"Jorinde and Joringel" by Jenny Dolfen

ohhhh....so very pretty...reminds me of grimm fairy tales...beautiful

Great to see something different. I’ve always liked Bilibin’s illustrations and you’ve captured the style well. I like.

this is lovley. i love the classic feel that you went for in this. However, i think the females shoulders may be to wide in comparison to the perspective just a bit.

this is amazing i love the fact that it comes from a fairy tale and the way you made it the texter(sorry horrible spelling) is awsome it kind of makes it look old!amazing pice!

So sad, Im glad it has a happy ending.

He He.... Mushrooms.

that story sounds...so familiar... oh, and the picture is cool too.

I didn’t know anyone else new this story! *random* Do you know the story of the Princess in disguse?

Beautiful. I’ve always loved this faerie tale.

i wanted to try to offer you a better translation. i looked online out of interest and the song in english is often written the way you have it (i suppose because it wounds nicer), but it is not true to the german.

Mein Vöglein mit dem Ringlein rot
singt Leide, Leide, Leide.
Es singt dem Täubelein seinen Tod,
singt Leide, Lei - zicküth, zicküth, zicküth

my little bird with the red ringlets
sings songs, songs, songs
it sings to the dove of his death
sings songs, so- jug, jug, jug

i want to also mention that the suffix ’lein’ in german means small and is usually added to pet names for girls. ’Ringlein’ and ’Täubelein’ do not have the suffix added (it is part of the full word) but it adds to the sweetness of the song. also, zicküth is often translated into english but of course ’jug’ sounds nothing like a bird’s tweet.

i hope you found this of interest.

Jenny Dolfen replies: "I’m afraid you misinterpreted and misunderstood several parts. You see, I *am* German, and the translation up there is my attempt to make an English version close to the German. "Leide" is an archaic form of "Leid", sorrow (hence my archaic English term of "woe", and has nothing to do with "Lied" (song). Leid sounds like English "light" and Lied rhymes with "greed".

Also, neither Täubelein nor Ringlein habe the suffix -lein as part of the word (almost no German word has the suffix so firmly attached, expect Mädchen, but that’s a diferent though similar suffix). The proper German words are "Taube" (pigeon) and "Ring" (ring), respectively. "