IZET ÇULLI "TO SPEAK STRAIGHT" fables

BLAB

The Fox,
a deputy this time,
spinning a long yarn.
The Jackal
could not help talking.
- First thinking,
then speaking.
Fed up with words, no more!
Need more acts to store.

FLATTERING

The Foxling was a merchant
and didn’t pay the taxes;
tax collectors when he has seen,
were welcomed in flatters.

- Stop talking, we’ve so much to do,
you harp on the same string, -
said the Deer, - you love us – true,
as much, as the Wolf loves the Moon.

THE FINGER

The Bear was a real drunkard,
like a grasshopper jumped with a hop.

The grumpy was taken ill,
went to the doctor for a check.

- Wine don’t drink like a river.
It harms seriously your liver.

- Hard job to break clinging,
barely can I give up drinking.

- I spoke in the language of your mum.
At least you can drink a thumb.

- The thumb you’re talking about.
How?
Vertically?
Horizontally?
Kneeled?

THE LEGS OF THE SNAKE

Every morning the Snake,
in the hencoop searched for eggs.

Once they gave him his due,
fell into their trap and didn’t move.

The Cock said: - My wagtail,
my property attracts you.

- I don’t spend any minute in vain,
a Lizard made the harm, it’s his blame.

- Stop, my Snake, nonsense don’t throw!
Your legs don’t have a show.

THE FIG AND THE BLACKBERRY

One Fig and a Blackberry one day
bandied words together in vain.

The small-grained stood up and went.
The Fig said: - Please, wait!

Pay attention to my words,
for all of you will be good.

I do all of you a rare favor,
what it shouldn’t be seen, I cover.

- Cover with leaf of fig? Whoa, my friend!
Covered with you, it will be the end!

WHEN THE SUN SHINES

The Ram without any noise of the bell,
like he has done many-many times,
to all the art lovers he gave
a valuable edition.

- I know what’s in the new book,-
the Pig boasted, the crowd heard.
- When the Sun shines, - spoke the Goat, -
everyone can find the East and it’s certain.

THE SALVATION

The Teddy bear was fixed,
went to have a check-up.

The doctor Kangaroo when saw him:
- What’s the reason you are here?

- Oh… what to say, my doctor,
my head is roaring like an engine,
my ears are ringing loudly.
I have no remedy. Please save me!

- You don’t know the way to save?
To pick up your handset.

ABSENCE…

Every night found the Ram reading,
the longbeared He-goat arrived near him.

For hours and hours he played
and showed up with cue in hand.

- I see, you are thinking hard,
my presence you need, it’s the time.

- It’s really different from your sight,
I need your missing, to be right.

THE BOASTER

Who can hear
the boasting of the Dog,
set the fire everywhere
with his words.
- I am the most beautiful
of the world!

The Cat laughed:
- You are dog-poor,
see what you have
in your throat,
it’s a chain, not a bracelet
made of gold.

ONE WITH HUNDRED

- Oh, Donkey, - said an horse, -
wait, I have to say some words,
you know, rarely I am wrong.

- Yes, my brother, I know for sure.
If you are wrong only once,
it’s equal with a hundred of us.

THE DIFFERENCE

The Bull said to the Ox:
- My son, who works all day,
always has a full box.

What happens today,
hopefully you know:
he who doesn’t work,
not only doesn’t eat, but also drinks,
collects for the future.

TO SPEAK STRAIGHT

The beasts gathered in the square
to see who was the smarter of them.

A Crab, just arrived,
wanted to talk, the finger raised.

- What do you know, - the Lion said, -
we need a word in its place.

The Fox angrily his thought gave:
- He speaks straight, because walks bent.

WITHOUT WORKING

- My Swallow, it’s proper of us, -
the Owl said to her, -
under the roof all the night,
like sisters we are together.

- My Owl, what did you say?!
You are a scrounger, I have my nest…!

THE MAIL

The Parrot chit-chatted:
- You, Mole, go to hell!

Every time you hide away,
once you show up, disappear again.

- It’s true that I ferret out,
but I don’t deliver the mail about.

OVER ALL OF THEM

The Swine face was going through,
a Skittish was joking, the sky was blue.

- You’re a great guy, quite big,
but… the Lion is our king.

The Pig thought a little while
and was quick to reply.

- Yes, my playful, I know it’s certain,
but something you have to learn.

The king is leader of the world,
but over him, the health is first.

THE TIGER MINISTER

The minister remained flabbergasted
going out for the weekend.

This official stooped the car,
saw: the Ass was uncurbed.

Ate with relish too much wheat,
it seemed like he has never seen.

He addressed himself to the ranger:
- What do you guard here, sleepy-head.

- Why do you permit this vicious ass
to eat the wheat without regret?!

- We eat corn, you eat wheat,
my dear minister, you expel him!

THE TRADITION

The Mice
playing once upon a time,
saw the poor kitten
on the other side.
If she grows up
here with us,
we won’t be her food,
her friends we are.
The older said:
- You are so mad!
This kind of beast,
we don’t depend.
Get out,
you poor wretch!
If it’s a cat,
it’s our match.

SLEEPING PILLS

The Monkey has no gifts a man to be,
holding a university degree.

Going through a Bear asked:
- Looking at my books is a must.

- I read them when I can’t sleep,
they are better than sleeping pills,
that’s my tip.

THE BRAIN AND THE THOUGHT

- Thought, where are you, Thought,
my dear, I need you a lot.

I hear your voice very well,
where you hide at the daybreak.

- What can I say’ I’m your child.
I fly everywhere…It’s my luck.

I travel far and wide,
to see my father I have no time.

- Well, my son, go to work,
but do what I have ever told.

Turn back to my breast,
you need to be recharged.

BLAH-BLAH

The thin-snouted Fox,
through beasts in a campaign,
up and down in the hen-house:
- About you I think night and day.

The Squirrel said: - You unleashed,
why are you going blah-blah in vain.
It’s known that’s your habit,
why are you putting us in strain.

THE FLOWERS

The Flower on the sill
smiles in her still.

Picking on the friends
laying around in the flowerland.

- What’s the matter, dear, -
said one in fear, -

why do you nod your head,
because I beautify this flowerbed.

- Sure, you’re beautiful enough,
but you make stuff the wall a nice.

You can’t grow your stature,
they measure and crop it.

In the vase you stay,
your freedom is away.

BANGING – CLASHING

The Car got angry,
speaks to the Tire: - Stay under me!
A bit later it screamed out:
- Who are you talking about?

- You, the blessed Car,
you know, I’m patient,
but, if I turn off sometime,
in the abyss will be your end.

WRAPPING UP

The Viburnum curling up the back:
- How much I love you! – said to the Oak.

- I know, on me you grow old,
you never loved me, but where to hold?!

WHO BELIEVES…?

The liar Dog crazily said:
- If you give me your vote,
all the city will be paved,
another history I wish, I wrote.

There approaches a Drake:
- That’s all nonsense.
As a friend to you I’m talking,
not every flower blossoms.

UNDER COMMAND

- What a surprise! – the Hound said, -
they are better then me.

Before elections they were stuck at the door,
maybe forty parties or more.

They begged us honestly,
sure the vote wanted boldly.

A Bitch there from the end
all the people quaked.

As sheep under command we are in line for.
A vote I have. What should I vote for?