Bruin and Reynard

The Bear and the Fox had once bought a firkin of butter together; they were to have it at Yule and hid it till then under a thick spruce bush.

Beruang dan Rubah pernah membeli satu tong kecil mentega bersama-sama; mereka akan menikmatinya saat Yule dan menyembunyikannya sampai saat itu di bawah semak cemara yang lebat.

After that they went a little way off and lay down on a sunny bank to sleep. So when they had lain a while the Fox got up, shook himself, and bawled out “yes”.

Setelah itu mereka pergi sedikit menjauh dan berbaring di tepian yang cerah untuk tidur. Jadi setelah berbaring beberapa saat, Rubah bangun, mengibaskan tubuhnya, dan berteriak "ya".

Then he ran off straight to the firkin and ate a good third part of it. But when he came back, and the Bear asked him where he had been, since he was so fat about the paunch, he said:

Lalu ia berlari langsung ke tong itu dan memakan sepertiga bagian yang cukup banyak darinya. Namun ketika ia kembali, dan Beruang bertanya ke mana ia pergi, karena perutnya tampak begitu gemuk, ia berkata:

“Don’t you believe then that I was bidden to barsel, to a christening feast.”

"Tidakkah kau percaya bahwa aku diundang ke barsel, ke pesta pembaptisan."

“So, so”, said the Bear, “and pray what was the bairn’s name.”

"Oh begitu," kata Beruang, "dan siapa nama bayinya, kalau boleh tahu."

“Just-begun”, said the Fox.

"Baru-Dimulai," kata Rubah.

So they lay down to sleep again. In a little while up jumped the Fox again, bawled out “yes”, and ran off to the firkin.

Jadi mereka berbaring lagi untuk tidur. Sesaat kemudian Rubah melompat bangun lagi, berteriak "ya", dan berlari ke tong itu.

This time too he ate a good lump. When he came back, and the Bear asked him again where he had been, he said:

Kali ini pun ia memakan segumpal besar. Ketika ia kembali, dan Beruang bertanya lagi ke mana ia pergi, ia berkata:

“Oh, wasn’t I bidden to barsel again, don’t you think.”

"Oh, bukankah aku diundang ke barsel lagi, menurutmu."

“And pray what was the bairn’s name this time”, asked the Bear.

"Dan siapa nama bayinya kali ini," tanya Beruang.

“Half-eaten”, said the Fox.

"Setengah-Dimakan," kata Rubah.

The Bear thought that a very queer name, but he hadn’t wondered long over it before he began to yawn and gape and fell asleep. Well, he hadn’t lain long before the Fox jumped up as he had done twice before, bawled out “yes” and ran off to the firkin, which this time he cleared right out. When he got back he had been bidden to barsel again, and when the Bear wanted to know the bairn’s name, he answered:

Beruang berpikir itu nama yang sangat aneh, tetapi ia belum lama merenungkannya sebelum mulai menguap dan mengantuk lalu tertidur. Belum lama ia berbaring sebelum Rubah melompat bangun seperti dua kali sebelumnya, berteriak "ya" dan berlari ke tong itu, yang kali ini ia habiskan sama sekali. Ketika ia kembali ia telah diundang ke barsel lagi, dan ketika Beruang ingin tahu nama bayinya, ia menjawab:

“Licked-to-the-bottom.”

"Dijilat-sampai-Dasar."

After that they lay down again, and slept a long time; but then they were to go to the firkin to look at the butter, and when they found it eaten up, the Bear threw the blame on the Fox, and the Fox on the Bear; and each said the one had been at the firkin while the other slept.

Setelah itu mereka berbaring lagi, dan tidur lama sekali; tetapi kemudian mereka harus pergi ke tong itu untuk melihat mentega itu, dan ketika mereka mendapatinya sudah habis dimakan, Beruang menyalahkan Rubah, dan Rubah menyalahkan Beruang; dan masing-masing berkata yang satu telah mendatangi tong itu ketika yang lain tidur.

“Well, well”, said Reynard, “we’ll soon find this out, which of us has eaten the butter. We’ll just lay down in the sunshine, and he whose cheeks and chaps are greasiest when we wake, he is the thief.”

"Baiklah, baiklah," kata Reynard, "kita akan segera mengetahui ini, siapa di antara kita yang telah memakan mentega itu. Kita hanya perlu berbaring di bawah sinar matahari, dan siapa pun yang pipinya dan rahangnya paling berminyak ketika kita bangun, dialah pencurinya."

Yes, that trial Bruin was ready to stand; and as he knew in his heart he had never so much as tasted the butter, he lay down without a care to sleep in the sun.

Ya, ujian itu Bruin bersedia hadapi; dan karena ia tahu dalam hatinya bahwa ia tidak pernah bahkan mencicipi mentega itu, ia berbaring tanpa rasa khawatir untuk tidur di bawah matahari.

Then Reynard stole off to the firkin for a morsel of butter, which stuck there in a crack, and then he crept back to the Bear, and greased his chaps and cheeks with it; and then he, too, lay down to sleep as if nothing had happened.

Lalu Reynard menyelinap ke tong itu untuk mengambil sepotong mentega, yang tersangkut di sebuah celah, dan kemudian ia merangkak kembali ke Beruang, dan mengoleskannya ke rahang dan pipinya; lalu ia pun berbaring untuk tidur seolah tak terjadi apa-apa.

So when they both woke, the sun had melted the butter, and the Bear’s whiskers were all greasy; and so it was Bruin after all, and no one else, who had eaten the butter.

Jadi ketika mereka berdua bangun, matahari telah melelehkan mentega itu, dan kumis Beruang penuh minyak; dan begitulah ternyata Bruin sendiri, dan tak ada orang lain, yang telah memakan mentega itu.