the little bag with two coins la venia

CIRCOLO DIDATTICO S.G. BOSCO- BIANCAVILLA- CT

PROGETTO COMENIUSPartenariato Scolastico Multilaterale

Anno 2010/2012

MY EUROPEAN HERO

FAMOUS STORY BY ROMANIAN HERO

Once upon a time there was an old woman and an old man. The old man had rooster and thewoman a hen. The hen laied an egg every day.The old man asked the woman for some eggs.She answered:

"Beat your rooster if you want to eat eggs!

Dai bastonate al tuo gallo se vuoi le uova

You start laying eggs or you'll leave my house,

because you arejust a burden to me!"

Inizia a fare le uova o vai via da casa mia. Sei solo un

peso per me!

The rooster escaped from the old man’s hands, The rooster escaped from the old man’s hands, he saw on the road a little bag with ahe saw on the road a little bag with a

cuple of coins in it. Very happy, he took the little bag in his beakcuple of coins in it. Very happy, he took the little bag in his beakand went to the old man’s house. While it was going back home,and went to the old man’s house. While it was going back home,

the rooster met a carriage withthe rooster met a carriage withsome elegant ladies and a landlord. The man saw the rooster andsome elegant ladies and a landlord. The man saw the rooster and

told the driver:told the driver:

Go down and bring me the little bag from the

rooster’s beak!

Vai giù e prendi la piccola borsa

al gallo!

The driver took the little bag and brought it to the man. The rooster, said:

Cucurigu, mighty man,

Give me back my two coins!

The landlord, irritated by the rooster’s perseverance, seeing afountain, ordered the driver to throw the rooster in it!

Chicchirichì’,potente uomo! Dammi

indietro la borsa con le due monete!

The rooster started drinking the water from thefountain until he could fly away from there.Then he started running

after the carriage again.

Cucurigu, mighty man,

Give me back my two coins!

Chicchirichì’,potente uomo! Dammi indietro la borsa con le

due monete!

As soon as the landlord arrived at his mansion, he ordered a

woman from the kitchen to throw the rooster in an oven's fire. Thewoman caught the rooster and threw it into the fire, putting a rock atthe oven's door. But the rooster started then to pour all the water he

had drunk from the fountain and put the fire out flooding thekitchen. Then he removed the rock from the oven’s door and

started yelling again:

Cucurigu, mighty man,Give me back my two coins

Chicchirichì’, potente uomo! Dammi indietro la borsa con

le due monete!

The landowner gave it the little bag.

I am happy not to have anything

to do with this rooster anymore!

Here you are your

bag!The chickens of landowrner following the rooster, like at a wedding.

Ecco le tue monete!

Sono felice di non avere più niente a

che fare con questo gallo!

The rooster got to the old man's house.

Cucurigu, mighty man,I have a bag full of

coins

The old man gave the rooster a golden necklace and red boots. He built many beautiful houses with many fruit trees and they livedhappily.

BY CLASSE 2 A MARCONI