aa raajuki eeDuguru koDukulu.
eeDuguruu veeTakeLLaaru.
eDu ceepalu teccaaru.
enDabeTTaaru.
anduloo oka ceepa enDaleedu.
"ceepaa! ceepaa! enduk'enDaleedu?"
"gaDDidubbu aDD'occhindi."
"gaDDi dubbuu gaDDidubuu enduk'aDD'occavau?
"aavu meyyaleedu."
"aavuu, aavu, enduku meyyaleedu?"
"paSuvulavaadu vippaleedu."
"paSuvulavaaDaa! paSuvulavaaDaa! enduku vippaleedu?"
"avva annaam peTTaleedu?"
"avvaa! avvaa! enduku annam peTTaleedu?"
"pillaaDu eeDustunnaaDu."
"pillaaDa! pillaaDa! enduk'eeDustunnaavu?"
"ciima kuTTimdi."
"ciimma ciimma eMdukkuTTaavu?"
"naa bangaaru kannamloo veelu peDiee neenu kuTTanaa?"
Friends: This is a tale, many of you heard in some form or the other when you
were young. Could you recall your version? Would you share it with me and the
othr members on the list? Even if the version should change in one word, or
a phrase, or it is told very differently, with a whole differnt set of
sentences,it would be fun to hear it again. This perhap the first tale that
every Telugu child heard, and in some real sense, reflects the Teluguness in
all of us. Incidentally, are there other language versions of this tale?
p.s. Please tell the tale in your version, completely.
Thanks.
VNR