The Seven Ravens

Una hombreman teníahad sieteseven hijossons yand ningunano hija,daughter aunquealthough deseabawished conwith todoall suhis corazónheart tenerto have una.one
One man had seven sons and no daughters, although he wished with all his heart to have one. Perobut unone día,day suhis esposawife lohim colmófilled dewith alegríajoy alby dargiving finalmentefinally ato luzbirth ato unaa niña.girl
But one day, his wife filled him with joy when she finally gave birth to a baby girl. Lathe alegríajoy deof losthe padresparents fuewas inmensa,immense pero,but porby desgracia,misfortune elthe bebébaby erawas tanso pequeñosmall yand tanso frágilfragile quethat seit considerówas considered necesarionecessary bautizarlobaptize her deat inmediato.once
The parents' joy was immense, but, unfortunately, the baby was so small and so fragile that it was deemed necessary to baptize him immediately. Elthe padrefather enviósent rápidamentequickly ato unoone deof sushis hijossons ato lathe fuentespring parato queso that trajerahe would bring elthe aguawater delof the bautismo,baptism perobut losthe otrosother seissix lohim siguieron,followed yand comosince todosall queríanwanted serto be losthe primerosfirst ento sacardraw elthe agua,water lathe jarrajug cayófell alto the fondo.bottom
The father quickly sent one of his sons to the spring to fetch the baptismal water, but the other six followed him, and as they all wanted to be the first to draw the water, the pitcher fell to the bottom. Losthe sieteseven muchachosboys sethemselves quedaronremained allí,there sinwithout saberknowing quéwhat hacerto do yand sinwithout atreversedaring ato volverreturn ato casa.home
The seven boys stood there, not knowing what to do and not daring to go home. Alwhen nonot verlosseeing them regresar,return elthe padrefather sehimself impacientógrew impatient yand exclamó:exclaimed "¡Esosthose bribonesrascals seguramentesurely estánare jugandoplaying yand sethemselves hanhave olvidadoforgotten deof lathe pobrepoor pequeña!"little one
Not seeing them not return, the father became impatient and exclaimed, "Those rascals are surely playing and have forgotten the poor little girl!" Temiendofearing quethat elthe bebébaby murierawould die sinwithout serbeing bautizado,baptized sehimself enfadógot angry yand gritó:shouted "¡QuisieraI wish verlosto see them ato todosall transformadostransformed eninto cuervos!"crows
Fearing that the baby would die without being baptized, he became angry and shouted, "I would like to see them all transformed into crows!" Apenasno sooner pronunciópronounced estasthese palabras,words oyóhe heard una aleteoflapping sobreover suhis cabeza.head
No sooner had he uttered these words than he heard a flutter above his head. Alzóhe raised lathe vistasight yand viosaw volarfly ato sieteseven cuervoscrows negros.black
He looked up and saw seven black crows flying.