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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 4 — The Frog in the Queen’s Nose

H. (Henry) Parker translation

Hānḍa giya kala wiya-gaha4 kaeḍunē,

Wiya-gaha kaeḍu kala gedaraṭa eminē,5

Gedaraṭa ā kala aen̆da uḍa siṭinē,

Æn̆da uḍa siṭi kala konda-piṭa dāewē,

Konda-piṭa dāe kala aen̆da yaṭa balanē,

Æn̆da yaṭa baelu kala kiri-bata tibunē.

Kiri-bata kālayi mē duka waedunē.

Mē duka balalā paenapan Gembirittō!

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