Ionlysaid, “WhenintheeveningtheroundfullmoongetsentangledamongthebranchesofthatKadamtree, couldn’tsomebodycatchit?”
Butdādā[1] laughedatmeandsaid, “Baby, , howcouldanybodycatchit?”
Isaid, “Dādā, howfoolishyouare! Whenmotherlooksoutofherwindowandsmilesdownatusplaying, wouldyoucallherfaraway?”
Stilldādā said, “Youareastupidchild! But, baby, wherecouldyoufindanetbigenoughtocatchthemoonwith?”
Isaid, “Surelyyoucouldcatchitwithyourhands.”
Butdādā laughedandsaid, “, youwouldseehowbigthemoonis.”
Isaid, “Dādā, whatnonsensetheyteachatyourschool! Whenmotherbendsherfacedowntokissusdoesherfacelookverybig?”
Butstilldādā says, “Youareastupidchild.”
[1]Elderbrother.
