Granny Tarl –Tarl went to the lake,
Went to the lake to skate and fell.
Granny Tarl-Tarl fell on the ice,
Fell on the ice and stuck to the ice.
She stuck to the ice and asked:
-Ice- Ice, why don’t you let me go?
Oh, Ice-Ice, are you good, are you strong?
-Yes, I am strong of course.
- Oh, if you are good, if you are strong,
Why does the Sun melt you?
-Because the sun stronger than I.
-Oh, Sun- Sun, are you good, are you strong?
-Yes, I am strong, of course.
-Oh, if you are good, if you are strong,
Why does a cloud shut you?
-Because a cloud stronger than I.
-Oh, Cloud- Cloud, are you good, are you strong?
-Yes, I am strong of course.
-Oh, if you are good, if you are strong
Why does a wind blow you?
- Because the wind stronger than I.
-Oh, Wind –Wind, are you good, are you strong?
-Yes, I am strong, of course.
-Oh, if you are good, if you are strong,
Why does a mountain block you?
-Because the mountain stronger than I.
- Oh, Mountain–Mountain, are you good, are you strong?
- Yes, I am strong of course.
-If you are good, if you are strong,
Why does a mouse cross you?
-Because the mouse stronger than I.
-Oh, Mouse-Mouse, are you good, are you strong?
- Yes, I am strong, of course.
-Oh, if you are good, if you are strong,
Why does a fox catch you?
-Because the fox stronger than I.
-Oh, Fox-Fox, are you good, are you strong?
-Yes, I am strong, of course.
-If you are good, if you are strong
Why does a man hunt you ?
-Because the man stronger than I.
The fox saw the man and ran away.
-Oh, Man-Man, are you good, are you strong?
-Yes, I am strong, of course.
-Oh, if you are good, if you are strong,
Why are you strongest than all?
-My power is lucid thought,
Strength of mind is striving for life.
-If you are strongest than all, please help me, save me!
The man seized granny by the arm.
The man dragged Tarl-Tarl out of the coat,
Out of the coat, that froze to the ice .
IT TURNS OUT A STRIVING FOR LIFE POWERFUL MIND AND LUCID THOUGHT ARE ALL- POWERFUL!
16.06. 2015
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