Engang var Høne og Ørn venner. De levede fredeligt sammen med alle de andre fugle. Ingen af dem kunne flyve.
Once upon a time, Hen and
Eagle were friends. They lived
in peace with all the other birds.
None of them could fly.
På et tidspunkt var der hungersnød i landet. Ørn måtte gå meget langt for at finde mad. Hun kom meget træt tilbage. “Der må være en lettere måde at rejse på!” sagde Ørn.
One day, there was famine in
the land. Eagle had to walk very
far to find food. She came back
very tired.
“There must be an easier way
to travel!” said Eagle.
Efter en god nats søvn fik Høne en brilliant idé. Hun begyndte at samle tabte fjer fra alle deres fuglevenner. “Lad os sy dem sammen oven på vores egne fjer,” sagde hun. “Måske kan det gøre det lettere at rejse.”
After a good night’s sleep, Hen
had a brilliant idea. She began
collecting the fallen feathers
from all their bird friends.
“Let’s sew them together on top
of our own feathers,” she said.
“Perhaps that will make it easier
to travel.”
Ørn var den eneste i landsbyen, der havde en nål, så hun begyndte at sy først. Hun lavede et par smukke vinger til sig selv og fløj højt op over Høne. Høne lånte nålen, men hun blev hurtigt træt af at sy. Hun lagde nålen oppe på skabet og gik ud i køkkenet for at lave mad til sine børn.
Eagle was the only one in the
village with a needle, so she
started sewing first.
She made herself a pair of
beautiful wings and flew high
above Hen.
Hen borrowed the needle but
she soon got tired of sewing.
She left the needle on the
cupboard and went into the
kitchen to prepare food for her
children.
Men de andre fugle havde set Ørn flyve væk. De spurgte Høne, om de kunne låne nålen, så de også kunne lave vinger til sig selv. Snart fløj der fugle over alt på himlen.
But the other birds had seen
Eagle flying away. They asked
Hen to lend them the needle to
make wings for themselves too.
Soon there were birds flying all
over the sky.
Da den sidste fugl afleverede nålen tilbage, var Høne der ikke. Så hendes børn tog nålen og begyndte at lege med den. Da de blev trætte af legen, lod de nålen ligge i sandet.
When the last bird returned the
borrowed needle, Hen was not
there. So her children took the
needle and started playing with
it.
When they got tired of the
game, they left the needle in
the sand.
Senere om eftermiddagen kom Ørn tilbage. Hun spurgte efter nålen, så hun kunne fikse nogle fjer, der havde løsnet sig på hendes tur. Høne kiggede oppe på skabet. Hun kiggede i køkkenet. Hun kiggede i haven. Men nålen var væk.
Later that afternoon, Eagle
returned. She asked for the
needle to fix some feathers that
had loosened on her journey.
Hen looked on the cupboard.
She looked in the kitchen. She
looked in the yard. But the
needle was nowhere to be
found.
“Giv mig en enkelt dag,” bad Høne Ørn. “Så kan du fikse din vinge og flyve ud efter mad igen.” “Kun en enkelt dag,” sagde Ørn. “Hvis du ikke kan finde nålen, må du give mig en af dine kyllinger som betaling.”
“Just give me a day,” Hen
begged Eagle. “Then you can
fix your wing and fly away to
get food again.”
“Just one more day,” said Eagle.
“If you can’t find the needle,
you’ll have to give me one of
your chicks as payment.”
Da Ørn kom tilbage næste dag, gik Høne og skrabede i sandet, men der var ingen nål. Så Ørn fløj meget hurtigt ned og fangede en af kyllingerne. Hun fløj væk med den. Siden den dag går Høne altid og skraber i sandet, når Ørn møder hende.
When Eagle came the next day,
she found Hen scratching in the
sand, but no needle.
So Eagle flew down very fast
and caught one of the chicks.
She carried it away.
Forever after that, whenever
Eagle appears, she finds Hen
scratching in the sand for the
needle.
Når Ørns vinger kaster skygge på jorden, advarer Høne sine kyllinger. “Skynd jer væk fra det åbne land.” Og de svarer: “Vi er ikke dumme. Vi løber.”
As the shadow of Eagle’s wing
falls on the ground, Hen warns
her chicks. “Get out of the bare
and dry land.”
And they respond:
“We are not fools. We will run.”
