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Termodo or Nentermodo Fruta
Warmed or Unwarmed Fruit
Avayar le sen Tamil fempoemayen.
Avvaiyyar was a Tamil poetess.
Te jiwa fe tigayum cennyan LND (lefe nunli daywatumon).
She lived in the 3rd century BCE.
Te sen daymogepul, mas pia burfahuri.
She was a genius, but was proud too.
Ban din, te vole na idi cel alo deha.
One day, she wanted to go to another village
Te xoru na anda.
She started walking.
Hay multi termo.
It was very hot.
Te rahatu bax drevo.
She rested under a tree.
Drevo sen pul fe syahe prumu.
The tree was full of black plums.
Mannini folpasa.
A boy passed by.
Avayar voka te,
She called him
ji peti tas te na cudu bannumer fruta.
and asked him to get some fruits.
Nini swal tas te kama te vole termodo fruta kam nentermodo fruta.
He asked whether she wanted warmed fruit or unwarmed fruit.
Te haha ji loga,
She laughed and said,
"Kemaner to sen ible ki fruta sen termodo?"
"How can a fruit be warmed?"
Nini esraru.
He insisted.
Avayar loga, "Okey, am gibe tas mi termodo fruta."
Avayar said, "All right, give me warmed fruit."
Nini supraidi drevo.
The boy climbed the tree.
Te treme ban xube.
He shook some branch.
Fruta sokutu cel infer per gubarpul geo.
Fruits fell down on the dusty ground.
Femixu ofcudu oto.
The lady picked them up.
Te exhawa pas sesu munte
She blew air through her mouth
cel na awgi gubar.
to remove the dust.
Nini swal,
The boy asked,
"Daymama, keseba? Kam to sen termopul?"
"Nana, why? Is it hot?"
Femixu bevinamragi tesu lexi-yuxi.
The lady was humbled by his word-play.
Xorfe den din, te awetiraf sesu burfahuriya.
From that day, she renounced her proud nature.
Submitted by Srinivasan V R