Geppetto was an old carpenter who lived with
a cat called Figaro and a fish called Cleo.
One day he made a little puppet boy out of a
piece of wood.
Oh how I wish you were a real live boy he
sighed before going to bed.
But outside the evening star had risen and its
light was falling into the old man's room.
Sometimes the fairy of the evening star grants
wishes and that night she appeared from out of
the light.
May you wake up, she said touching the
puppet with her wand.
The puppet suddenly opened his eyes, where
am I he said?
The fairy noticed a little cricket on the table.
What's your name? she asked. Jiminy Cricket,
said a little voice.
And may Jiminy Cricket be your conscience,
she told the puppet.
"You are not a real boy yet", she continued
"but if you prove to be brave and wise,
someday you may be." then she dissapeared.
Father, father cried the puppet, look at me!
Geppetto was overjoyed. He danced with
Figaro.
"I will call you Pinnochio" he told the puppet.
Pinnochio was a good little boy overall, but
whenever he would tell a lie his wooden nose
grew longer.
Soon Geppetto decided Pinnochio was old
enough to go to school.
On the way to school Pinnochio met two
swindlers who told him that going to Pleasure
Island is much more fun for children than
going to school and he should follow them.
Jiminy Cricket cried in vain at Pinnochio not
to go, he went anyway.
Pleasure Island was a lot of fun. Pinnochio
made friends with a boy named Lampwick and
they would ride on rollercoasters and eat
candy all day long. Treasure Island even had a
carriage that would take the kids from place to
place, it was drawn by a bunch of sad looking
donkeys.
Gepetto era un tamplar batran care locuia cu o piscanumita
Figaro si un peste numit Cleo.
Intr-o zi el a facut un mic baietel marioneta dintr-o bucata
de lemn.
Vai ce mi-ar place sa fii un baiat adevarat a oftat el inainte
sa se suie in pat.
Dar afara luceafarul era pe cer si lumina lui cadea in
camera batranului.
Cateodata zana luceafarului de seara implineste dorinte si in
noaptea aceea s-a infiripat din lumina.
-Scoala-te i-a spus marionetei atingand-o cu bagheta
fermecata.
Marioneta deodata deschise ochii, unde sunt? intreba el.
Zana observa un grieras pe masa. Cum te cheama intreba
ea. -Jiminy Greierasul, raspunse o voce mica.
-Si fie ca Jiminy Greierasul sa-ti fie constiinta, spuse ea
marionetei.
Nu esti un baiat adevarat inca, continua zana, dar daca
dovedesti ca esti curajos si intelept intr-o zi poti fi, pe urma
disparu.
-Tata, tata striga marioneta, uita-te la mine!
Geppetto fu foarte fericit. El dansa cu Figaro.
-Iti voi spune Pinochio spuse el papusii.
Pinochio in mare era un baiat bun, dar cand spunea o
minciuna ii crestea nasul.
In curand Geppetto hotara ca Pinochio era destul de mare
ca sa mearga la scoala.
Pe drum spre scoala Pinochio se intalni cu doi ticalosi care ii
spusera ca mersul in Insula Placerilor e mult mai distractiv
pentru copii decat mersul la scoala si sa ii urmeze. Jiminy
Greierasul ii striga in van lui Pinochio sa nu se duca, el
pleca oricum.
Insula Placerilor era foarte distractiva. Pinochio se
imprieteni cu un baiat numit Lampwick si ei mergeau pe
montagne-russe si mancau bomboane toata ziua. Insula avea
chiar o trasura trasa de un grup de magarusi tristi.
Intr-o zi urechile lui Lampwick incepura sa creasca, pe
urma ii crescu o coada. De asta erau copiii adusi pe Insula
Placerilor! Ca sa se transforme in magari! Fugi Pinochio,
fugi! a apucat Lampwick sa strige inainte ca doi barbati sa-l
bage intr-un sac.
Si Pinochio incepuse sa aiba uchi lungi si o coada dar reusi
sa scape si pentru prima data incepu sa urmeze sugestiile lui
Jiminy Greierasul.
In cele din urma plecara de pe insula si ajunsera acasa. Dar
One day Lampwick's ears started to grow
long, then he grew a tail. That was why all the
children were being brought to Pleasure
Island! So they could turn into donkeys! Run
Pinnochio run, Lampwick managed to cry out
before two men caught him in a sack.
Pinnochio too had started growing ears and a
tail but he managed to escape and for the first
time he started following Jiminy Cricket's
suggestions.
Eventually they were off the island and finally
made it home. But Geppetto and Figaro and
Cleo were gone!
A beautiful white dove, the evening star fairy
herself, flew down left Pinnochio a note and
then flew away.
The note said that Geppetto had left looking
for his son and had been swallowed by a whale.
Pinnochio was heart broken. But he and
Jiminy Cricket left by sea to find their little
family.
They travelled for many months on a raft and
avoided many dangers. Then one day they
came face to face with a whale! And they could
hear Geppetto talking to Figaro inside the
whale! They held their breath, they knew they
had just one choice, and then it happened! The
whale swallowed them too! Tears and hugs
followed, but they needed to find a way out.
Then Pinnochio had an idea.
"We must build a fire", he told Geppetto, "so
the whale will sneeze and throw us out".
Finally the whale sneezed and soon Geppetto
Figaro,Cleo and Jiminy Cricket were thrown
to shore. But where was Pinnochio? The waves
finally brought him to shore. But he seemed
dead.
Oh my poor brave boy Geppetto cried cradling
him in his arms.
But the only answer came from the tide.
Suddenly a beam of light came down and the
voice of the evening fairy said: For your
bravery and wisdom I hereby turn you into a
real live boy, the little boy started breathing
and a medal shone on his jacket.
Rewards always come for those who are brave
Gepeto si Figaro si Cleo plecasera!
Un frumos porumbel alb, zana lucafarului de seara insasi,
cobora in zbor ii lasa lui Pinochio un bilet si pleca in zbor.
Biletul zicea ca Gepeto plecase sa-si gaseasca fiul si fusese
inghitit de o balena. Pinochio ramase cu inima zdrobita. Dar
el si cu Jiminy Greierasul plecara pe mare ca sa-si gaseasca
mica familie.
Au mers multe luni pe o pluta si au evitat multe pericole. Si
intr-o zi ajunsera fata in fata cu o balena! Si il puteau auzi
pe Gepeto vorbind cu Figaro din interiorul balenei! Isi
tinura respiratia, stiau ca au o singura varianta, si atunci se
intampla! Balena ii inghiti si pe ei! Lacrimi si imbratisari
urmara, dar trebuiau sa gaseasca un mod de a pleca. Atunci
lui Pinochio ii veni o idee.
- Trebuie sa pornim un foc, spuse el lui Gepeto, ca balena sa
stranute si sa ne arunce afara.
In sfarsit balena a stranutat si in curand Geppetto
Figaro,Cleo si Jiminy Cricket au fost aruncati la tarm. Dar
unde era Pinochio? Valurile in sfarsit l-au adus la tarm. Dar
parea mort.
- O bietul meu baiat curajos, plangea Gepeto, tinandu-l in
brate.
Dar singurul raspuns era al valurilor.
Deodata o raza de lumina cobora si vocea zanei luceafarului
de seara spuse: Pentru curajul si intelepciunea ta te
transform intr-un baietel adevarat, baietelul incepu sa
respire si o medalie ii stralucea pe jacheta.
Recompense totdeauna vin celor care sunt curajosi, intelepti
si nu se dau batuti.
wise and never give up.
A long time ago there was a miller who had a very
pretty girl.
One day the king came to the town were they lived.
Wanting to please the king the miller told him the
girl could spin anything into gold.
"She can spin straw into gold", he said.
"That would please me", said the king. "But I do
not know how it can be so". "Bring the girl to me.
If she cannot do what you said things will go hard
with you".
The miller was upset, but he took the girl to the
king.
The king took the girl into a room filled with
straw.
Then he pointed to a spinning wheel and said,
"Now spin! If you have not turned the straw into
gold by morning things will go hard with the
miller, but if you fill this room with gold then I will
marry you. I will marry you and make you
queen."
When the king left the room, the girl began to
weep. She could not spin straw into gold and she
did not know what to do.
Then into the room came an ugly little man.
"Hello,"said the ugly little man."Why do you
weep?"
"Oh!", said the girl. "The king told me to spin all
of this straw into gold, but I don't know how."
"What will you give me if I spin it for you?"asked
the ugly little man.
"I have nothing to give," said the girl.
"You are going to marry the king," said the ugly
little man."Will you give me the first baby you
have when you are queen?"
"Yes, yes," said the girl. "Anything! Just do not
tarry. Spin the straw into gold."
The little man began to spin.
By morning the room was filled with gold. The
king was very pleased and wed the girl.
In time, the king and queen had a fine baby girl.
Then one day, the ugly little man came to the
queen.
"This baby is mine," he said. "You told me you
would give me your first baby."
Demult era un morar care avea o fata foarte
draguta.
Intr-o zi regele a venit in orasul in care locuiau.
Vrand sa faca placere regelui morarul i-a spus
acestuia ca fata poate sa toarca fir de aur din orice.
- Poate sa toarca fir de aur din paie", zise el.
- Asta m-ar multumi, spuse regele. Dar nu vad cum
e posibil. Adu-mi fata. Dar daca nu poate sa faca
asa cum spui, iti va merge greu.
Morarul fu necajit, dar duse fata regelui.
Regele duse fata intr-o camera plina cu paie.
Arata spre o roata de tors si zise:
- Acum toarce! Daca n-ai tors paiele in fir de aur
pana dimineata va fi vai si amar de morar, dar
daca-mi umpli camera de aur atunci ma insor cu
tine. Ma insor cu tine si te fac regina.
Cand regele pleca din camera, fata incepu sa
planga. Nu putea sa toarca paie in fir de caur si nu
stia ce sa faca.
Atunci in camera aparu un omulet urat.
- Buna seara, zise omuletul cel urat. De ce plangi?
- Vai, spuse fata. Regele mi-a spus sa torc toate
paiele astea in fir de aur, dar eu nu stiu cum.
- Ce-mi dai daca ti le torc eu? intreba omuletul
urat.
- Nu am nimic sa-ti dau, zise fata.
- Ai sa te mariti cu regele, spuse omuletul. Imi dai
primul copil pe care o sa-l ai ca regina?
- Da, da, spuse fata. Orice! Numai sa te apuci mai
repede. Toarce paiele in fir de aur.
Omuletul incepu sa toarca.
Pana dimineata camera era plina cu aur. Regele fu
foarte multumit si se insura cu fata.
In timp, regele si regina avura o fetita. Intr-o zi
omuletul cel urat veni la regina.
- Copilul e al meu, spuse el. Mi-ai spus ca ai sa-mi
dai mie primul copil.
I will give you all the gold I have," said the queen.
"I do not want gold," said the ugly little man.
"You said you would give me your baby. She is all
that I want."
The queen began to weep and the ugly little man
was sorry for her.
"I will give you three days to guess my name," he
said. "If by then you cannot, you must give me the
baby."
When the little man left, the queen sent a man to
every part of the land.
"Bring me all the boys names you hear," she said.
"Do not tarry, for if you are not back in three days
I must give my baby away."
That night the queen wrote down all the boys
names she could think of.
The following day, when the little man came the
queen showed him the names. But when he had
read each one he laughed and said,
"That is not my name I will be back tommorrow!"
After the ugly little man left, the queen asked
everyone to write down boys' names for her.
When the little man came the following day, she
showed him those names. Each time the little man
read a name, he laughed and said,
"That is not my name! You have one more day,"
he told the queen."If you have not guessed my
name by tomorrow night I will take the baby."
The following day, the queen's man came backwith
the names he had found.
When the queen looked at the names she began to
weep.
"I could find no other boys' names," said the
queen's man. "But as I rode in the woods, I saw a
little house. Before the house was a fire. Before the
fire, sat an ugly little man. As he sat, he sang,
"Today I sit, tomorrow I bake.
The day after that the queens baby I take.
The queen's man rides to help her quest,
But Rumpelstilskin she won't guess.
The queen was pleased. Her quest was ended.
That night, when the little man came, the queen
showed him the names. Each time he read a name,
Iti dau tot aurul pe care il am, spuse regina.
- Nu vreau aur, spuse omuletul cel urat. Ai spus ca
imi dai fetita. Ea e tot ce vreau.
Regina incepu sa planga si omuletului urat i se
facu mila de ea.
- Iti dau trei zile, sa-mi ghicesti numele, spuse el.
Daca pana atunci nu poti trebuie sa-mi dai mie
copilul.
Cand omuletul pleca regina trimise un om in toate
colturile regatului.
- Adu-mi toate numele de baieti pe care le auzi,
spuse ea. Nu intarzia, pentru ca daca nu te intorci
in trei zile trebuie sa-mi dau copilul.
In noaptea aceea regina scrise toate numele de
baieti care ii venira in minte.
A doua zi, cand omuletul veni regina ii aratat
numele. Dar dupa ce le citi pe toate omuletul rase
si zise:
- Numele meu nu e acolo. Ma intorc maine.
Dupa ce omuletul cel urat pleca, regina ruga pe
toti sa ii scrie nume de baieti.
Cand omuletul veni a doua zi ea ii arata numele
acelea. De cate ori citea un nume omuletul radea si
zicea:
- Acela nu e numele meu. Mai ai o zi, ii spuse
reginei. Daca nu mi-ai ghicit numele pana maine
seara iti iau copilul.
A doua zi omul reginei se intoarse cu numele pe
care le gasise.
Cand regina se uita la nume incepu sa planga.
- Alte nume de baieti nu am gasit, spuse omul
reginei. Dar pe cand calaream prin padure am
vazut o casuta. In fata casei era un foc. In fata
focului statea un omulet urat. Pe cand statea a
inceput sa cante:
"Astazi stau, maine gatesc
O zi dupa aceea copilul reginei il iau
Omul reginei merge calare sa-i ajute cautarea
Dar Rumpelstilskin ea nu va ghici"
Regina era multumita. Cautarea se terminase.
In noaptea aceea cand veni omuletul, regina ii
arata numele. De cate ori citea un nume omuletul
cel urat zicea:
the ugly little man said,
"That is not my name!"
Then the queen asked,
"Is your name Rumpelstilskin?"
"You cannot know! You cannot know!" shouted
the ugly little man.
Then he jumped up and down. Harder and harder
he jumped till the ground gave way under him.
The queen never saw Rumpelstilskin again.
- Acela nu e numele meu!
Atunci regina intreba:
- Este numele tau Rumpelstilskin?
- N-ai cum sa stii! n-ai cum sa stii! striga omuletul
cel urat.
Apoi incepu sa sara. Din ce in ce mai tare sari
pana cand pamantul sub el se surpa.
Regina nu-l mai vazu niciodata pe Rumpelstilskin.