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An Litir Bheag 893

Litir Bheag na seachdain sa le Ruairidh MacIlleathain. Litir Ă ireamh 893. This week's short letter for GĂ idhlig learners.

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An Litir Bheag 893

Dh’fhĂ g sinn Iain agus am bodach, a bha ann an riochd eich, air taobh thall caolais bhon chaisteal phrĂ ise. Fhuair Iain slat. ‘Buail an t-slat orm,’ thuirt am bodach, ‘agus bidh mi nam long. Bheir mi don chaisteal thu. Èighidh a’ bhaintighearna, “CĂČ Ă s a thĂ inig thu?” Freagraidh thusa gun tĂ inig thu Ă s na h-Innsean.’ Agus mhĂŹnich am bodach mar a bhiodh an cĂČrr dhen chĂČmhradh.

ÊŒS ann mar sin a thachair e. Thuirt Iain gun tĂ inig e Ă s na h-Innsean. ‘DĂš an luchd a tha agad air bĂČrd?’ dh’fhaighnich a’ bhaintighearna.

‘Tha sìoda,’ fhreagair Iain.

‘Thoir ultach dheth a-steach,’ ars ise.

‘Nach tig sibh a-mach don t-soitheach airson fhaicinn,’ thuirt Iain. Thàinig a’ bhaintighearna a-mach.

Nuair a bha i air bĂČrd, ghluais an soitheach gu socair. Bha a’ bhaintighearna a-nise pĂŹos air falbh bhon chaisteal. Bha i feargach. Thilg i iuchraichean a’ chaisteil dhan loch. ‘Cha tĂšid duine eile a-steach,’ thuirt i.

Chaidh iad gu lĂčchairt an RĂŹgh. Thuirt a’ bhaintighearna nach pĂČsadh i an RĂŹgh gus am biodh an caisteal prĂ ise aig ceann na lĂčchairt. Thuirt an RĂŹgh ri Iain gu feumadh esan sin a dhĂšanamh. No bhiodh e air a chrochadh. Chaidh Iain agus am bodach gu uamh nam famhairean. Thog na famhairean an caisteal prĂ ise. Chuir iad aig ceann na lĂčchairt e.

Ach cha robh a’ bhaintighearna riaraichte. ‘Cha phĂČs mi thu,’ thuirt i ris an RĂŹgh, ‘gus am faigh mi na h-iuchraichean agam air ais.’ Chaidh Iain don trĂ igh far an robh an t-iasg. Lorg an t-iasg na h-iuchraichean. 

Cha robh a’ bhaintighearna sĂ saichte, ge-tĂ . ‘Cha phĂČs mi thu,’ thuirt i ris an RĂŹgh, ‘gus am faigh mi trĂŹ botail de dh’uisge Ă  Tobar nam Buadh.’ 

Dh’fhalbh Iain agus am bodach. ‘Faigh clach,’ thuirt am bodach ris, ‘agus buail mi am bun na cluaise. Bidh mi marbh. Sgolt mo bhrĂč. Thig cĂČig fithich. Beir air dithis dhiubh. Can ris na trĂŹ eile nach leig thu am brĂ ithrean mu sgaoil gus an toir iad dhut cĂČig botail de dh’uisge Ă  Tobar nam Buadh.’ Thachair e dĂŹreach mar a mhĂŹnich am bodach. Agus bheir mi an sgeul gu crĂŹch anns an ath Litir.

The Little Letter 893

We left Iain and the old man, who was in the form of a horse, on the far side of a strait from a brazen castle. Iain got a rod. ‘Hit me with a rod,’ said the old man, ‘and I’ll become a ship. I’ll take you to the castle. The lady will shout, “Where did you come from?” You’ll reply that you came from the Indies.’ And the old man explained how the rest of the conversation would go.

That’s how it happened. Iain said that he came from the Indies. ‘What load do you have on board?’ asked the lady.

‘Silk,’ replied Iain.

‘Bring a large armful of it in [to me],’ said she.

‘Won’t you come to the ship to see it,’ said Iain. The lady came out.

When she was aboard, the vessel moved gently. The lady was now a distance away from the castle. She was angry. She threw the keys of the castle into the loch. ‘Nobody else will get entry,’ she said.

They went to the King’s palace. The lady said she would not marry the King until the brazen castle was at the end of the palace. The King said to Iain that he would have to do that. Or he would be hanged. Iain and the old man went to the giants’ cave. The giants lifted the brazen castle. They put it at the end of the palace.

But the lady was not satisfied. ‘I won’t marry you,’ she said to the King, ‘until I get my keys back.’ Iain went to the beach where the fish was. The fish found the keys.

The lady was not satisfied, however. ‘I won’t marry you,’ she said to the King, ‘until I get three bottles of water from the well of the virtues.’

Iain and the old man left. ‘Get a stone,’ said the old man to him, ‘and hit me at the base of the ear. I’ll be dead. Slit my belly. Five ravens will come. Catch two of them. Tell the three others that you won’t release their brothers until they give you five bottles of water from “the well of the virtues”.’ It happened just as the old man explained. And I’ll conclude the story in the next Litir.

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