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that it was the tiny shadow of your little child?
When in the evening you went to the cowshed with the lighted lamp
in your hand, I should suddenly drop on to
the earth again and be your own baby once
more, and beg you to tell me a story.
“Where have you been, you naughty
child?”
“I won’t tell you, mother.” That’s
what you and I would say then.
—Rabindranath Tagore
Word Meanings
champa: a large, evergreen tree with beautiful flowers that have a sweet scent; newly
budded: not fully developed; slyly: secretly; court: an area not covered by a roof and
usually surrounded by buildings; fling: throw; wee: small; cowshed: a covered placed where
cows are kept
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