{"id":12942,"date":"2026-10-15T10:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=12942"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:23:08","slug":"ajourney-cake_2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/10\/15\/ajourney-cake_2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts after trans\u00adlat\u00ading \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d, which won the 1954 Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00ador."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-002.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5c01\u9762\">The cov\u00ader of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a sto\u00adry that is some\u00adwhat absurd yet excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly cheer\u00adful.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-003.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5185\u9875\">Inside pages of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; On one side of Ding\u00adguagua Moun\u00adtain lived an elder\u00adly cou\u00adple and their helper, a boy named L\u00fc Xing. Their world was peace\u00adful and beau\u00adti\u00adful until\u2014all their ani\u00admals were gone. The old cou\u00adple decid\u00aded to send L\u00fc Xing to find new employ\u00adment so he could live a bet\u00adter life.<br>\nBefore L\u00fc Xing left, the old lady spe\u00adcial\u00adly pre\u00adpared a trav\u00adel cake for him. As L\u00fc Xing began his jour\u00adney, the cake rolled away. Along the way, L\u00fc Xing and the cake passed through var\u00adi\u00adous places, and ani\u00admals every\u00adwhere they went joined the chase\u2026 L\u00fc Xing brought back a large group of ani\u00admals, and the old cou\u00adple were over\u00adjoyed. Life returned to its tran\u00adquil\u00adi\u00adty; they hugged, sang, and cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded. It turns out, life is full of unex\u00adpect\u00aded opportunities\u2014isn\u2019t that true?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-004.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5185\u9875\">Inside pages of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most fun char\u00adac\u00adter in the sto\u00adry is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the boy helper.<b>L\u00fc Xing<\/b>\u2014Yes, the pro\u00adnun\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion is the same as<b>trav\u00adel<\/b>Same! So<b>Trav\u00adel cake<\/b>In the end, it will become<b>Lvx\u00ading Cake<\/b>!this<b>L\u00fc Xing<\/b>What kind of per\u00adson is he?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-005.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be hon\u00adest, he was an excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly opti\u00admistic boy. No mat\u00adter what hap\u00adpened, he seemed capa\u00adble of con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading to whis\u00adtle, hop\u00adping along on his left foot, right foot, left foot\u2026 Until that day when his last ration of food\u2026<b>Trav\u00adel cake<\/b>They ran away! Yes, it\u2019s only here that we might real\u00adize the true pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist of this sto\u00adry is a round\u2026<b>Trav\u00adel cake<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-006.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-007.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5185\u9875\">Inside pages of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can we catch the cake that\u2019s run away so hap\u00adpi\u00adly? How can we catch it? Will it go hun\u00adgry if we can\u2019t? \u2014Don\u2019t wor\u00adry, this is a per\u00adfect\u00adly hap\u00adpy end\u00ading. The author tells the sto\u00adry in a very smooth way, and the illus\u00adtra\u00adtor draws it just as smooth\u00adly. Notice how cir\u00adcles appear through\u00adout the entire book? The cake is still spin\u00adning in cir\u00adcles even at the very end\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-008.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5185\u9875\">Inside pages of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t believe me? Look, even when they\u2019re divid\u00ading the cake at the end, there are so many cir\u00adcles in the pic\u00adture\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-009.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5185\u9875\">Inside pages of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Such a hap\u00adpy end\u00ading is quite enjoy\u00adable to read. The sto\u00adry has a strong tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal folk tale fla\u00advor, inter\u00adspersed with nurs\u00adery rhymes, which are repeat\u00aded con\u00adstant\u00adly, and the plot is lay\u00adered until it brings a sur\u00adpris\u00ading hap\u00adpy end\u00ading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly amus\u00ading is that this book is still\u2026&nbsp;<b>A cre\u00adative duo of a gold medal son-in-law and a gold medal moth\u00ader-in-law! The son-in-law is Robert McCloskey, a two-time Calde\u00adcott Medal win\u00adner, and the moth\u00ader-in-law is Ruth Sawyer, the 1937 New\u00adbery Medal win\u00adner.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-010.jpg\" alt=\"\u9732\u4e1d\u00b7\u7d22\u8036\">Ruth Sawyer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the author, Ruth Sawyer, who lived to a very old age. She was a renowned Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sto\u00adry\u00adteller, chil\u00addren\u2019s book author, and teacher. She was an excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled sto\u00adry\u00adteller and writer. She also had a tal\u00adent for col\u00adlect\u00ading, orga\u00adniz\u00ading, and retelling folk tales, a skill sim\u00adi\u00adlar to that of the Broth\u00aders Grimm. How\u00adev\u00ader, what tru\u00adly made her famous was her 1937 New\u00adbery Medal-win\u00adning chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adel, *Lucin\u00adda the Roller Skat\u00ading Girl*.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-011.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How\u00adev\u00ader, the sto\u00adry of \u201cJour\u00adney Cake, Ho!\u201d was born thanks to her abil\u00adi\u00adty to com\u00adpile and retell folk tales. The sto\u00adry\u2019s pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor may have come from \u201cJour\u00adney Cake\u201d in Joseph Jacobs\u2019 \u201cEng\u00adlish Fairy Tales\u201d. The orig\u00adi\u00adnal text of this clas\u00adsic Eng\u00adlish fairy tale is attached at the end of the arti\u00adcle for com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-012.jpg\" alt=\"\u539f\u7248\u300a\u82f1\u56fd\u7ae5\u8bdd\u96c6\u300b\u5c01\u9762\">Orig\u00adi\u00adnal cov\u00ader of \u201cThe Eng\u00adlish Fairy Tales\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fur\u00adther\u00admore, atten\u00adtive read\u00aders can also find echoes of clas\u00adsic fairy tales like \u201cThe Gold\u00aden Goose,\u201d \u201cThe Gin\u00adger\u00adbread Man,\u201d and \u201cThe Pan\u00adcake\u201d in this sto\u00adry. For instance, in \u201cThe Gold\u00aden Goose,\u201d a series of peo\u00adple chas\u00ading the gold\u00aden goose end up stuck togeth\u00ader, while \u201cThe Gin\u00adger\u00adbread Man\u201d and \u201cThe Pan\u00adcake\u201d are both sto\u00adries of food escap\u00ading and ulti\u00admate\u00adly end\u00ading up in the mouths of cun\u00adning fox\u00ades or pigs. The sto\u00adry of \u201cThe Pan\u00adcake\u201d from \u201c100 Endur\u00ading Human Sto\u00adries\u201d is also includ\u00aded at the end for com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Sawyer\u2019s sto\u00adry, *The Cake Ran Away!*, is set in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan moun\u00adtains. The pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist, Lu Xun, embod\u00adies the \u201cfool\u201d arche\u00adtype from tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal folktales\u2014a care\u00adfree, opti\u00admistic per\u00adson who acts on instinct with a cheer\u00adful dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, lack\u00ading guile and always find\u00ading good for\u00adtune in sim\u00adple things. Com\u00adpared to the folk\u00adtales men\u00adtioned ear\u00adli\u00ader, Ruth\u2019s sto\u00adry is the most ful\u00adfill\u00ading and joy\u00adful!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-013.jpg\" alt=\"\u7f57\u4f2f\u7279\u00b7\u9ea6\u514b\u6d1b\u65af\u57fa\">Robert McCloskey<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, Robert McCloskey (1914\u20132003), who also lived a long life. This mas\u00adter pic\u00adture book author did\u00adn\u2019t pro\u00adduce a large num\u00adber of works, but his award-win\u00adning rate was very high, receiv\u00ading two Calde\u00adcott Medals and three Calde\u00adcott Hon\u00adors. Take a look at his award-win\u00adning works; are there any you\u2019ve read and enjoyed?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-014.jpg\" alt=\"\u91d1\u5956\u4f5c\u54c1\u300a\u8ba9\u8def\u7ed9\u5c0f\u9e2d\u5b50\u300b\">The gold medal-win\u00adning work, \u201cMake Way for the Duck\u00adlings\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-015.jpg\" alt=\"\u91d1\u5956\u4f5c\u54c1\u300a\u7f8e\u597d\u65f6\u5149\u300b\">Gold Award Win\u00adning Work: \u201cBeau\u00adti\u00adful Times\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-016.jpg\" alt=\"\u94f6\u5956\u4f5c\u54c1\u300a\u6d77\u8fb9\u7684\u65e9\u6668\u300b\">Sil\u00adver Award Win\u00adner: \u201cMorn\u00ading by the Sea\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-017.jpg\" alt=\"\u94f6\u5956\u4f5c\u54c1\u300a\u5c0f\u585e\u5c14\u91c7\u84dd\u8393\u300b\">Sil\u00adver Award Win\u00adner: \u201cLit\u00adtle Sel Pick\u00ading Blue\u00adber\u00adries\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are all of them clas\u00adsics? Among them, *Make Way for Duck\u00adlings* is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar, because it gave McClossky some sav\u00adings, allow\u00ading him to buy prop\u00ader\u00adty on Deer Island, Maine, and live a seclud\u00aded artist\u2019s life. *Lit\u00adtle Sel Pick\u00ading Blue\u00adber\u00adries* is based on his fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s life there; Lit\u00adtle Sel is his eldest daugh\u00adter, and Sel\u2019s moth\u00ader is depict\u00aded in the book based on Ruth Sawyer\u2019s daugh\u00adter, Mar\u00adgaret. Sel lat\u00ader had a younger sis\u00adter, which can be seen in *Morn\u00ading on the Beach*. As the younger sis\u00adter grew old\u00ader, she could sail freely with Sel around Deer Island; their sto\u00adry is in *Good Times*. \u2014Just imag\u00adine, because he won the Calde\u00adcott Medal, he had the mon\u00adey to live a seclud\u00aded life in such a beau\u00adti\u00adful place, then turned that seclud\u00aded life into a book, and con\u00adtin\u00adued to win gold and sil\u00adver medals! Where else in the world can you find such a good thing?! It must be said, Robert McClossky was very for\u00adtu\u00adnate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just a lit\u00adtle gos\u00adsip: why did Robert become Ruth Sawyer\u2019s son-in-law? How did they come to have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to work togeth\u00ader? It must have been due to their shared edit\u00ading\u2026<b>May Massey<\/b>That\u2019s rel\u00ade\u00advant. To learn more about this leg\u00adendary edi\u00adtor\u2019s sto\u00adry, you can read the rel\u00ade\u00advant sec\u00adtion of *A Short His\u00adto\u00adry of Pic\u00adture Books*.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-018.jpg\" alt=\"\u4f20\u5947\u7f16\u8f91\u6885\u00b7\u9a6c\u897f\">Leg\u00adendary edi\u00adtor May Massey<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-019.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read\u00aders famil\u00adiar with Robert McCloskey\u2019s style might find \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d a bit unlike his work; we can com\u00adpare it to the style of \u201cMake Way for the Duck\u00adlings\u201d\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-020.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u8ba9\u8def\u7ed9\u5c0f\u9e2d\u5b50\u300b\u4e13\u8272\u5185\u9875\">Spe\u00adcial-col\u00adored inner pages for \u201cMake Way for the Duck\u00adlings\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-021.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u86cb\u7cd5\u9003\u8dd1\u5566\uff01\u300b\u5185\u9875\">Inside pages of \u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cake Ran Away!\u201d fea\u00adtures a rather rare wood\u00adcut style in McClossky\u2019s work; per\u00adhaps only in this way can the sto\u00adry appear par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly old-fash\u00adioned, com\u00adple\u00adment\u00ading Ruth Sawyer\u2019s vin\u00adtage folk\u00adtale charm. It\u2019s said that cre\u00adat\u00ading this book was a chal\u00adlenge for McClossky, and judg\u00ading from the result, he was a great suc\u00adcess!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of some absurd and cheer\u00adful sto\u00adries with rather exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded and cheer\u00adful illus\u00adtra\u00adtions makes up this cheer\u00adful clas\u00adsic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp; &nbsp;More similar and fun versions of the story\u2014<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-022.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u91d1\u9e45\u300b\u2014\u2014\u5c24\u91cc\u00b7\u8212\u5229\u74e6\u8328\u91cd\u8ff0\u7248\u672c\">The Gold\u00aden Goose \u2013 Yuri Shul\u00adwitz\u2019s Retelling<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-023.jpg\" alt=\"\u300a\u59dc\u997c\u4eba\u300b\">Gin\u00adger\u00adbread Man<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian folk\u00adtale \u201cThe Pan\u00adcake\u201d (from \u201c100 Endur\u00ading Sto\u00adries of Human\u00adi\u00adty\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13141 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs01-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"291\" height=\"343\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13143 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs02-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs02-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs02-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs02-rotated.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13144 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs03-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs03-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs03-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs03-rotated.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs04-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs04-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs04-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u7ae5\u8bdd\u714e\u997cs04-rotated.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Nor\u00adwe\u00adgian folk\u00adtale \u201cThe Pan\u00adcake\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Eng\u00adlish folk\u00adtale John\u00adny-Cake<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-028.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-029.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<p>The orig\u00adi\u00adnal Eng\u00adlish text is as fol\u00adlows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Johnny-Cake<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time there was an old man, and an old woman, and a lit\u00adtle boy. One morn\u00ading the old woman made a John\u00adny-cake, and put it in the oven to bake. \u201cYou watch the John\u00adny-cake while your father and I go out to work in the gar\u00adden.\u201d So the old man and the old woman went out and began to hoe pota\u00adtoes, and left the lit\u00adtle boy to tend the oven. popped open, and out of the oven jumped John\u00adny-cake, and went rolling along end over end, towards the open door of the house. The lit\u00adtle boy ran to shut the door, but John\u00adny-cake was too quick for him and rolled through the door, down the steps, and out into the road long before the lit\u00adtle boy could catch him. three a long way, and was soon out of sight, while they had to sit down, all out of breath, on a bank to rest.<\/p>\n<p>On went John\u00adny-cake, and by-and-by he came to two well-dig\u00adgers who looked up from their work and called out: \u201cWhere ye going, John\u00adny-cake?\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019ve out\u00adrun an old man, and an old woman, and a lit\u00adtle boy, and I can out\u00adrun you too-oo!\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cYe can, can ye? we\u2019ll see about that?\u201d said they; and they threw down their picks and ran after him, but could\u00adn\u2019t catch up with him, and soon they had to sit down by the road\u00adside to rest.<\/p>\n<p>On ran John\u00adny-cake, and by-and-by he came to two ditch-dig\u00adgers who were dig\u00adging a ditch. \u201cWhere ye going, John\u00adny-cake?\u201d said they. He said: \u201cI\u2019ve out\u00adrun an old man, and an old woman, and a lit\u00adtle boy, and two well-dig\u00adgers, and I can out\u00adrun you too-oo!\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cYe can, can ye? we\u2019ll see about that!\u201d said they; and they threw down their spades, and ran after him too. But John\u00adny-cake soon out\u00adstripped them also, and see\u00ading they could nev\u00ader catch him, they gave up the chase and sat down to rest.<\/p>\n<p>On went John\u00adny-cake, and by-and-by he came to a bear. The bear said: \u201cWhere are ye going, John\u00adny-cake?\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019ve out\u00adrun an old man, and an old woman and a lit\u00adtle boy, and two well-dig\u00adgers, and two ditch-dig\u00adgers, and I can out\u00adrun you too- oo!\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cYe can, can ye?\u201d grew the bear, \u201cwe\u2019ll see about that!\u201d and trot\u00adted as fast as his legs could car\u00adry him after John\u00adny-cake, who nev\u00ader stopped to look behind him. Before long the bear was left so far behind that he saw he might as well give up the hunt first as last, so he stretched him\u00adself out by the road\u00adside to rest.<\/p>\n<p>On went John\u00adny-cake, and by-and-by he came to a wolf. The wolf said: \u2013 \u201cWhere ye going, John\u00adny-cake?\u201d He said: \u201cI\u2019ve out\u00adrun an old man, and an old woman, and a lit\u00adtle boy, and two well-dig\u00adgers, and two ditch-dig\u00adgers and a bear, and I can out\u00adrun you too-oo!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cYe can, can ye?\u201d snarled the wolf, \u201cwe\u2019ll see about that!\u201d And he set into a gal\u00adlop after John\u00adny-cake, who went on and on so fast that the wolf too saw there was no hope of over\u00adtak\u00ading him, and he too lay down to rest.<\/p>\n<p>On went John\u00adny-cake, and by-and-by he came to a fox that lay qui\u00adet\u00adly in a cor\u00adner of the fence. The fox called out in a sharp voice, but with\u00adout get\u00adting up: \u201cWhere ye going John\u00adny-cake?\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019ve out\u00adrun an old man, and an old woman, and a lit\u00adtle boy, and two well-dig\u00adgers, and two ditch-dig\u00adgers, a bear, and a wolf, and I can out\u00adrun you too-oo!\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The fox said: \u201cI can\u2019t quite hear you, John\u00adny-cake, won\u2019t you come a lit\u00adtle clos\u00ader?\u201d turn\u00ading his head a lit\u00adtle to one side.<\/p>\n<p>John\u00adny-cake stopped his race for the first time, and went a lit\u00adtle clos\u00ader, and called out in a very loud voice \u201cI\u2019ve out\u00adrun an old man, and an old woman, and a lit\u00adtle boy, and two well-dig\u00adgers, and two ditch-dig\u00adgers, and a bear, and a wolf, and I can out\u00adrun you too-o\u2011o.\u201d\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cCan\u2019t quite hear you; won\u2019t you come a lit\u00adtle clos\u00ader?\u201d said the fox in a fee\u00adble voice, as he stretched out his neck towards John\u00adny-cake, and put one paw behind his ear.<\/p>\n<p>John\u00adny-cake came up close, and lean\u00ading towards the fox screamed out: I\u2019VE OUTRUN AN OLD MAN, AND AN OLD WOMAN, AND A LITTLE BOY, AND TWO WELL-DIGGERS, AND TWO DITCH-DIGGERS, AND A BEAR, AND A WOLF, AND I CAN OUTRUN YOU TOO-OO!\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cYou can, can you?\u201d yelped the fox, and he snapped up the John\u00adny-cake in his sharp teeth in the twin\u00adkling of an eye.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014From Joseph Jacob\u00ads\u2019s *Eng\u00adlish Fairy Tales*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00fc Xing\u2019s per\u00adfect jour\u00adney with the trav\u00adel cake (or one of the many ways to tell the clas\u00adsic sto\u00adry)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,498,12],"tags":[406,5,6],"class_list":["post-12942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-translation","category-498","category-ajia-review","tag-406","tag-5","tag-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ajia-weibo-2309404677844369539172-001.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12942"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13244,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12942\/revisions\/13244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}