Saturday, 8 August 2015

Excerpt from Chapter 5 - Fairytale-like anniversary (The Three Jolly Tiddlekins, by Vlad Mușatescu)

'Pop Tilică, tell me, please, how can one recognize a poisonous serpent?... '
Scratching his nape and giving it a little thought, our friend answered:
'Well, dear child, to give you a simple answer: if a serpent bites you and you live longer than 30 minutes, than it wasn’t poisonous! If not, then you can no longer find out, and frankly, there’s no reason to it... Do you understand?'
Tiddlekin Babacu nodded somewhat satisfied. Then, in a bout of curiosity, Pop Tilică asked Babane, the eldest of the Ostrogoths:
'And what are you studying in school these days?'
'Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Foreign Languages, French, English, and now Advanced Algebra... '
Amazed by the many things that Babane was studying, Pop Tilică exclaimed:
'Good for you! And how do you say 'good afternoon' in that algebra?... '

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