Trafika Europe 4 - Armenian Rhapsody

She sat there chanting and weeping, and meanwhile everyone at home was wondering why she had not returned. Her mother sent the second daughter to look for her. “Find out what’s happened to your sister,’’ she said.

When the eldest daughter saw her sister approaching, she began to wail louder.

“Come, quick, you poor unfortunate aunt! See what has happened to your poor little nephew Kikos!

“What Kikos?”

‘‘Why haven’t you heard? Listen.~~

“Some day I’ll marry and have a son With hair of chestnut brown. One day, I know he’ll climb this tree And he’ll come tumbling down. Alas, alas, Kikos dear! Alas, dear Kikos is dead!”

“Alas, dear Kikos is dead!” the second daughter began to wail. She sat down next to her sister, and began to weep.

Meanwhile the mother became still more anxious. She sent out her third daughter. “You’d better go and see what has happened to your sisters,’ she said.

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