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“Telugu:
ఏనుగను తెచ్చి యేకుల బుట్టలో వుంచి అది తననెత్తిన పెట్టి తన్ను యెత్తుకో అంటాడు”
English Translation:
He tells me to put the elephant into the cotton basket, to place the basket on his head, and to lift him up.Ekulabutta is a very small hand basket.Being asked to do an utter impossibility.

“Telugu:
పోల్నాటిలో పోకకు పుట్టెడు అమ్మితే, ఆ పోకా దొరకక పొర్లి పొర్లీ యేడ్చినద�”
English Translation:
When a Puțți of grain was sold in Pôlnâdu for an areca nut, she rolled herself on the ground and cried, for she could not even get that.(For Puțți see No. 1480. )Very unfortunate. ​

“Telugu:
ఏనుగ మింగిన వెలగ పండు వత్తు”
English Translation:
Like a wood-apple swallowed by the elephant.It is swallowed whole, and is said to be found afterwards empty though unbroken.Said of a person in an influential position who does not benefit others.