A fost odat\u0103 un om \u015fi omul \u0103sta avea un m\u0103gar, care de ani \u015fi ani tot c\u0103rase la moar\u0103 saci cu gr\u0103un\u0163e. Dar de la un timp bietului dobitoc i se \u00eempu\u0163inaser\u0103 puterile \u015fi nu mai era bun de nici o treab\u0103. De aceea, st\u0103p\u00e2nul lui se g\u00e2ndi \u00eentr-una din zile c\u0103 n-ar mai avea nici un rost s\u0103 strice pe el bun\u0103tate de nutre\u0163.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0M\u0103garul pricepu \u00eens\u0103 c\u0103 nu-l a\u015fteapt\u0103 vremuri prea bune \u015fi, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mai adaste, \u00ee\u015fi lu\u0103 t\u0103lp\u0103\u015fi\u0163a spre ora\u015ful Bremen. Nu \u015ftiu de unde-i venise-n g\u00e2nd c\u0103 acolo s-ar putea face muzicant al ora\u015fului. Dup\u0103 ce merse el o bucat\u0103 de vreme, iat\u0103 c\u0103 d\u0103du peste un ogar care z\u0103cea \u00eentins pe-o margine a drumului, r\u0103sufl\u00e2nd din greu de parc\u0103 ar fi f\u0103cut ocolul p\u0103m\u00e2ntului.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Ce g\u00e2f\u00e2i a\u015fa, m\u0103 Apuc\u0103-l-\u00een-Col\u0163i? \u00eel \u00eentreb\u0103 m\u0103garul.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Vai de p\u0103catele mele, r\u0103spunse c\u00e2inele, pentru c\u0103 sunt b\u0103tr\u00e2n \u015fi sl\u0103besc din zi \u00een zi tot mai mult \u015fi pentru c\u0103 la v\u00e2n\u0103toare nu m\u0103 mai dovedesc bun de nici o isprav\u0103, st\u0103p\u00e2nul meu \u015fi-a pus \u00een g\u00e2nd s\u0103-mi fac\u0103 de petrecanie, \u015fi atunci mi-am luat repede t\u0103lp\u0103\u015fi\u0163a. Dar vorba e cu ce-o s\u0103-mi c\u00e2\u015ftig eu p\u00e2inea de-aci \u00eenainte?<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u015etii ceva, \u00eei spuse m\u0103garul, eu m\u0103 duc la Bremen s\u0103 m\u0103 fac muzicant. Hai cu mine, c\u0103 s-o mai g\u0103si \u015fi pentru domnia ta un loc \u00een taraf! Eu o s\u0103 c\u00e2nt din l\u0103ut\u0103, iar tu o s\u0103 ba\u0163i la toba mare.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2inelui \u00eei pl\u0103cu propunerea, cum era s\u0103 nu-i plac\u0103! \u015fi plecar\u0103 \u00eempreun\u0103 mai departe. Merser\u0103 ei a\u015fa p\u00e2n\u0103 ce \u00eent\u00e2lnir\u0103 \u00een drum o pisic\u0103. \u015ei-avea pisica asta o mutr\u0103 jalnic\u0103, de parc\u0103 tot \u00eei ningea \u015fi-i ploua!<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Ei, Linge-Barb\u0103, de ce-mi e\u015fti at\u00e2t de trist\u0103? Cine \u0163i-a stricat socotelile? o \u00eentreb\u0103 m\u0103garul.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Cui i-ar arde s\u0103 fie vesel, c\u00e2nd i-a ajuns funia la par? r\u0103spunse pisica. Pentru c\u0103 anii b\u0103tr\u00e2ne\u0163ii m-au cam adus de \u015fale \u015fi mi s-au tocit col\u0163ii \u015fi pentru c\u0103-mi place mai mult s\u0103 m\u0103 tol\u0103nesc dup\u0103 cuptor \u015fi s\u0103 torc dec\u00e2t s\u0103 alerg dup\u0103 \u015foareci, st\u0103p\u00e2na mea a vrut s\u0103 m\u0103 \u00eenece. Am fugit eu de acas\u0103 la timp, nu e vorb\u0103, dar stau, \u015fi m\u0103 socotesc: \u00eencotro s-o apuc acum?<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Hai cu noi la Bremen, c\u0103 la serenade nu te-ntrece nimeni \u015fi cu siguran\u0163\u0103 c-o s\u0103-\u0163i g\u0103se\u015fti \u015fi tu un loc \u00een taraful ora\u015fului.<\/p>\n
Pisica socoti c\u0103 sfatul \u0103sta nu-i r\u0103u deloc \u015fi se al\u0103tur\u0103 celorlal\u0163i doi. \u015ei-au tot mers cei trei fugari, au tot mers \u015fi trec\u00e2nd ei prin fa\u0163a unei cur\u0163i au v\u0103zut coco\u0163at pe-o poart\u0103 un coco\u015f care striga “cucurigu” din toat\u0103 puterea r\u0103runchilor.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Ce \u0163i s-a-nt\u00e2mplat de strigi a\u015fa, m\u0103i, coco\u015fule? \u00eel \u00eentreb\u0103 m\u0103garul. Ast\u00e2mp\u0103r\u0103-te o dat\u0103, c\u0103 \u00eempuiezi urechile oamenilor!<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Dau \u015fi eu de veste c-o s\u0103 fie vreme frumoas\u0103, dar la ce bun! spuse cu triste\u0163e coco\u015ful. M\u00e2ine-i duminic\u0103 \u015fi ne vin oaspe\u0163i. Dar vezi c\u0103 st\u0103p\u00e2n\u0103-mea nu se mai arat\u0103 milostiv\u0103 fa\u0163\u0103 de mine; i-a spus buc\u0103t\u0103resei c-ar pofti s\u0103 m\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nce la mas\u0103, \u00een ciorb\u0103, a\u015fa c\u0103 \u00een seara asta o s\u0103 m\u0103 scurteze de cap\u2026 Acu\u2019n\u0163elegi de ce strig a\u015fa? Strig \u015fi eu c\u00e2t mai pot, c\u00e2t mai sunt \u00een via\u0163\u0103\u2026<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 P\u0103i bine, Creast\u0103-Ro\u015fie, s\u0103 te nec\u0103je\u015fti matale pentru at\u00e2t! \u00eel dojeni m\u0103garul. Hai mai bine cu noi, la Bremen. C\u0103 oriunde ai merge, ceva mai bun dec\u00e2t moartea tot o s\u0103 afli\u2026 Ai un glas care te unge \u015fi de te-ai \u00eenvoi s\u0103 c\u00e2nt\u0103m \u00eempreun\u0103, ne-o asculta lumea cu gura c\u0103scat\u0103, z\u0103u a\u015fa!<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Coco\u015ful g\u0103si c\u0103 propunerea urecheatului e c\u00e2t se poate de nimerit\u0103 \u015fi tuspatru o pornir\u0103 la drum. Merser\u0103 ei c\u00e2t merser\u0103, dar cum nu putur\u0103 ajunge la Bremen \u00eentr-o singur\u0103 zi, se v\u0103zur\u0103 sili\u0163i s\u0103 \u00eennopteze \u00eentr-o p\u0103dure. M\u0103garul \u015fi c\u00e2inele \u00ee\u015fi f\u0103cur\u0103 culcu\u015ful sub un copac mare, iar coco\u015ful \u015fi pisica se c\u0103\u0163\u0103rar\u0103 \u00een r\u0103muri\u015ful bogat. Dar coco\u015ful nu fu mul\u0163umit de culcu\u015f \u015fi zbura mai sus, p\u00e2n\u0103-n v\u00e2rful copacului, unde se sim\u0163ea mai la ad\u0103post. \u00cenainte de a apuca s\u0103 adoarm\u0103, \u00ee\u015fi mai roti o dat\u0103 privirea \u00een jur \u015fi deodat\u0103 i se p\u0103ru c\u0103 z\u0103re\u015fte \u00een dep\u0103rtare o lumini\u0163\u0103.<\/p>\n
Atunci le strig\u0103 tovar\u0103\u015filor s\u0103i c\u0103 nu prea departe de acolo trebuie s\u0103 fie o cas\u0103, c\u0103ci se z\u0103re\u015fte o lumin\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Hai s-o \u00eentindem chiar acu\u2019 \u00eentr-acolo, spuse cu hot\u0103r\u00e2re m\u0103garul, c\u0103 ad\u0103postul \u0103sta nu prea e de soi!<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C\u00e2inele era la fel de zorit; g\u00e2ndea c\u0103, de-ar g\u0103si pe acolo niscaiva oase sau vreo buc\u0103\u0163ic\u0103 de carne, i-ar prinde tare bine.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pornir\u0103 deci spre locul unde se vedea lumini\u0163a \u015fi-n cur\u00e2nd o v\u0103zur\u0103 sc\u00e2nteind \u015fi mai puternic; \u015fi din ce se apropiau, lumina se f\u0103cea tot mai mare; \u00een cele din urm\u0103 ajunser\u0103 la casa unor t\u00e2lhari, care era luminat\u0103 ca ziua. M\u0103garul, ca fiind cel mai \u00eenalt dintre ei, se apropie de fereastr\u0103 \u015fi privi \u00een\u0103untru.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Ce vezi acolo, m\u0103i, Urechil\u0103? \u00eel \u00eentreb\u0103 coco\u015ful.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Ce v\u0103d? Ap\u0103i v\u0103d o mas\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103rcat\u0103 cu m\u00e2nc\u0103ri \u015fi b\u0103uturi alese \u015fi ni\u015fte t\u00e2lhari care stau \u00een jurul ei \u015fi se \u00eenfrupt\u0103 de zor.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 A\u015fa ceva ne-ar prinde bine \u015fi nou\u0103! zise coco\u015ful.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Mai \u00eencape vorb\u0103? Numai de ne-am vedea \u00een locul lor! spuse m\u0103garul, privind cu jind cum \u00eenfulecau t\u00e2lharii.<\/p>\n
Chibzuir\u0103 ei \u00een ce chip ar putea s\u0103-i pun\u0103 pe t\u00e2lhari pe goan\u0103 \u015fi, \u00een cele din urm\u0103, g\u0103sir\u0103 ce aveau de f\u0103cut. M\u0103garul \u00ee\u015fi ridic\u0103 picioarele dinainte \u015fi le propti de marginea ferestrei, c\u00e2inele s\u0103ri pe spinarea m\u0103garului, pisica se c\u0103\u0163\u0103ra pe spatele c\u00e2inelui, iar la urm\u0103 coco\u015ful \u00ee\u015fi desf\u0103cu aripile \u015fi, zbur\u00e2nd, se a\u015fez\u0103 pe capul pisicii. \u015ei a\u015fa cum erau or\u00e2ndui\u0163i, ca la un semn, pornir\u0103 cu to\u0163ii s\u0103 c\u00e2nte, fiecare pe viersul lui: m\u0103garul r\u0103gea, c\u00e2inele l\u0103tra, pisica mieuna \u015fi coco\u015ful cucuriga. Dup\u0103 ce f\u0103cur\u0103 o c\u00e2ntare \u00een toat\u0103 regula, se n\u0103pustir\u0103 prin fereastr\u0103 \u00een odaie, de z\u0103ng\u0103nir\u0103 toate geamurile \u015fi se f\u0103cur\u0103 \u0163\u0103nd\u0103ri.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0De spaim\u0103, t\u00e2lharii s\u0103rir\u0103-n sus ca ni\u015fte apuca\u0163i \u015fi crez\u00e2nd c\u0103 niscaiva stafii au n\u0103v\u0103lit \u00een cas\u0103, fugir\u0103 \u00eengrozi\u0163i \u00een p\u0103dure. Iar cei patru tovar\u0103\u015fi se a\u015fezar\u0103 la mas\u0103 \u015fi, lu\u00e2nd fiecare din ce mai r\u0103m\u0103sese, se ghiftuir\u0103 de parc\u0103 i-ar fi a\u015fteptat un post de patru s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dup\u0103 ce s-au osp\u0103tat \u00een lege, cei patru muzican\u0163i stinser\u0103 luminile \u015fi-\u015fi aleser\u0103 culcu\u015ful, fiecare dup\u0103 pofta inimii \u015fi dup\u0103 cum \u00eei era firea.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0M\u0103garul se culc\u0103 pe un mald\u0103r de gunoi, c\u00e2inele se f\u0103cu covrig dup\u0103 u\u015f\u0103, pisica se tol\u0103ni pe cuptor, l\u00e2ng\u0103 spuza cald\u0103, iar coco\u015ful se coco\u0163\u0103 pe o grind\u0103 de sub bagdadie. \u015ei cum veneau de la drum lung \u015fi erau osteni\u0163i, adormir\u0103 repede.<\/p>\n
Dup\u0103 ce trecu miezul nop\u0163ii, t\u00e2lharii v\u0103zur\u0103 de departe c\u0103-n cas\u0103 nu mai arde nici o lumin\u0103 \u015fi c\u0103 totul p\u0103rea cufundat \u00een t\u0103cere. Atunci c\u0103petenia le zise:<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Mi se pare c\u0103 ne-am cam speriat de poman\u0103! S-ar cuveni s\u0103 ne ru\u015fin\u0103m c-am fost a\u015fa de slabi de \u00eenger!<\/p>\n
\u015ei trimise pe unul de-ai lor s\u0103 cerceteze ce se mai \u00eent\u00e2mpla pe acas\u0103. Iscoada nu deslu\u015fi nimic care s\u0103-l pun\u0103 pe g\u00e2nduri; casa p\u0103rea cufundat\u0103 \u00een cea mai deplin\u0103 lini\u015fte \u015fi, f\u0103r\u0103 nici o grij\u0103, intr\u0103 \u00een buc\u0103t\u0103rie \u015fi voi s\u0103 aprind\u0103 o lum\u00e2nare. D\u00e2nd de ochii sc\u00e2nteietori ai pisicii, \u00eei lu\u0103 drept c\u0103rbuni aprin\u015fi \u015fi apropie de ei un b\u0103\u0163 de chibrit, ca s\u0103-l aprind\u0103. Dar pisica nu \u00een\u0163elese de glum\u0103; \u00eei s\u0103ri \u00een obraz \u015fi \u00eencepu s\u0103-1 zg\u00e2rie \u015fi s\u0103-l scuipe. T\u00e2lharul trase o sperietur\u0103 zdrav\u0103n\u0103 \u015fi d\u0103du s\u0103 ias\u0103 afar\u0103 prin u\u015fa din dos. Dar nu sc\u0103p\u0103 cu una-cu dou\u0103. C\u00e2inele, care sta lungit dup\u0103 u\u015f\u0103, se repezi la el \u015fi-l mu\u015fc\u0103 de picior. O lu\u0103 atunci la goan\u0103 prin curte \u015fi, c\u00e2nd trecu pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 mald\u0103rul de gunoi, \u00eei arse m\u0103garul o copit\u0103, de v\u0103zu stele verzi. Iar coco\u015ful, trezit de h\u0103rm\u0103laia de-afar\u0103, \u00eencepu s\u0103 strige de pe grind\u0103: “cucurigu, cucuriiguu!”\u2026 Atunci t\u00e2lharul \u00ee\u015fi lu\u0103 picioarele la spinare \u015fi nu se opri dec\u00e2t \u00een fa\u0163a c\u0103peteniei t\u00e2lharilor, c\u0103reia \u00eei \u00een\u015fir\u0103 toate groz\u0103viile prin c\u00e2te trecuse.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Vai de via\u0163a noastr\u0103! \u00cen cas\u0103 s-a cuib\u0103rit o co\u0163ofan\u0103 afurisit\u0103, care mi-a zg\u00e2riat tot obrazul cu ni\u015fte gheare lungi \u015fi ascu\u0163ite; iar la u\u015f\u0103, cine crezi c\u0103 st\u0103tea? unul cu un cu\u0163it, pe care mi l-a \u00eenfipt \u00een picior! Socoteam c-am sc\u0103pat! Da\u2019 \u0163i-ai g\u0103sit s\u0103 scapi a\u015fa u\u015for! \u00een ograd\u0103, o namil\u0103 neagr\u0103 m-a pocnit cu o m\u0103ciuc\u0103, iar sus, coco\u0163at pe acoperi\u015f, sta \u00eensu\u015fi judec\u0103torul \u015fi tot striga “Aduce\u0163i-mi-l \u00eencoace pe t\u00e2lhar! Aduce\u0163i-mi-l!”\u2026 Dac\u0103 am v\u0103zut c\u0103 a\u015fa st\u0103 treaba, am fugit de-mi sf\u00e2r\u00e2iau c\u0103lc\u00e2iele\u2026<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Din seara aceea, t\u00e2lharii n-au mai cutezat s\u0103 se apropie de cas\u0103, iar cei patru muzican\u0163i din Bremen s-au sim\u0163it at\u00e2t de bine acolo, c\u0103 nu s-au mai \u00eendurat s\u0103 plece \u015fi toate c\u00e2te le-a\u0163i auzit mi le-a spus \u015fi mie, chiar adineauri, un f\u00e2rtat de-al meu. \u015ei cred c\u0103 nu \u015fi-a r\u0103cit gura degeaba\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fost odat\u0103 un om \u015fi omul \u0103sta avea un m\u0103gar, care de ani \u015fi ani tot c\u0103rase la moar\u0103 saci cu gr\u0103un\u0163e. Dar de la un timp bietului dobitoc … <\/p>\n