Lesson 2
Fable
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The author and the text:
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet. His famous poems include ‘Concord Hymn’ and ‘Brahma’.
The poem describes a conversation between the squirrel and the mountain. The squirrel points out that in this world every being, living or non-living, big or small, have their individual reasons for existence.
Read the following poem:
The mountain and the squirrel
āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤ āĻ āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻĄ়াāϞীāϰ
Had a quarrel:
āĻāĻāĻĄ়া āĻŦেāϧেāĻিāϞ;
And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig!
āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāύ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻāύāĻে āĻŦāϞāϞ ‘āĻুāĻĻে āύীāϤিāĻŦাāĻীāĻļ’
Bun replied,
āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻĄ়াāϞী āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻিāϞ,
‘You are doubtless very big;
“āύিঃāϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻšে āϤুāĻŽি āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦāĻĄ়াে;
But all sorts of things and weather
āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏāĻŦ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻিāύিāϏ āĻāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻšাāĻāϝ়া
Must be taken in together,
āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻāϏাāĻĨে āĻāĻĄ়াে āĻāϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে,
To make up a year
āϝাāϤে āϤৈāϰি āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦāĻāϰ
And a sphere.
āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻāĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨিāĻŦী।
And I think it no disgrace
āĻāϰ āĻāĻŽি āĻŽāύে āĻāϰি āĻāĻা āϞāĻ্āĻাāϰ āĻŦিāώāϝ় āύāϝ় ,
To occupy my place.
āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻাāϝ়āĻাāĻুāĻু āύিāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻাāĻা।
If I’m not so large as you,
āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻŦāĻĄ়ো āύা āĻšāĻ,
You are not so small as I,
āϤুāĻŽিāĻ āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻোāĻো āύāĻ,
And not half so spry.
āĻāϰ āĻāĻŽি āϝāϤ āĻāĻāĻĒāĻে āϤাāϰ āĻ āϰ্āϧেāĻāĻ āϤুāĻŽি āύāĻ।
I’ll not deny you make
āĻāĻŽি āĻ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦ āύা āϤুāĻŽি āĻŦাāύাāĻ
A very pretty squirrel track;
āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻĄ়াāϞীāϰ āϝাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻা āĻĒāĻĨ ;
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
āĻুāĻŖেāϰ āϤāĻĢাāϤ āĻĨাāĻে ; āϏāĻŦāĻ āĻাāϞো āĻāϰ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϰাāĻা ;
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āĻĒিāĻ ে āĻāĻ্āĻāϞ āϧāϰে āϰাāĻāϤে āύা āĻĒাāϰি,
Neither can you crack a nut!
āϤুāĻŽিāĻ āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰ āύা ।”

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