Therewasamanwhohadsevensons,buthehadnodaughter,greatlythoughhelongedforone.Atlasthiswifetoldhimthattheycouldagainexpectachildand,sureenough,whenitwasbornitwasababygirl.Therewasgreatrejoicing,butthechildwasweakandpuny,soweakthatithadtobechristenedatonce.Thefathertoldoneoftheboystogoquicklytothespringandfetchchristeningwater;theothersixranalongwithhim,andbecauseeachofthemwantedtobethefirsttodipthejugintothewell,itfellinandsank.Sotheretheystoodanddidn‘tknowwhattodo,andnoneofthemdaredgohome.Whentheydidn‘tcomebacktheirfathergotimpatientandsaid:“I‘llwagerthey‘vebeenplayingsomegameagainandforgottenallaboutit,thegodlessbrats.“Hewasafraidthelittlegirlwouldhavetodieunbaptized,andinhisragehecriedout:“Iwishthoseboyswouldallturnintoravens.“He‘dscarcelyspokenthewordswhenheheardawhirringofwingsintheairoverhead,lookedupandsawsevencoal-blackravensflyingaway.

　　有个人,他有七个儿子,他很希望有个女儿,可是怎么盼也没有.好不容易,妻子又怀孕了.生下来一看,果然是个女孩.他们非常高兴.但是孩子太小,又非常虚弱,非得马上急救洗礼不可.父亲打发一个男孩立即到井台去打洗礼水,其余六个也跟着去了.在井台旁,他们都争着先打水,结果罐子掉进井里,沉了下去.他们不知道该怎么办才好,都真楞楞地站在那儿,谁也不敢回家了.父亲在家里等得不耐烦了,就说：“我敢说这些无法无天的孩子一定是贪玩,把打水的事给忘了.”他担心女孩子不经洗礼会死,就生气地大声喊起来：“淘气鬼,都变成乌鸦才好呢!”这话刚出口,就听到头顶有“吧哒吧哒”鸟儿拍打翅膀的声音.他抬头一看,只见空中有七只漆黑漆黑的乌鸦飞过去了.

　　Theparentswereunablenowtotakebackthecurse,andyet,grief-strickenastheywereatthelossoftheirsevensons,theylooksomecomfortfromtheirbelovedlittledaughter,whosoongotwellandstrongandbecamemorebeautifulwitheverydaythatpassed.Foralongtimethelittlegirldidn‘tevenknowthatshehadhadbrothers,forherparentstookcarenottomentionthem,butonedaybychancesheheardsomepeop