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Latvian Story

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Excerpt taken from Kurrpurru by Martins Ziverts

Reiz, sensenos laikos, aiz trejdeviÌ~n jìram un trejdeviÌiem kalniem dz°voja k~ds t—vs, kam bija tr°s d—li--divi gudri un tas treÜais es. Bet kamiÌos dz°voja dive briesm°gi sumpurÌi--katrs sav~ pus— tai zemitei. ViÌi nemitigi kavas sava starpa, bet visvairak cieta cilveki, kas dzivoja vidu. Tad reiz tevs sasauca savus delus kopa un teica: "Ejiet pasaule un macieties, ka sumpurnus pievaret. Tad naciet atpakal un radiet, ko protat. Kurs bus tevu zemes cienigs, tam la paliks."

 

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, beyond many seas and mountains, there lived a man who had three sons. The first two were smart, the third was--I. But on each side of my father's land there were two monsters who constantly fought each other, and the innocent people in the middle always suffered. One day my father called his sons to him and said:"Go into the world and learn how to slay the monsters. Then come back and show me what you have learned. The one who is worthy of his father's land will inherit it."