The Fir and the Bramble

Fir da Bramble ɗaya ne daga cikin Tatsuniyoyi na Aesop kuma an ƙidaya shi a lamba 304 a cikin Perry Index .  Yana ɗaya daga cikin rukuni inda bishiyoyi da tsirrai ke muhawara tare, wanda ya haɗa da Bishiyoyi da Bramble da The Oak da Reed . Masu fafatawa a cikin wannan tatsuniyar sun fara bayyana a cikin waƙar muhawara ta Sumerian mai layuka 250 waɗanda suka fara tun daga kusan 2100 KZ,  a cikin nau'in da a ƙarshe zai bazu ta Gabas ta Tsakiya .

 Tatsuniya 
Akwai nau'ikan tatsuniyoyi da dama a cikin majiyoyin Girka da kuma wani sigar Latin ta ƙarshe da Avianus ya rubuta. Yana magana ne game da itacen fir wanda ya yi alfahari da itacen bramble, 'Ba ka da amfani ko kaɗan; alhali kuwa ina amfani da shi a ko'ina don rufin gida da gidaje.' Sai Bramble ya amsa: 'Kai talakan halitta, idan za ka tuna da gatari da zare da za su sare ka, da za ka yi fatan ka girma Bramble, ba Fir-Tree ba.'  Ɗabi'ar labarin ita ce shahara tana tare da haɗarin da masu tawali'u suka 'yantu.

William Caxton (1484) shi ne na farko da ya samar da sigar Turanci, inda ya ɗauko labarin daga Avianus ya ba shi taken The busshe and the aubyer tree . A cikin bugun ayoyin John Ogilby (1668), an yi masa taken The Cedar and the Shrub  amma yawancin tarin daga baya sun ba shi suna The Fir and the Bramble . A zamanin Victorian, an sabunta ɗabi'ar tatsuniya zuwa "Mafi kyawun talauci ba tare da kulawa ba, fiye da wadata da."

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