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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Blue Jackal

Saturday at the club with Rohan's phone rolling, Noah telling the blue jackal: the room first then Noah, tell us what everyone was afraid of, a jackal fell into a vat of dye and came out blue, I've been sent to be your king, the lion was afraid he might be from the sky, and his own fear, what if the jackals recognise me, so he sent them all far away or else they'd smell him out, one night he howls too and the king runs, a lie has no legs.

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THE STORY

Upstairs at the bookshop-cafe in Hauz Khas Village, Saturday at six, Rohan filming the club for his film about the shop's hundred years; Rohan and Noah say the familiar you to each other, Kavita ji says the familiar you to Noah, and Noah says the polite you to her and to Verma ji.

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पहले कमरा, फिर नोआ. चालू!peh-le kam-raa, phir no-aa. chaa-loo!The room first, then Noah. Rolling!
बताओ, सबको किस बात का डर था.ba-taa-o, sab-ko kis baat kaa dar thaa.Tell us what everyone was afraid of.
एक सियार रंग के बर्तन में गिरा, और नीला निकला.ek si-yaar rang ke bar-tan men gi-raa, aur nee-laa ni-ka-laa.A jackal fell into a vat of dye, and came out blue.
वो कहता है, मुझे राजा बनाकर भेजा गया है.vo keh-taa hai, mu-jhe raa-jaa ba-naa-kar bhe-jaa ga-yaa hai.He says: I've been sent to be your king.
डर था किdar thaa kiwas afraid that
कहीं वो आसमान से न होka-heen vo aas-maan se na hohe might be from the sky
शेर को डर था कि कहीं वो आसमान से न हो.sher ko dar thaa ki ka-heen vo aas-maan se na ho.The lion was afraid he might be from the sky.
और उसका अपना डर?aur us-kaa ap-naa dar?And his own fear?
कहीं सियार पहचान न लें. तो सबको दूर भेजा, वरना सूँघ लेते.ka-heen si-yaar pe-hchaan na len. to sab-ko door bhe-jaa, var-naa soongh le-te.What if the jackals recognise me? So he sent them all far away, or else they'd smell him out.
एक रात वो भी हुआ-हुआ करता है, और भागता है. झूठ के पाँव नहीं होते.ek raat vo bhee hu-aa-hu-aa kar-taa hai, aur bhaag-taa hai. jhooth ke paanv na-heen ho-te.One night he howls too, and runs. A lie has no legs.