Dick Whittington and His Cat
Dick Whittington na Cat ya bụ akụkọ ifo Bekee gbara ndụ n'ezie Richard Whittington (c. 1354 - 1423), onye ahịa bara ọgaranya na emesia Lord Mayor nke London.[1] Akụkọ a na-akọwa nbilite ya site na ịda ogbenye dara ogbenye na nwata na akụ o nwetara site na ire nwamba ya na mba oke. Ọ bụ ezie na ezigbo Whittington bụ nwamba n'ezie na o yikarịrị ka o nweghị pusi, ọ ghọrọ onye ahịa na onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ma chetara ya maka ọrụ ọha na eze na ntinye ego ọrụ ebere.
Ihe ọzọ dị na akụkọ akụkọ ahụ bụ na Dick gbalịrị ịgbapụ ọrụ ya dị ka scullion n'otu abalị, na-aga n'ụlọ (ma ọ bụ ruo Highgate Hill na omenala e mesịrị), ma ụda mgbịrịgba ụta gbaghaara ya, nke kwere nkwa na ọ ga-abụ onyeisi obodo London otu ụbọchị.
Kemgbe Oge Victorian, akụkọ ahụ abụwo isiokwu kachasị amasị ndị Britain, ọkachasị n'Oge Krismas.
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[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ụdị ederede sitere na mmalite afọ 1600, ihe karịrị afọ 150 mgbe ọnwụ nke Whittington nke akụkọ ihe mere eme gasịrị. A maara ihe nkiri (1604-05) na ballad (1605) naanị site na aha; Richard Johnson's ballad of 1612 bụ ihe kachasị ochie nke na-ezo aka na Whittington na-enweta ọgaranya ya na nwamba ya. Ballad mbụ a nwere ọdịnala na Whittington gbapụrụ n'ọrụ scullion ya wee gaa n'ụlọ, mana mgbịrịgba London nke buru amụma ọdịnihu ya nke ịghọ onye isi obodo.
Nkọwa okwu mbụ a maara bụ The Famous and Remarkable History of Sir Richard Whittington nke "T. H." (Thomas Heywood), bipụtara na 1656 n'ụdị chapbook, nke kwuru na mgbịrịgba ndị ahụ bụ nke Bow Church (St Mary-le-Bow), nakwa na nwata nwoke ahụ nụrụ ha na Bunhill. Akwụkwọ ndị a na-ahụkarị n'oge na-adịbeghị anya dere na nwata nwoke ahụ ruru Holloway n'abalị ọ gbapụrụ. Njikọ ya na obodo a enwetabeghị nkwado n'akụkọ ọdịnala ma ọ bụ akwụkwọ, a na-eche na ọ bụ ihe e mepụtara na narị afọ nke iri na asatọ. Mana dabere na ọdịnala a, a na-ahụkarị Whittington Stone dị na ala Highgate Hill dị ka ebe Dick Whittington kwụsịrị ma nụ mgbịrịgba a ma ama.