Lank - Lank gelede, was
daar ‘n gelukige familie.
Once upon a time,
there lived a happy
family.
Hulle het nooit met
mekaar baklei nie. Hulle
het hulle ouers by die
huis en in die veld
gehelp.
They never fought with
each other. They helped
their parents at home
and in the fields.
Maar, hulle was nie
toegelaat om naby ‘n
vuur te gaan nie.
But they were not
allowed to go near a
fire.
Hulle moes al hulle
werk deur die nag
voltooi.
Want hulle was gemaak van was!
They had to do all their
work during the night.
Because they were made of wax!
Maar een van die seuns
wou baie graag uit gaan
in die sonlig.
But one of the boys
longed to go out in the
sunlight.
Een dag was die
begeerte om uit te
gaan te sterk. Sy broers
het hom gewaarsku…
One day the longing
was too strong. His
brothers warned him…
Maar dit was te laat. Hy
het in die warm son
gesmelt.
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot
sun.
Die was kinders was so
hartseer om te sien hoe
hulle broer weg smelt.
The wax children were
so sad to see their
brother melting away.
Maar hulle het ‘n plan
beraam. Hulle het die
gesmelte was in ‘n voël
gevorm.
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump
of melted wax into a
bird.
Hulle het hom na ‘n hoë
berg toe geneem.
They took their bird
brother up to a high
mountain.
Soos die son opgekom
het, het hy singend weg
gevlieg in die lig in.
And as the sun rose, he
flew away singing into
the morning light.
