ਸੁਨਹਿਰੀ ਹੰਸ
The Golden Goose
Bilingual Punjabi + English Brothers Grimm Ages 4-8
, ਸਾਈਮਨ ਵਾਲਾ । , ਜੰਗਲ ਬੈਠਾ , ਥੱਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ।
Once there was a kind-hearted young man named Simon. One day, as he sat down to eat his small lunch in the forest, a tired old traveller came along.
" ," ।
"I am so hungry," said the traveller.
" ਕਰੋ," ਸਾਈਮਨ ਮੁਸਕਰਾ । ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ , ਉੱਠੀਆਂ।
"Then please share my lunch," said Simon with a smile. They ate together, and the old traveller's eyes twinkled.
" ," , " ਦੇਖੋ।" , ਸਾਈਮਨ ਵਾਲਾ ।
"For your kindness," he said, "look beneath that old tree." There, Simon found a wonderful goose with feathers of pure shining gold.
ਸਾਈਮਨ ਸਰਾਏ ਚੱਲ । ਸਰਾਏ , । " !" ਫੁਸਫੁਸਾਇਆ, । ! ਨਾਲ ।
Simon tucked the golden goose under his arm and walked to the village inn for the night. At the inn, three nosy sisters spied the golden feathers. "I will pluck just one!" whispered the first, and she grabbed a feather. But oh! Her hand stuck fast to the goose.
ਛੁਡਾਉਣ , ਗਈ! ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੋਵਾਂ , ਗਈ। ਤਿੰਨੋਂ ਡਗਮਗਾਉਂਦੀ ਚਿਪਕੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ ।
The second sister grabbed her sister to pull her free, and she stuck too! The third sister grabbed them both, and stuck as well. Now all three were stuck in a wobbly line.
, ਸਾਈਮਨ ਨਾਲ ਤੁਰ , ਡਗਮਗਾਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਰਹੀਆਂ , ਚਿਪਕੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ । ਬੇਕਰ , । , ! ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ , ਡਗਮਗਾਉਂਦੀ ਬਣਾਈ ।
In the morning, Simon walked on with the goose, and the three sisters stumbled along behind, stuck fast and unable to let go. Soon a baker tried to help, and stuck on too. Then a farmer, and a cobbler! What a silly, wobbling line they made.
ਰਹਿੰਦੀ । ਮੁਸਕਰਾਉਂਦੇ ਵੇਖਣ ।
Now in a nearby castle lived a princess who had never, ever laughed. Her father longed to see her smile.
ਸਾਈਮਨ ਡਗਮਗਾਉਂਦੀ, ਹੋਈ ਡਗਮਗਾਉਂਦੇ , !
When the princess looked out of her window and saw Simon marching past with that wobbly, stuck-together line stumbling behind him, she burst out laughing!
"ਹਾ, ਹਾ, ਹਾ!" , ਨਾਲੋਂ । ', , ਗਏ।
"Ha, ha, ha!" she laughed, louder and longer than ever before. At the sound of her happy laughter, the goose let go, and everyone tumbled free at last.
ਸਾਈਮਨ , ਗਏ, ।
The princess thanked kind Simon, and the two became great friends, laughing together for many happy years.
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