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🇮🇳 Hindi · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Cap-seller and the Monkeys

Meera's bedtime in Greater Kailash: the short tale tonight, she's half asleep; a cap-seller lies down under a tree and no sooner has he closed his eyes than the monkeys come down, every monkey puts on a cap, the moment he wakes the tree is full of caps, he throws his own cap and the moment it falls every cap falls; and what does a monkey know of the taste of ginger.

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THE STORY

Meera's room in the flat in Greater Kailash, a winter night at eight, the lamp low; Noah tells the tale, Priya listens from the door, and husband and wife say the familiar you to each other.

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आज छोटी वाली, वो आधी सो चुकी है.aaj chho-tee vaa-lee, vo aa-dhee so chu-kee hai.The short one tonight, she's half asleep.
आँख बंद करते हीaankh band kar-te heethe moment he closed his eyes
टोपीवाला पेड़ के नीचे लेटा. आँख बंद करते ही बंदर उतर आए.to-pee-vaa-laa per ke nee-che le-taa. aankh band kar-te hee ban-dar u-tar aa-e.A cap-seller lay down under a tree. The moment he closed his eyes, the monkeys came down.
और उसकी टोपियाँ?aur us-kee to-pi-yaan?And his caps?
जागते हीjaag-te heethe moment he woke
हर बंदर ने टोपी पहन ली. जागते ही देखा, पेड़ टोपियों से भरा.har ban-dar ne to-pee pe-han lee. jaag-te hee de-khaa, per to-pi-yon se bha-raa.Every monkey put on a cap. The moment he woke, he saw the tree full of caps.
फिर उसने क्या किया?phir us-ne kyaa ki-yaa?Then what did he do?
जैसे ही गिरी, वैसे ही सारी टोपियाँ गिरीं.jai-se hee gi-ree, vai-se hee saa-ree to-pi-yaan gi-reen.no sooner had it fallen than all the caps fell
उसने अपनी टोपी फेंकी. जैसे ही गिरी, वैसे ही सारी टोपियाँ गिरीं.us-ne ap-nee to-pee phen-kee. jai-se hee gi-ree, vai-se hee saa-ree to-pi-yaan gi-reen.He threw his own cap. No sooner had it fallen than all the caps fell.
पहली टोपी पर ही सो गई. बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद.peh-lee to-pee par hee so ga-ee. ban-dar kyaa jaa-ne ad-rak kaa svaad.Asleep at the first cap. What does a monkey know of the taste of ginger.