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കൊടുക്കെണമെന്ന ചൊദിക്കുന്നൂ എന്ന പറഞ്ഞു. എന്നാറെ
അവൻ വളരെ കൊപിച്ചുകൊണ്ട അവരെ നന്നായി ശിക്ഷ
കഴിപ്പിച്ച പറഞ്ഞയച്ചു. അതുകൊണ്ട ആരായിരുന്നാലും ത
ങ്ങൾ പാൎക്കുന്ന ദെശത്തെ ഭാഷ അറിയാതെ ഇരുന്നാൽ മ
റ്റുള്ളവർ പറയുന്ന വാക്ക വിശ്വസിച്ച എത്രയൊ (അന്യായം)
ചെയ്തപൊകും.
21st. STORY.
In Madras lived an English gentleman who, as he knew no
other language than English, kept a dubash who was acquaint-
ed with all the languages that are spoken there. One day some
tumblers came to the gentleman, and having fixed their bamboo,
danced and displayed several feats of agility before him. The
gentleman, was highly gratified, and sending for his dubash,
told him to give them ten pagodas. The dubash took them to
his house, and giving them only one pagoda, told them to go
about their business. As they thought this a poor recompence
for their trouble, and suspected that the dubash had deceived
them, they returned to the gentleman, and shewing him the
pagoda, told him his dubash had given only it to them. As
the gentleman did not understand their language, he sent for
the dubash and asked him what they were saying. He told
him, that among the ten pagodas he had given them, they said
this pagoda was a bad one and they wanted him to exchange
it. The gentleman at this became very angry, and ordered
them to be well beaten and sent away. Thus, they who are
ignorant of the languages of the country they inhabit, and
believe what others tell them, must be guilty of great injustice.
ചെന്നപട്ടണം Chennapatnam, the native name for Madras. ഇ
ങ്കലീഷകാരൻ an Englishman, s. m. സായ്പ a gentleman, s. m. ഭാ
ഷ language, s. n. അറിഞ്ഞുകൂടാ not knowing, vide Grammar para.
126. നടപ്പുള്ള which are used. നടപ്പ practice and ഉള്ള rel. part. of
ഉണ്ട to be. സകല all, adj. ദ്വിഭാഷി a dubash, an interpreter,
compd. of ദ്വി two and ഭാഷി a speaker, i.e. a person who speaks two
languages, s. m. നിറുത്തുന്നു to place, to keep, v. a. കമ്പക്കളിക്കാരൻ
a ropedancer, s. m. കമ്പക്കാൽ a tumbler’s pole, s. n. നാട്ടുന്നു to plant,
or fix in the ground, v. a. കെട്ടുന്നു to bind, to fasten, v.a. അനെകം
many, adj. അഭ്യാസം an exercise, s. n. കാണിക്കുന്നു to show, causal
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