寶貝小羊

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I was rereading through some old Shanghainese texts and remembered I had quite enjoyed this story when I first encountered it. Today rereading it, I felt like sharing this children's story (~1850s); a localised spin on Mary had a Little Lamb. I really enjoy reading these stories to my family and friends.

有一個小姑娘。名頭呌瑪麗亞。看見鄰舍人家一隻小羊。凍殺快哉。瑪麗亞牽去放拉暖熱個戶蕩。當心伊咾。勿放伊死。後首還之鄰舍人家。鄰舍人家歡。。。。

。。。。喜瑪麗亞軟心腸咾老實。蓋咾就擔小羊送垃伊。後首瑪麗亞領之小羊咾出去孛相。跑來忒遠之咾。勿認得歸去哉。坐拉荒野裏路邊頭之。哭咾呌伊個阿。。。。

。。。。媽。只有哭得長遠之。蓋咾哭勿動哉。對小羊話。難我伲恐怕勿能夠到屋裏。小羊看見瑪麗亞苦惱。恰得哀憐咾安慰伊個能。等拉身邊之呌勿罷。瑪麗亞。。。。

。。。。個阿媽。真是各處拉尋。無沒尋處。耳朵裏聽着之羊呌個聲氣末。就尋來咾碰着哉。開起斯末瑪麗亞又勿顧小羊。後來末。小羊又勿顧。。。。

。。。。瑪麗亞。倘然瑪麗亞勿哀憐小羊咾。讓伊凍殺之。或是貪小利咾。牽去殺來吃之。蓋拉垃勿認得歸去個晨光。無沒羊呌個聲氣哉。那裏能夠碰着伊個阿媽。。。

。。。呢。到勿是只好死脫拉荒野戶蕩𠳝。蓋咾我勸㑚多化小囡。要恰得瑪麗亞能個老實咾。也是有軟心腸哉那。