Stories Grand Mother Told
From: Rene - 4
Date: 7/3/00
Time: 9:21:25 PM
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Oxymoron
Yue kong pak pak (The moon is shing bright)
Chak lo tou law pak (The thief steals white radish)
Man-an lo tei tou (The blind man saw him)
Nga lo ham chak (the dumb man called out)
Bei-kwoek lo chiu tou (Caught by the lame)
Bei-sau lo chok tou (Apprehended by the
broken armed)
Mo nga po knau yat tam ! (Bitten by the
toothless mam)
I remember being highly amused by the above
ditty.
Thighs
A bride to be (tomorrow is the wedding) sat
on her bed with her nurse-maid, musing about her forth-coming marriage.
Unbeknown to the both of them, a thief was
couching beneath the window waiting for an opportunity to enter the house.
In a moment of spontaneous joyous
anticipation – the bride to be started on a ditty slapping on the thighs:
Tai pei pak (Gleaming white thighs)
Pak mei moung (Blindingly white thighs)
Kam man jee gee fun (Tonight I sleep alone)
Thin man you lo kon (Tomorrow night a
husband I’ll own)
The thief was so amused that he guffawed,
was thus discovered and caught. I don’t know the moral of the story, but I do
remember having great fun slapping our thighs in unison while reciting the
ditty.
