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Excess Use of Excuses

"Tales of tales of giving reasons" "A centipede under the bed, Bring a stick to beat", "All the sticks in feces" "Go to river to wash", "River remains full of fish", "Bring a net to catch the fish", "All the nets are torn"? "Bring a needle to stitch the net", "All the needles are broken", "Go to a Gold Smith to repair the needle", "The Gold Smith and Gold Smith,knocked down and died"! (A folktale in circulation in Sri Lanka,generations after generations,in poetic order,in Tamil language)

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Date: 11/28/2014 8:55:00 AM
Nice folktales. We used to sing a song like that. It was fun to sing. Thanks for sharing this.
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Muhammad Safa Thajudeen
Date: 11/28/2014 8:33:00 PM
Thank you so much dear poet Hans.There are many more to come on your encouragements.

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