A Collection of Kachári Folk-Tales and Rhymes

I am sorry to find that in transcribing I have wandered away from Mr. Endle's system of marking the values of the vowels. But the differences are, in essence, very small.

Sâse uduiau-nù bîfâ thoizânai gåthå dangman. Phâre âzi âzi khâli khâli bî gedet zâbâ sânse bîmânî-au sùngnaise "Ai, âglâ zangfùrhâ âfâ-i-â lai mâ maunânai zâdangman?" hanbâ, bîm...

Bînî unau ârù moesù mâse fai­nai-au bîkhô bù khithâdangman Bîbù khnâsongâlâbâ blot thâng­naise. Boinùkhrî khî-zap-au mosâ mâse ukhui-sù-nânai bîthîng thângdangman. Mùkhrâ nunâna...

Unao, khânâiâ phisikhîkhô bungnaise "Sikhî mâ mâ gahâm bastù dang, bifurkhô khâ ârù nang bâse, ângnù bù bâse hù, ârù mâmâr thângdù-nî thù" hannâ­nai bîsùr bînîfrai mâmâr failain...

Now, in that kingdom dwelt seven thieves, who oppressed the king, so that he was compelled to send them fowls, pigs, cattle, and pigeons every day. And when the brother heard of...

There was once a Brahmin who had a servant. And one day when they were going to the house of the Brahmin's mother-in-law, the Brahmin gave his servant a bunch of plantains and o...

There was an aged couple who lived in a pair of houses. And four thieves used to prowl round their houses, seeking to steal. And the old man set to work to contrive devices to d...