Re: [REQ]Swan
From Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen <new...@CeeJay.cjb.nOt>
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· 14 Nov 2000 00:25 · View full thread
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> _.._ > __d'_. `. > / ) ) > / / > / / > / /_..-----..___ > / Y '_- > ( ( _.-" > ( '-----'' ""=- > -__________--" > > Philipp Softer curves .. _.._ __d'_, `. / ) ) / / / / / /_..-====-..__ / Y `_= ( ( _.-" ( `-===-'" `"=- `._________.-" And without the Y (which is better ?) _.._ __d'_, `. / ) ) / / / / / /_..-====-..__ / / `_= ( ( _.-" ( `-===-'" `"= `._________.-' ( From "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen [1844] .. Modern English translation ) "... But what did he see in the clear stream below? His own image - no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg." And in the original language .. 19th century Danish : ( Fra "Den grimme �lling" af Hans Christian Andersen [1844] ) "... Men hvad saae den i det klare Vand! Den saae under sig sit eget Billed, men den var ikke l�ngere en kluntet, sortgraa Fugl, styg og f�l, den var selv en Svane. Det gj�r ikke noget at v�re f�dt i Andegaarden, naar man kun har ligget i et Svane�g!" The entire fairytale in both languages can be found here : http://www.outzen.dk/cisv/ugly.html Note however that the translation , "prettyfies" ( for (my) lack of a better word ) the word ever so slightly. This is however far from what Disney did to "The Little Mermaid". It ended up being a happy happy joyful and funny story suitable for kids, instead of the sad romantic lovestory it originally was. I wonder when Disney decides to do "Romeo & Juliet" ? Though i prefer reading the tale from my huge red and gold book containing all his fairytales complete with illustrations. BTW more nice swans can be found in Andreas Freise's "The Ascii Art Dictionary" located at http://www.ascii-art.de/ Andreas, if you read this .. I love that dictionary.
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