Make Up a Story
Stories from Around the World
In-Nannu u l-farfett
By the storytellers at St. Joseph Ward, St. Vincent de Paul
Its Carnival
He was visiting his wife in hospital
She's got a tummy ache - Poor love !
But he's handicapped.
He has a butterfly - its white, black with yellow dots.
He's taking the butterfly with him.
He has a walking stick.
His cap is turned round because of the sun.
He uses that Beret all the time.
He's elderly ....uhhhhh
He's 80 years old - all his !
He's as old as my husband.
He's called Wenzu or Lorry
He's coming to Valletta, the lower end
What does Wenzu tell the Butterfly?
It was a sunny day.
Its windy - sure it is.
If that was the case his wings would be closed so he could fly off.
His walking stick is there to keep him 'steady'
At the same time he can defend himself from someone who teases him.
He hopes to get his pension !
He hopes he will get to Valletta.
He hopes that she won't get tired and leave the room.
He had family ...once upon a time
It's as if he's hurrying
He's trying to go to Carnival.
He was hurrying because he was afraid of the dog - she was following him.
The dog she didn't want to stay put.
Usually he used to take her with him.
He's afraid of the other dogs.
He's going wrong way - wearing his cap.
There needs to be someone else with him, and this is the dog.
It could be the dog that went to Valletta - there's nothing wrong with that.
He was hurrying to catch up with the dog.
There are the sounds of the wind, of the leaves moving in the wind -
He's being careful that his cap doesn't fly off.
He's going to grab a coffee and 2 cheesecakes -
in a coffeeshop - at the Ritz.
We had 2 shops in Valletta in front of the sea.
The dog will follow him.
He will tie him outside, and will give him something to eat -
whatever he picks up from the abattoir -
some bones, a piece of sausage or some leftovers from the sellers.
We'll call that dog Gigi or Fido.
I was helping him out and he said ' You will be punished you naughty girl !
He found a door ajar and went there to shelter.
He's feeling happy because he feels he has enough energy to meet his family in Valletta.
There was a fish that got lost.
Only that arrow knows how to find its way back to the sea.
I think it will fly off and he will feed him.
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in Maltese :
Hemm il-Karneval.
Kin sejjer jara lil-mara l-isptar
Ghandha ugieh ta' zaqq - Miskina !
Imma hu handicapped.
Ghandu farfett abjad, iswed, u bit-tikki sofor.
Hadu mieghu lil-farfett.
Ghandu Bastun
Il-Beretta qeghda mdawwra minhabba x-xemx.
He uses that Beret all the time.
Hu anzjan ......Uhhhhh
Ghandu 80 sena - kollha tieghu !
Ghax daqs ir-ragel tieghi.
Jismu Wenzu jew Lorry
Gej il-Belt, in-naha t'isfel.
X'jghidlu Wenzu lil-Farfett?
Kienet gurnata xemxija.
Bir-rih....bilfors.
Kieku l-gwienah maghluqin biex jista jtir.
Il-bastun qieghed hemm biex izommu 'steady'-
fl'istess hin jiddefendi ruhu minn xi hadd li qed jittantah.
Jittama li jiehu l-pensjoni !!!!
Jittama li jilhaq jasal il-Belt.
Jittama li ma tghajjiex u titlaq il-barra.
Kellu familja...xi darba
Jidher qed jigri
He's trying to go to Carnival.
Beda jghaggel ghax beza mil-kelba - she was following him.
Il-kelba qisa ma rieditx toqghod.
Is-soltu kien jehodha mieghu.
Qed jibza minn klieb ohrajn.
Sejjer wrong way - bil beretta.
Irid ikun hemm xi hadd iehor mieghu, u dan huwa l-kelb.
Jista jkun li l-kelb mar sal- Belt - m'hemm xejn hazin.
Beda jghaggel biex jilhaq il-kelb.
Hemm il-hsejjes tar-rih, tal-haxix jiccaqlaq mar-rih
Ser joqghod attent li ma ttirlux il-beretta.
Ser jiehu kikkra kafe u zewg pastizzi-
f'xi kafetteria - ir Ritz
Kelna 2 hwienet il-Belt quddiem il-bahar.
Il-kelb, he will follow him.
Jorbtu barra u jtieh xi haga x'jiekol -
li jigbor mil-biccerija -
Xi ghadam, bicca zalzett jew mil-fdalijiet tal bejjieja.
Il-kelb ser insemmuh Gigi jew Fido.
Jien kont qed nghinu u qalli 'issa inqedek ja pastaza li int !'
Sab-bieb imbexxaq u mar jistkenn.
Qed ihossu ferhan ghax ghandu l-energija biex jiltaqa ma tal-familja il-Belt.
Kien hemm huta tilfet it-triq.
Il-vlegga biss taf fejn qieghed il-Bahar.
Nahseb itirlu u jtieh jiekol...
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