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“Telugu:
ఏకాదశా బ్రాహ్మణుడా అంటే, కాలే కొరివి యెగసన తోస్తావా అన్నాడట -ద్వాదశా బ్రాహ్మణుడా అంటే, ఆపదలు కాపురాలు చేస్తావా అన్నాడట.“Is it the fast O Brahman?” [asked one] “Will you stir up the fire?” [replied the Brahman already irritated by fasting]. “Is it the festival?” [said the first]. “Do troubles last for ever?” [answered the Brahman, delighted at the prospect of being fed.]”,”
,English Translation:
Welcome and unwelcome intelligence.

“Telugu:
నూనె పోగొట్టుకొన్నవాడూ యేడ్చినాడు, బొండాపకాయల వాడూ పొర్లి పొర్లి యేడ్చినాడు”
English Translation:
The man who lost the oil cried, and the oocoanut man cried bitterly.A bullock laden with pots of oil belonging to one man and unpeeled cocoanuts belonging to another rolled over. The pots broke, but the cocoanuts were none the worse. The first man cried quietly, but thesecond was loud in his lamentations.Making a. fuss about nothing.

“Telugu:
పిల్లకాయలకూ పీటకోళ్లకూ చలిలేదు”
English Translation:
Children and the legs of a stool do not feel the cold.To a child all weather is cold.