As Tias

Era uma vez uma velha avó que tinha uma neta muito bonita. Um dia, enquanto a rapariga estava à janela, o rei passou na rua e ficou deslumbrado com a sua beleza. Bateu à porta e a avó foi abrir. O rei perguntou quem era aquela jovem. A avó, querendo impressionar o rei, disse-lhe que a neta era capaz de fazer uma camisa tão fina que passava pelo buraco de uma agulha.

Once there was an old grandmother who had a very beautiful granddaughter. One day, while the girl was at the window, the king passed in the street and was dazzled by her beauty. He knocked at the door and the grandmother went to open it. The king asked who that young woman was. The grandmother, wanting to impress the king, told him that her granddaughter could make a shirt so fine it would pass through the eye of a needle.

O rei disse que, se ela conseguisse fazer tal coisa, casaria com a rapariga. Mas que, se falhasse, mandaria matá-la. Quando o rei partiu, a rapariga, que não dissera nem pensara nada daquilo, começou a chorar. Então apareceu-lhe uma velha e disse-lhe que não se aflígia, pois ela faria a camisa — mas a rapariga teria de a chamar "tia" diante de todos no banquete do casamento. A rapariga prometeu, e logo depois apareceu a camisa toda pronta.

The king said that if she could do such a thing, he would marry the girl. But that if she failed, he would have her put to death. When the king left, the girl, who had said and thought nothing of the sort, began to cry. Then an old woman appeared to her and said not to worry, for she would make the shirt — but the girl would have to call her "aunt" in front of everyone at the wedding banquet. The girl promised, and shortly after the shirt appeared all ready.