Once upon a time, across seventeen countries, there was a goat. That goat had seven little goats. Once the old goat said:
- Be careful and stay at home, because I'm going out to the field to bring you some fresh grass.
- 'All right, we'll obey,' said the little goat boys.
The old goat went out into the field, but still shouted back:
- Don't let anyone in, because I won't be home until the evening!
Well, there was a howling wolf listening outside the house.
"Well," he thought to himself, "there must be something here!"
An hour or two later, he went to the window and called to the little goats:
- My dear little boys, open the door, for I have brought you some fresh grass.
The little goats had a good laugh.
- After all, our mother only comes home at night, and her voice is not as thick as yours.
The wolf got annoyed and ran out into the meadow. There he saw a big slab of carrots. He pulled out a big one and ate it, so that his voice would be thin. He ran back to the window and told the little goats:
- Open the door, because I've brought you some fresh weed.
They were just about to open the door when the biggest one looks out of the window and sees how black his feet are. He shouts at the others:
- Do not open the door, for our mother has white feet, not black!
The wolf was terribly angry that nothing was working. He thinks to himself, he goes into town and runs straight to the baker. He tells him to get a sack of flour quickly. The baker was kneading and asked the wolf to wait.
But the wolf was very impatient, he couldn't wait any longer, and he crawled into the big turtle noodles. He said to himself, "Now I'm going to eat goat meat!" and went back.
It was well into the afternoon. The wolf put his feet up on the windowsill to let the gidos think their mother had come home. His voice was thin and his feet were white, so the little giddos thought their mother had come home. She shrieked at the door:
- Dear little boys, let me in, I've brought you some fresh weed!
The little geckos were very happy to see the fresh grass and opened the door. Well, my lord, there was a howl when the wolf came in! One hid under the bench, another in the sushi, a third in the ashes, and a fourth in the clocks.
The other three were so scared that they stayed in the middle of the room, unable to run away. The wolf took them all in right away, but he was still not satisfied.
He pulled it out of the bench, out of the sushi, out of the ash he could find, but the watch was so small that the wolf's mouth couldn't fit. The seventh was so frightened that he contracted so much that the wolf didn't care.
- "Oh, I'm full," he said, rubbing his belly, "it'll be nice to go out into the meadow and have a good sleep under a tree.
The wolf went outside, lay down under a big mulberry tree and fell asleep.
In the evening the old goat comes home from the field. He almost died of fright when he saw the door open and no one there. He started shouting:
- Gidili, midili, come out!
Even then the little one was so scared that he didn't dare to speak. The old goat began to cry bitterly, wondering where his children had gone. Well, as he was lamenting to himself, suddenly someone spoke:
- Do not cry, dear mother, for here I am!
The little gogo came out, very happy for his mother, but even happier for the fresh grass he had brought, because he was so hungry, his stomach was rumbling.
- Where are the rest of your brothers and sisters?" asked his mother sadly.
The little one told how they had been deceived by the big howler wolf.
- "Oh," says the old man, "then I saw him sleeping in the garden. His belly is so big! "Quick, get needles, thread and scissors," he says to his son.
While his son was looking for needles, thread and scissors, the old goat was resting a little, because old men tire quickly.
Then they went out into the garden. They see that the wolf is still fast asleep. The goat says to his little boy:
- Go quickly, fill your apron with pebbles.
Meanwhile, the old goat was cutting across the wolf's belly. The little goat kids all jumped out of him. They started jumping, clapping and shouting for joy.
- 'Enough of this game,' said the old goat, 'quickly fetch some pebbles until the wolf wakes up.
In a moment, there was a lot of gravel. They filled the wolf's belly, and the old goat began to sew. Then he remembers that he forgot his thimble at home, and one of his fingers is stubbed. Soon he had the smallest of them running after his thimble, and he sewed the wolf's belly with it. Then he ordered his children to go home until the wolf woke up, or else they would be wounded.
They went home and watched from the window to see when the wolf would wake up.
Once the wolf wakes up, he was very thirsty. He thinks to himself.
Well, as soon as he stands up, the pebble in his stomach turns. He just smiles to himself as he rattles off, starts to say:
Hahaha, what's rattling in my tummy?
It looks like gravel,
and there are six gidos.
When he got down to the stream, well, there was a lot of water flowing. He goes to the bank of the stream and leans into the water to drink. As soon as he bent down, the pebbles all sprang up in him, and sure enough, the old wolf-man was swept into the stream, and carried down the stream.
The stream was flowing right in front of the goat's house. The little geckos laughed at the old wolf swimming there. If the wolf hadn't drowned in it, my story would have lasted longer.
(Ágnes Kovács: Folk tales for kindergarten children)
