The Death of Kikos
A poor man had a wife and three daughters. Once, while walking in the garden, he felt he was thirsty and asked his eldest daughter to fetch some water. The eldest daughter took the water pot and went to the spring. There was a tall tree near the spring and she thought to herself.
If I get married,
and have a son,
and we name him Kikos,
And if Kikos comes here,
And climbs up this tree,
And he falls down on the stone,
He will die.
Saying this she began to weep over her dead son Kikos.
I married a man,
And had a son named Kikos.
He climbed up the tree,
Fell down on the stone.
OOOO dear dear Kikos
My son, my honey!
The father waited for a long time but the eldest daughter didn’t come. He sent the medium daughter to see why her eldest daughter was late. And the medium daughter went to the spring.
Then the weeping girl saw her sister and began to cry louder.
-Come on, come on unfortunate aunt.
Come and see what happened to your nephew Kikos.
-Which Kikos?
I married a man,
And had a son named Kikos.
He climbed up the tree,
Fell down on the stone.
OOOO dear dearKikos
My son, my honey!
The medium sister began to cry over her dead nephew.
When the father saw that the medium daughter was also late, he sent the youngest daughter to see why her sisters were late.
So the youngest daughter went to the spring.
The youngest daughter joined her sisters and began crying.
Then the father told his wife to go and see what had happened to their daughters. She came to the spring and saw her daughters singing and crying.
They said: “Come on, come on unfortunate grandmother. Your grandson died and the eldest daughter began singing:
I married a man,
And had a son named Kikos.
He climbed up the tree,
Fell down on the stone.
OOOO dear dear Kikos,
My son, my honey!
Poor mother joined her daughters.
Then the father thought that something had happened and went to the spring. He saw that her daughters and wife were crying near the spring.
At that moment the daughters began to cry in a loud voice:
Come on come on unfortunate grandfather.
The father listened to them and then he said that they couldn’t bring Kikos back by crying. He advised to call the neighbours to drink to the memory of Kikos.
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