संसाधन

संसाधन 1: ‘The Puri Boy’

Once upon a time, an old woman and her husband lived alone in a little old house. They had no children. One day the woman made a puri shaped like a boy. She carefully rolled out the dough, and cut out a very nice-looking boy. What a fine looking boy he was!

The old woman put him in the pan full of hot oil, to fry. After he was fully fried and fluffy, she carefully lifted him from the pan. Up jumped the puri boy, and he ran out the door saying, ‘Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the puri boy!’

The old woman and the old man ran after him, but they could not catch him.

And so the puri boy ran and ran. While he was running, he met a cow.

‘Moo,’ said the cow. ‘You look very fine! Fine enough to eat!’ and the cow started to chase the little boy.

But the puri boy ran faster, saying, ‘I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from an old man, and I can run away from you!’

And he laughed, ‘Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the puri boy!’

The cow ran after the puri boy, but it could not catch him.

While he ran, he met a cat.

‘Meow,’ said the cat. ‘You look good enough to eat. I’m going to eat you, puri boy.’

But the puri boy just laughed, ‘I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from an old man, I ran away from a cow, and I can run away from you!’

And so he ran singing, ‘Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me! I’m the puri boy!’

The cat ran after the puri boy, but it could not catch him. The puri boy was proud that he could run so fast.

‘Nobody can catch me,’ he thought. So he kept on running until he met a fox. He wanted to tell the fox how he ran faster than all the others.

‘Mr Fox,’ he said, ‘I ran away from an old woman, I ran away from an old man, I ran away from a cow, I ran away from a cat, and I can run away from you.’

‘Why would I want to eat you?’ asked Mr Fox. ‘I do not like puris.’

The puri boy was happy to hear this. He stopped running. Immediately, the fox ate him up. The fox said, ‘Sorry, puri boy – I do like puris.’