#TIKI TIKI TEMBO FULL#

#TIKI TIKI TEMBO FULL#

It is a funny story and Sooraj and I had a great time saying 'Tikki Tikki Tembo's full name in rhyme. After this near disaster incident, according to the legend, Chinese decided to name even their first sons with rather small and easy names. Finally help arrives and Tikki Tikki Tembo is rescued but, he takes many months to recover. Both of them make the second son say his brother's full name before listening to him say what the problem is. The same problem arises when the second son runs to tell the man with the ladder. Since, he is panting - he takes a long time to tell his brother long name and say that he has fallen into the well. The second son runs as fast as he can and tries to tell his mother that his elder brother has fallen into the well.

After many months, now the first son - 'Tikki Tikki Tembo', falls into the well. Chang gets well very soon, since help came fast and quick. The man comes as fast as he can, and slowly takes out Chang from the well.

One day, while the kids are playing, Chang falls into a well and his mother ask the 'Tikki Tikki Tembo.' son to go call the man with the ladder. The rather long and windy name means - 'most wonderful thing in the whole world' and the small name Chang means 'nothing'. In this story, the mother names her first son, take a deep breath - ' Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo'. As per the book, this picture book is based on a Chinese folk tale.Īs the story goes - long, long ago - the Chinese used to keep long names for their first sons and a small or insignificant name to their second ones. The name Tikki Tikki Tembo immediately brings to mind a rather funny and interesting story.

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