A LITTLE OLD MAN - Arvind Gupta25 He walked all around the outside. It was a big boat, bigger than...
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A LITTLE OLD MANNatalie Norton
,d NksVk] cw<+k vknehuVkyh ukWjVu
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uo tuokpu vkanksyu
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bl vkanksyu dk edln vke turk esaiBu&ikBu laLÑfr fodflr djuk gSA
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A Little Old ManNatalie Norton
Hindi TranslationArvind Gupta
Copy EditorRadheshyam Mangolpuri
Illustration(Based on original Illustrations by Will Huntington)
Jyoti Hiremath
Cover & GraphicsAbhay Kumar Jha
First EditionDecember 2007
Contributory PriceRs. 20.00
PrintingSun Shine OffsetNew Delhi - 110 018
Publication and DistributionBharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
Basement of Y.W.A. Hostel No. II, G-Block, Saket , New Delhi - 110017Phone : 011 - 26569943, Fax : 91 - 011 - 26569773
Email : [email protected], [email protected]
BGVS DEC 2007 2K 2000 NJVA 0120/2007
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,d cgqr NksVk vkSj cw<+k vkneh FkkAog leqnz ds chpksa&chp Vkiw ij,d NksVs&ls ?kj esa jgrk FkkA
Once there was a little old manwho lived in a little house on a little
island in the middle of a great big ocean.
,d NksVk] cw<+k vkneh
A LITTLE OLD MAN
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og fcYdqy vdsyk jgrk FkkAog ,d galeq[k vkneh FkkA
mlds flj ij ,d Hkh cky ugha cpk FkkAijarq mldh I;kjh&lh liQsn nk<+h FkhA
He lived all by himself.He was a smiling little old man
with no hair at all on the top of his head.But he did have a nice white beard.
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Every day after he had washed himself anddressed himself, he cooked his own breakfast.
He thought it would be fun ifhe had someone to eat with.
gj jkst lqcg ugkus ds ckn lkiQ diM+s igudjog viuk uk'rk cukrk FkkA og lksprk fd vxj
uk'rs ds le; dksbZ lkFkh gksrk rks fdruk etk vkrkA
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og NksVk cw<+k vkneh cgqr esgurh FkkAuk'rs ds ckn og vius ?kj ds vanj
vPNh rjg liQkbZ djrk FkkA
He was a very busy little old man.After breakfast, he swept his little house inside.
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mlds ckn og ckgj dk dke djrkAdbZ ckj og [kqn vius ckx esa dke djrk FkkA
And then he worked outside.Sometimes he worked in his garden.
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Sometimes he worked on the roof of his little house.
dHkh&dHkh og vius ?kj dh Nr dh ejEer djrkA
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vkSj dHkh og viuh NksVh uko esaeNfy;ka idM+us ds fy, tkrkA
Sometimes he went fishing in his rowboat.
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og eNfy;ksa dks ros esa rsy Mkydj HkwurkA
And caught fish to fry in his frying pan.
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ijarq cw<+s vkneh ls dksbZ ckr djus okyk ugha Fkk]blfy, og dHkh&dHkh mnkl gks tkrkA
But the little old man had no one to talk toand sometimes he was sad.
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mls yxrk fd vxj mlds ikl ,d fcYyh gksrhrks fdruk vPNk gksrkA
He thought he would be very happy if he had a cat.
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og jkr dks uhan esa fcfYy;ksa ds lius ns[krkA blesa NksVh]eksVh] dkyh] flysVh lHkh rjg dh fcfYy;ka gksrhaA dHkh&dHkh
mls lius esa fcYyh ds NksVs cPps Hkh fn[kkbZ nsrsA
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At night he dreamed of cats—big cats andlittle cats, black cats and gray cats, and
sometimes little kittens.
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,d lqcg tc cw<+k vkneh lksdj mBk rksmls Nr ij rst ckfj'k iM+us dh vkokt lqukbZ nhA
One morning when the little old man woke up heheard rain splashing on his roof.
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And when he went outdoors,the wind was blowing and the ocean waves
were getting bigger and bigger.
tc og ckgj x;k rks ogka rst gok ds >ksads py jgs FksvkSj leqnz esa maQph&maQph ygjsa mB jgh FkhaA
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rHkh ,d cgqr maQph&lh ygj vkbZ vkSj og cw<+s vkneh dsedku dks lh/s leqnz esa cgkdj ys xbZA
Suddenly a huge wave came and carried the littleold man’s little house right out into the ocean.
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There the waves tossed it and the wind blew ituntil the little old man could no longer see his
little house.
leqnz esa ygjsa ?kj dks b/j&m/j mNky jgh FkhaArst vka/h ?kj dks nwj cgk ys tk jgh FkhA
dqN nsj ckn ?kj cw<+s vkneh dh vka[kksa ls vks>y gks x;kA
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Or could he?There was something far out in the ocean.
Could it be his house?
nwjchu ls cw<+s vkneh dks nwj dqN utj vk;kAD;k og mldk ?kj gks ldrk Fkk\
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ughaA og ,d uko FkhA
No, it was a boat.
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rkdroj ygjsa vkSj gok ds >ksads uko dks Vkiw ds fdukjs ysvk,] fcYdqy mlh LFkku ij tgka dHkh cw<+s vkneh dk ?kj FkkAtc rst ckfj'k jQd xbZ vkSj rst jÝrkj dh vka/h Fke xbZ rkscw<s+ us uko ds vanj tkdj mldk eqvk;uk djus dh lksphA
The wind and the waves pushed the boat right uponto the island where his little house used to be.
When the rain stopped raining and the wind stoppedblowing, the little old man went to see what the
boat was like.
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He walked all around the outside. It was a big boat,bigger than the little old man’s house. And on thedeck was a little boat, smaller than the little old
man’s rowboat.
mlus uko dk igys rks ckgj ls ,d pDdj yxk;kAuko dkiQh cM+h Fkh] mlds iqjkus ?kj ls dgha cM+hA
mldh Msd ij ,d NksVh&lh uko Fkh]tks cw<+s dh eNyh idM+us okyh uko ls dqN NksVh FkhA
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uko ds vanj cw<+s dks csM:e fn[kkAmlesa nksuksa rjiQ lksus ds fy, iyax FksA
Then the little old man went inside.He found a bedroom with bunks at the sides.
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And a kitchen as neat as could be.
jlksbZ?kj Hkh lgh&lyker cgqr vPNh gkyr esa FkkA
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cw<+s us ?kj dk iwjh rjg eqvk;uk djus ds ckn dgk%¶vjs bldk fdruk vPNk ?kj cusxkA eSa blesa rc rd
jgwaxk tc rd blds vlyh ekfyd ugha vkrsA¸
The little old man looked all around and said: “Ohmy, what a wonderful house this would be. I willlive in it until the people who own it come for it."
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rHkh cw<+s vkneh dks ,d vkokt lqukbZ iM+hAyksgs dh cM+h vaxhBh ds uhps ls ,d fcYyh ckgj fudyh!
And then the little old man heard a sound. Purrp!Out from under the stove came a cat!
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E;kmaQ! E;kmaQ! E;kmaQ! E;kmaQ!
Purrp! Purrp! Purrp! Purrp!
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fiQj vaxhBh esa ls /hjs&/hjs djds fcYyh dspkj cPps ckgj fudysA
Out from under the stove cameone, two, three, four kittens.
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mUgsa ns[kdj cw<+k vkneh csgn [kq'k gqvkA
The little old man was as happyas any little old man could be.
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And so he and the cat and the four kittens livedtogether on the boat. They swept it on the inside.
fiQj cw<+k vkneh] mldh fcYyh vkSj mlds pkjksa cPps lkFkfeydj uko esa jgus yxsA os uko dks vanj ls lkiQ j[krsA
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And painted it on the outside.
mUgksaus uko dks ckgj ls vPNk isaV fd;kA
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lHkh lkFk feydj NksVh uko esa eNfy;ka idM+us tkrsA
They went fishing in the little boat.
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And caught fish to fry in the frying pan.
fiQj os eNfy;ksa dks ros ij HkwursA
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No one ever came for the boat.And the little old man was never sad or lonely again.
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cgqr lky chrs] ijarq dHkh Hkh dksbZ ml uko dks ysus ughavk;kA mlds ckn ls cw<+s vkneh dks dHkh Hkh vdsykiueglwl ugha gqvk vkSj og fiQj dHkh mnkl ugha gqvkA
❐❐❐
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