Un mamma nasinḍayi,
Ranwan bāēnā aendē andanḍayi,
Ranwan akkā sāminē wenḍayi.
No. 14
The Four Deaf Persons
In a certain city there were a woman and a man, it is said. Both of them were deaf. A female child was born to that man, and this child was also deaf. The man to whom she was given in marriage when she grew up was also deaf.
The girl’s husband went to plough a rice field at the side of the high road. While he was ploughing, a man who was going along the road asked the way. Continuing to plough with the yoke of bulls, the deaf man said, “I brought this bull from the village. This other bull is from father-in-law’s herd.”
“What are the facts about the bulls to me? Tell me the way,” the man said.