Erau odat\u0103 o bab\u0103 \u015fi un mo\u015fneag. Baba avea o g\u0103in\u0103, \u015fi mo\u015fneagul un cuco\u015f; g\u0103ina babei se oua de c\u00e2te dou\u0103 ori pe fiecare zi \u015fi baba m\u00e2nca o mul\u0163ime de ou\u0103; iar mo\u015fneagului nu-i da nici unul. Mo\u015fneagul \u00eentr-o zi pierdu r\u0103bdarea \u015fi zise:
– M\u0103i bab\u0103, m\u0103n\u00e2nci ca \u00een t\u00e2rgul lui Cremene. Ia d\u0103-mi \u015fi mie ni\u015fte ou\u0103, ca s\u0103-mi prind pofta macar.
– Da’ cum nu! zice baba, care era foarte zg\u00e2rcit\u0103. Dac\u0103 ai poft\u0103 de ou\u0103, bate \u015fi tu cuco\u015ful t\u0103u, s\u0103 fac\u0103 ou\u0103, \u015fi-i m\u00e2nca; c\u0103 eu a\u015fa am b\u0103tut g\u0103ina, \u015fi iac\u0103t\u0103-o cum se ou\u0103.
Mo\u015fneagul, pofticios \u015fi haps\u00e2n, se ia dup\u0103 gura babei \u015fi, de ciud\u0103, prinde iute \u015fi degrab\u0103 cuco\u015ful \u015fi-i d\u0103 o b\u0103taie bun\u0103, zic\u00e2nd:
– Na! ori te ou\u0103, ori du-te de la casa mea; ca s\u0103 nu mai strici m\u00e2ncarea degeaba.
Cuco\u015ful, cum sc\u0103p\u0103 din m\u00e2inile mo\u015fneagului, fugi de-acas\u0103 \u015fi umbla pe drumuri, bezmetic. \u015ei cum mergea el pe-un drum, numai iat\u0103 g\u0103se\u015fte o pungu\u0163\u0103 cu doi bani. \u015ei cum o g\u0103se\u015fte, o \u015fi ia \u00een clon\u0163 \u015fi se \u00eentoarn\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsa \u00eenapoi spre casa mo\u015fneagului. Pe drum se \u00eent\u00e2lne\u015fte c-o tr\u0103sur\u0103 c-un boier \u015fi cu ni\u015fte cucoane. Boierul se uit\u0103 cu b\u0103gare de seam\u0103 la cuco\u015f, vede \u00een clon\u0163u-i o pungu\u0163\u0103 \u015fi zice vezeteului:
– M\u0103i! ia d\u0103-te jos \u015fi vezi ce are cuco\u015ful cela \u00een plisc.
Vezeteul se d\u0103 iute jos din capra tr\u0103surii, \u015fi c-un fel de me\u015fte\u015fug, prinde cuco\u015ful \u015fi lu\u00e2ndu-i pungu\u0163a din clon\u0163 o d\u0103 boierului. Boierul o ia, f\u0103r\u0103 p\u0103sare o pune \u00een buzunar \u015fi porne\u015fte cu tr\u0103sura \u00eenainte. Coco\u015ful, sup\u0103rat de asta, nu se las\u0103, ci se ia dup\u0103 tr\u0103sur\u0103, spun\u00e2nd ne\u00eencetat:
Cucurigu! boieri mari,
Da\u0163i pungu\u0163a cu doi bani!
Boierul, \u00eenciudat, c\u00e2nd ajunge \u00een dreptul unei f\u00e2nt\u00e2ni, zice vezeteului:
– M\u0103! ia cuco\u015ful ist obraznic \u015fi-l d\u0103 \u00een f\u00e2nt\u00e2na ceea.
Vezeteul se d\u0103 iar\u0103\u015fi jos din capr\u0103, prinde cuco\u015ful \u015fi-l azv\u00e2rle \u00een f\u00e2nt\u00e2n\u0103! Cuco\u015ful, v\u0103z\u00e2nd aceast\u0103 mare primejdie, ce s\u0103 fac\u0103? \u00cencepe-a \u00eenghi\u0163i la ap\u0103; \u015fi-nghite, \u015fi-nghite, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce-nghite toat\u0103 apa din f\u00e2nt\u00e2n\u0103. Apoi zboar\u0103 de-acolo afar\u0103 \u015fi iar\u0103\u015fi se ia \u00een urma tr\u0103surii, zic\u00e2nd:
Cucurigu! boieri mari,
Da\u0163i pungu\u0163a cu doi bani!
Boierul, v\u0103z\u00e2nd aceasta, s-a mirat cumplit \u015fi a zis:
– M\u0103! da’ al dracului cuco\u015f i-aista! Ei, las’ c\u0103 \u0163i-oi da eu \u0163ie de cheltuial\u0103, m\u0103i crestatule \u015fi pintenatule!
\u015ei cum ajunge acas\u0103, zice unei babe de la buc\u0103t\u0103rie s\u0103 ia cuco\u015ful, s\u0103-l azv\u00e2rl\u0103 \u00eentr-un cuptor plin cu j\u0103ratic \u015fi s\u0103 pun\u0103 o lespede la gura cuptorului. Baba, c\u00e2inoas\u0103 la inim\u0103, de cuv\u00e2nt; face cum i-a zis st\u0103p\u00e2nu-s\u0103u. Cuco\u015ful, cum vede \u015fi ast\u0103 mare nedreptate, \u00eencepe a v\u0103rsa la ap\u0103; \u015fi toarn\u0103 el toat\u0103 apa cea din f\u00e2nt\u00e2n\u0103 pe j\u0103ratic, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce stinge focul de tot, \u015fi se r\u0103core\u015fte cuptorul; ba \u00eenc\u0103 face \u015f-o ap\u0103raie prin cas\u0103, de s-a \u00eendr\u0103cit de ciud\u0103 h\u00e2rca de la buc\u0103t\u0103rie. Apoi d\u0103 o bleand\u0103 lespezii de la gura cuptorului, iese teaf\u0103r \u015fi de acolo, fuga la fereastra boierului \u015fi \u00eencepe a tr\u00e2nti cu ciocul \u00een gea- muri \u015fi a zice:
Cucurigu! boieri mari,
Da\u0163i pungu\u0163a cu doi bani!
– M\u0103i, c\u0103 mi-am g\u0103sit beleaua cu dihania asta de cuco\u015f, zise boierul cuprins de mirare. Vezeteu! Ia-l de pe capul meu \u015fi-l zv\u00e2rle \u00een cireada boilor \u015f-a vacilor; poate vrun buhai \u00eenfuriat i-a veni de hac: l-a lua \u00een coarne, \u015fi-om sc\u0103pa de sup\u0103rare.
Vezeteul iar\u0103\u015fi ia cuco\u015ful \u015fi-l zv\u00e2rle \u00een ciread\u0103! Atunci, bucuria cuco\u015fului! S\u0103-l fi v\u0103zut cum \u00eenghi\u0163ea la buhai, la boi, la vaci \u015fi la vi\u0163ei; p\u00e2n-a \u00eenghi\u0163it el toat\u0103 cireada, \u015f-a f\u0103cut un p\u00e2ntece mare, mare c\u00e2t un munte! Apoi iar vine la fereastr\u0103, \u00eentinde aripile \u00een dreptul soarelui, de \u00eentunec\u0103 de tot casa boierului, \u015fi iar\u0103\u015fi \u00eencepe:
Cucurigu! boieri mari,
Da\u0163i pungu\u0163a cu doi bani!
Boierul, c\u00e2nd mai vede \u015fi ast\u0103 d\u0103nd\u0103naie, cr\u0103pa de ciud\u0103 \u015fi nu \u015ftia ce s\u0103 mai fac\u0103, doar va sc\u0103pa de cuco\u015f.
Mai st\u0103 boierul c\u00e2t st\u0103 pe g\u00e2nduri, p\u00e2n\u0103-i vine iar\u0103\u015fi \u00een cap una.
– Am s\u0103-l dau \u00een haznaua cu bani; poate va \u00eenghi\u0163i la galbeni, i-a sta vreunul \u00een g\u00e2t, s-a \u00eeneca \u015fi-oi sc\u0103pa de d\u00e2nsul.
\u015ei, cum zice, umfl\u0103 cuco\u015ful de-o arip\u0103 \u015fi-l zv\u00e2rle \u00een haznaua cu bani; c\u0103ci boierul acela, de mult b\u0103n\u0103rit ce avea, nu-i mai \u015ftia num\u0103rul. Atunci cuco\u015ful \u00eenghite cu l\u0103comie to\u0163i banii \u015fi las\u0103 toate l\u0103zile pustii. Apoi iese \u015fi de-acolo, el \u015ftie cum \u015fi pe unde, se duce la fereastra boierului \u015fi iar \u00eencepe:
Cucurigu! boieri mari,
Da\u0163i pungu\u0163a cu doi bani!
Acum, dup\u0103 toate cele \u00eent\u00e2mplate, boierul, v\u0103z\u00e2nd c\u0103 n-are ce-i mai face, i-azv\u00e2rle pungu\u0163a. Cuco\u015ful o ia de jos cu bucurie, se duce \u00een treaba lui \u015fi las\u0103 pe boier \u00een pace. Atunci toate p\u0103s\u0103rile din ograda boiereasc\u0103, v\u0103z\u00e2nd voinicia cuco\u015fului, s-au luat dup\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, de \u0163i se p\u0103rea c\u0103-i o nunt\u0103, \u015fi nu alt\u0103ceva; iar\u0103 boierul se uita gale\u015f cum se duceau p\u0103s\u0103rile \u015fi zise oft\u00e2nd:
– Duc\u0103-se \u015fi cobe \u015fi tot, numai bine c\u0103 am sc\u0103pat de belea, c\u0103 nici lucru curat n-a fost aici!
Cuco\u015ful \u00eens\u0103 mergea \u0163an\u0163o\u015f, iar p\u0103s\u0103rile dup\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi merge el c\u00e2t merge, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce ajunge acas\u0103 la mo\u015fneag, \u015fi de pe la poart\u0103 \u00eencepe a c\u00e2nta: “Cucurigu!!! cucurigu!!!”
Mo\u015fneagul, cum aude glasul cuco\u015fului, iese afar\u0103 cu bucurie; \u015fi c\u00e2nd \u00ee\u015fi arunc\u0103 ochii spre poart\u0103, ce s\u0103 vad\u0103? Cuco\u015ful s\u0103u era ceva de speriat! elefantal \u0163i se p\u0103rea purice pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 acest cuco\u015f; \u015f-apoi \u00een urma lui veneau c\u00e2rduri nenum\u0103rate de p\u0103s\u0103ri, care de care mai frumoase, mai cucuiete \u015fi mai boghete. Mo\u015fneagul, v\u0103z\u00e2nd pe cuco\u015ful s\u0103u a\u015fa de mare \u015fi greoi, \u015fi \u00eencunjurat de-at\u00e2t amar de gali\u0163e, i-a deschis poarta. Atunci cuco\u015ful i-a zis:
– St\u0103p\u00e2ne, a\u015fterne un \u0163ol aici \u00een mijlocul ogr\u0103zii.
Mo\u015fneagul, iute ca un pr\u00e2snel, a\u015fterne \u0163olul. Cuco\u015ful atanci se a\u015faz\u0103 pe \u0163ol, scutur\u0103 puternic din aripi \u015fi \u00eendat\u0103 se umple ograda \u015fi livada mo\u015fneagului, pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 p\u0103s\u0103ri, \u015fi de cirezi de vite; iar\u0103 pe \u0163ol toarn\u0103 o movil\u0103 de galbeni, care str\u0103lucea la soare de-\u0163i lua ochii!
Mo\u015fneagul, v\u0103z\u00e2nd aceste mari bog\u0103\u0163ii, nu \u015ftia ce s\u0103 fac\u0103 de bucurie, s\u0103rut\u00e2nd mereu cuco\u015ful \u015fi dezmierd\u00e2ndu-l.
Atunci, iaca \u015fi baba venea nu \u015ftiu de unde; \u015fi, c\u00e2nd a v\u0103zut unele ca aceste, numa-i sclipeau r\u0103ut\u0103cioasei ochii \u00een cap \u015fi plesnea de ciud\u0103.
– Mo\u015fnege, zise ea, ru\u015finat\u0103, d\u0103-mi \u015fi mie ni\u015fte galbeni!
– Ba pune-\u0163i pofta-n cui, m\u0103i bab\u0103! C\u00e2nd \u0163i-am cerut ou\u0103, \u015ftii ce mi-ai r\u0103spuns? Bate acum \u015fi tu g\u0103ina, s\u0103-\u0163i aduc\u0103 galbeni; c-a\u015fa am b\u0103tut eu cuco\u015ful, \u015ftii tu din a cui pricin\u0103… \u015fi iaca ce mi-a adus!
Atunci baba se duce \u00een poiat\u0103, g\u0103buie\u015fte g\u0103ina, o apuc\u0103 de coad\u0103 \u015fi o ia la b\u0103taie, de-\u0163i venea s\u0103-i pl\u00e2ngi de mil\u0103! Biata g\u0103in\u0103, cum scap\u0103 din m\u00e2inile babei, fuge pe drumuri. \u015ei cum mergea pe drum, g\u0103se\u015fte \u015fi ea o m\u0103rgic\u0103 \u015f-o \u00eenghite. Apoi repede se \u00eentoarce acas\u0103 la bab\u0103 \u015fi \u00eencepe de pe la poart\u0103: “Cot, cot, cotcodac!” Baba iese cu bucurie \u00eenaintea g\u0103inii. G\u0103ina sare peste poart\u0103, trece iute pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 bab\u0103 \u015fi se pune pe cuibar; \u015fi, dup\u0103 vrun ceas de \u015federe, sare de pe cuibar, cotcod\u0103cind. Baba atanci se duce cu fuga, s\u0103 vad\u0103 ce i-a f\u0103cut g\u0103ina!… \u015ei, c\u00e2nd se uit\u0103 \u00een cuibar, ce s\u0103 vad\u0103? G\u0103ina se ouase o m\u0103rgic\u0103. Baba, c\u00e2nd vede c\u0103 \u015f-a b\u0103tut g\u0103ina joc de d\u00e2nsa, o prinde \u015f-o bate, \u015f-o bate, p\u00e2n-o omoar\u0103 \u00een b\u0103taie! \u015ei a\u015fa, baba cea zg\u00e2rcit\u0103 \u015fi nebun\u0103 a r\u0103mas de tot s\u0103rac\u0103, lipit\u0103 p\u0103m\u00e2ntului. De-acu a mai m\u00e2nca \u015fi r\u0103bd\u0103ri pr\u0103jite \u00een loc de ou\u0103; c\u0103 bine \u015fi-a f\u0103cut r\u00e2s de g\u0103in\u0103 \u015fi-a ucis-o f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103-i fie vinovat\u0103 cu nimica, s\u0103rmana!
Mo\u015fneagul \u00eens\u0103 era foarte bogat; el \u015fi-a f\u0103cut case mari \u015fi gr\u0103dini frumoase \u015fi tr\u0103ia foarte bine; pe bab\u0103, de mil\u0103, a pus-o g\u0103in\u0103rit\u0103, iar\u0103 pe cuco\u015f \u00eel purta \u00een toate p\u0103rtile dup\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, cu salb\u0103 de aur la g\u00e2t \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103ltat cu ciubotele galbene \u015fi cu pinteni la c\u0103lc\u00e2ie, de ti se p\u0103rea c\u0103-i un irod de cei frumo\u015fi, iar\u0103 nu cuco\u015f de f\u0103cut cu bor\u015f.
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Erau odat\u0103 o bab\u0103 \u015fi un mo\u015fneag. Baba avea o g\u0103in\u0103, \u015fi mo\u015fneagul un cuco\u015f; g\u0103ina babei se oua de c\u00e2te dou\u0103 ori pe fiecare zi \u015fi baba m\u00e2nca o … <\/p>\n