,d NksVk] cw<+k vkneh

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3 ,d NksVk] cw<+k vkneh uvkyh ukwjvu A LITTLE OLD MAN Natalie Norton

4 uo tuokpu vkanksyu bl fdrkc dk izdk'ku Hkkjr Kku fokku lfefr us ^lj nksjkcth VkVk VªLV* ds lg;ksx ls fd;k gsa bl vkanksyu dk edln vke turk esa ibu&ikbu lalñfr fodflr djuk gsa,d NksVk] cw<+k vkneh uvkyh ukwjvu gnh vuqokn vj on xqirk dkwih laiknd jk/s';ke eaxksyiqjh js[kkadu (foy ga xvu ds ewy fp=kksa ij vk/kfjr) T;ksfr fgjseb doj o xzkfiqdl vhk; dqekj >k izfke laldj.k fnlacj 2007 lg;ksx jkf'k 20 #i;s eqæ.k lu 'kkbu vkwiqlsv ubz fnyyh & A Little Old Man Natalie Norton Hindi Translation Arvind Gupta Copy Editor Radheshyam Mangolpuri Illustration (Based on original Illustrations by Will Huntington) Jyoti Hiremath Cover & Graphics Abhay Kumar Jha First Edition December 2007 Contributory Price Rs Printing Sun Shine Offset New Delhi Publication and Distribution Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti Basement of Y.W.A. Hostel No. II, G-Block, Saket, New Delhi Phone : , Fax : bgvs_delhi@yahoo.co.in, bgvsdelhi@gmail.com BGVS DEC K 2000 NJVA 0120/2007 4

5 ,d NksVk] cw<+k vkneh,d cgqr NksVk vksj cw<+k vkneh FkkA og leqnz ds chpksa&chp Vkiw ij,d NksVs&ls?kj esa jgrk FkkA A LITTLE OLD MAN Once there was a little old man who lived in a little house on a little island in the middle of a great big ocean. 5

6 og fcydqy vdsyk jgrk FkkA og,d galeq[k vkneh FkkA mlds flj ij,d Hkh cky ugha cpk FkkA ijarq 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. 6

7 gj jkst lqcg ugkus ds ckn lkiq dim+s igudj og viuk uk'rk cukrk FkkA og lksprk fd vxj uk'rs ds le; dksbz lkfkh gksrk rks fdruk etk vkrka Every day after he had washed himself and dressed himself, he cooked his own breakfast. He thought it would be fun if he had someone to eat with. 7

8 og NksVk cw<+k vkneh cgqr esgurh FkkA uk'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. 8

9 mlds ckn og ckgj dk dke djrka dbz ckj og [kqn vius ckx esa dke djrk FkkA And then he worked outside. Sometimes he worked in his garden. 9

10 dhkh&dhkh og vius?kj dh Nr dh ejeer djrka Sometimes he worked on the roof of his little house. 10

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12 vksj dhkh og viuh NksVh uko esa enfy;ka idm+us ds fy, tkrka Sometimes he went fishing in his rowboat. 12

13 og enfy;ksa dks ros esa rsy Mkydj HkwurkA And caught fish to fry in his frying pan. 13

14 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 to and sometimes he was sad. 14

15 mls yxrk fd vxj mlds ikl,d fcyyh gksrh rks fdruk vpnk gksrka He thought he would be very happy if he had a cat. 15

16 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 16

17 At night he dreamed of cats big cats and little cats, black cats and gray cats, and sometimes little kittens. 17

18 ,d lqcg tc cw<+k vkneh lksdj mbk rks mls Nr ij rst ckfj'k im+us dh vkokt lqukbz nha 18 One morning when the little old man woke up he heard rain splashing on his roof.

19 tc og ckgj x;k rks ogka rst gok ds >ksads py jgs Fks vksj leqnz esa maqph&maqph ygjsa mb jgh FkhaA And when he went outdoors, the wind was blowing and the ocean waves were getting bigger and bigger. 19

20 rhkh,d cgqr maqph&lh ygj vkbz vksj og cw<+s vkneh ds edku dks lh/s leqnz esa cgkdj ys xbza 20 Suddenly a huge wave came and carried the little old man s little house right out into the ocean.

21 leqnz esa ygjsa?kj dks b/j&m/j mnky jgh FkhaA rst 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 There the waves tossed it and the wind blew it until the little old man could no longer see his little house. 21

22 nwjchu ls cw<+s vkneh dks nwj dqn utj vk;ka D;k og mldk?kj gks ldrk Fkk\ Or could he? There was something far out in the ocean. Could it be his house? 22

23 ughaa og,d uko FkhA No, it was a boat. 23

24 rkdroj ygjsa vksj gok ds >ksads uko dks Vkiw ds fdukjs ys vk,] fcydqy mlh LFkku ij tgka dhkh cw<+s vkneh dk?kj FkkA tc rst ckfj'k jqd xbz vksj rst jýrkj dh vka/h Fke xbz rks cw<s+ us uko ds vanj tkdj mldk eqvk;uk djus dh lkspha The wind and the waves pushed the boat right up onto the island where his little house used to be. When the rain stopped raining and the wind stopped blowing, the little old man went to see what the boat was like. 24

25 mlus uko dk igys rks ckgj ls,d pddj yxk;ka uko 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 He walked all around the outside. It was a big boat, bigger than the little old man s house. And on the deck was a little boat, smaller than the little old man s rowboat. 25

26 uko ds vanj cw<+s dks csm:e fn[kka mlesa nksuksa rjiq lksus ds fy, iyax FksA Then the little old man went inside. He found a bedroom with bunks at the sides. 26

27 jlksbz?kj Hkh lgh&lyker cgqr vpnh gkyr esa FkkA And a kitchen as neat as could be. 27

28 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: Oh my, what a wonderful house this would be. I will live in it until the people who own it come for it." 28

29 rhkh cw<+s vkneh dks,d vkokt lqukbz im+ha yksgs 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! 29

30 E;kmaQ! E;kmaQ! E;kmaQ! E;kmaQ! Purrp! Purrp! Purrp! Purrp! 30

31 fiqj vaxhbh esa ls /hjs&/hjs djds fcyyh ds pkj cpps ckgj fudysa Out from under the stove came one, two, three, four kittens. 31

32 mugsa ns[kdj cw<+k vkneh csgn [kq'k gqvka The little old man was as happy as any little old man could be. 32

33 fiqj cw<+k vkneh] mldh fcyyh vksj mlds pkjksa cpps lkfk feydj uko esa jgus yxsa os uko dks vanj ls lkiq j[krsa And so he and the cat and the four kittens lived together on the boat. They swept it on the inside. 33

34 mugksaus uko dks ckgj ls vpnk isav fd;ka And painted it on the outside. 34

35 lhkh lkfk feydj NksVh uko esa enfy;ka idm+us tkrsa They went fishing in the little boat. 35

36 fiqj os enfy;ksa dks ros ij HkwursA And caught fish to fry in the frying pan. 36

37 cgqr lky chrs] ijarq dhkh Hkh dksbz ml uko dks ysus ugha vk;ka mlds ckn ls cw<+s vkneh dks dhkh Hkh vdsykiu eglwl ugha gqvk vksj og fiqj dhkh mnkl ugha gqvka No one ever came for the boat. And the little old man was never sad or lonely again. 37

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