| Ria was small child – she had 100 lamps. These were collected from her father who had a clay diya shop in the village. The village will submerge in darkness at 6:00 every evening and after that the only thing that lit the village was the lamps sold by her father Rajavan. These were small clay lamps that lit up with oil and a cotton wick. There was no place to learn in the village. As it was a small village in the Kingdom of Raja Mahakal who had never visited the village or appointed any teachers for the growth of its people. Ria was however keen on studying and crying next to her lamps because she could not learn anything and had to make cotton wicks all day. A magic lamp was in her lamp collection and he say her cry. He sang to her – One lamp don’t cry Two lamp don’t cry Three lamp don’t cry Four lamp don’t cry Five lamp don’t cry Six lamp don’t cry Seven lamp don’t cry Eight lamp don’t cry Nine lamp don’t cry Ten lamp don’t cry Ria did not know there was magic lamp but heard the song and repeated it. One lamp don’t cry Two lamp don’t cry Three lamp don’t cry Four lamp don’t cry Five lamp don’t cry Six lamp don’t cry Seven lamp don’t cry Eight lamp don’t cry Nine lamp don’t cry Ten lamp don’t cry This way she soon learnt all the numbers and all the letters and everything there was to know because the magic lamp taught her by singing to her. She never knew of the magic lamp though. |
Ria and the Magic Lamp
Touchstone Alice 