I will give you a plow if you will give
me some iron."
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the busy little dwarfs who live
under the mountains and have all the iron that is found in the
mines. "Dear, dear dwarfs," she said, "please give me some of
your iron. I want it for the blacksmith; for then the blacksmith
will give me a plow, and I will give the plow to the farmer, and
the farmer will give me corn, and I will give the corn to the ox,
and the ox will give me leather, and I will give the leather to the
Shoemaker, and the Shoemaker will give me shoes, and I will
give the shoes to Maid Marian, and Maid Marian will shake the
oak-tree's branches, and the oak-tree will give me a cup, and I
will give the cup to the spring, and the spring will give me water
for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and gasping under
the blueberry bush in the green woods."
The little dwarfs who live under the mountains had pity on
poor Cluck-cluck, and they gave her a great heap of red iron ore
from their mines.
Then she gave the iron to the blacksmith, and the plow to
the farmer, and the corn to the ox, and the leather to the
shoemaker, and the shoes to maid Marian; and maid Marian
shook the oak-tree, and the spring got the acorn cup, and Cluck-
cluck carried it full of water to her little chick Tuppen.
Then little Tuppen drank the water, and was well again,
and ran chirping and singing among the long grass, as if nothing
had happened to him.
GLOSSARY
cluck-cluck = kluk kluk
blueberry = blåbær
throat = strube
choke = snappe efter vejret
gasping = gispe
fright = angst
fetch = hente
shake = ryste
plow = plov
blacksmith = smed
iron = jern
dwarf = dværg
pity = medlidenhed
heap = stabel
iron ore = jernmalm
chirp = pippe
Put in the missing words in the following text:
Dear __________ , please give me my _______. I want it for
the _________; for then the farmer _______ give me some
________ to the ______, and the ox will give me the _________,
and I ________ give the __________ to the _____________, and the
shoemaker will give me ____________ to __________ Marian, and
maid Marian will __________ the _____________ _____________,
and the oak tree will give me a __________, and I will give the
_________ to the __________, and the ____________ will give me
__________ for my little ____________ Tuppen, who
lies___________ and _______________ under the _____________
bush in the _________ woods.
Make sentences with the following words:
choking
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shake
shoemaker__________________________________________
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leather
please
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dwarf
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iron
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mountains
Write a small story of your own.
Write it as a fairy tale:
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James Baldwin: Little Tuppen
Engelsk for 6.-7. klasse
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