Bhoplyatli Mhatari - Marathi Story by Grand parents
Bhoplyatli Mhatari is one of the oldest and very popular Marathi story. Generally narrated by Grand parents, this story is about a old thin lady who wants to go to meet her daughter, who stays in a nearby village. While going to her house the lady has to cross a dense jungle. In that jungle she meets a tiger to wants to eat her and she request the tiger not to eat her as she is going to meet her daughter and promises him to eat her when she returns from her daughter's home fat and healthy. The tiger let's her go thinking he would eat a healthy old lady later instead of a thin lady. Than she encounters a bear and a wolf. She says same thing to both of them and both of them lets her go. After reaching her daughter's home and staying there the lady gets fat and healthy after eating fresh fruits and food. While returning she says her daughter about the wild animals in the jungle. Than her daughter thinks of an idea. She gets a big pumpkin and asks her mother to get into it. And when the animals ask you you say it to them i am not the old lady that you are searching for and you will reach home safely. The old lady uses this idea and reaches home safely.
Transcript
00:22The name of the story is
00:25Old lady in a Pumpkin
00:27Once upon a time, there was a village
00:29in that village
00:31there use to live a old lady
00:34She was very slim and thin
00:39She decides to go to her daughter's home
00:42in the nearby village
00:45She started walking slowly slowly
00:48on her way there was a jungle
00:51in that jungle
00:52she meets a Bear
00:56Bear asked, where are you going old lady?
01:00and said I will eat you old lady
01:05No No Bear
01:08I am going to my daughter's home
01:11will stay there for a month
01:14have healthy and proper food
01:16will have bread with lots of butter
01:19will become fat and healthy
01:21than you can eat me
01:23The bear agreed to it
01:27After that she met a Tiger
01:33Tiger said
01:35Oh! Old lady
01:37where are you going, I will eat you
01:42The Old lady replied
01:43Oh! dear Tiger
01:44I am going to my daughter's place
01:47I will go there and meet her
01:49stay there for a month
01:51will have bread with lots of butter over it
01:53will become fat and healthy
01:55than you can eat me
01:59The tiger aldo agreed to her
02:01thinking that he would get to eat a healthy old lady
02:05so he goes away
02:08After that she meets a wolf
02:16Oh! Old lady where are you going
02:19I will eat you
02:23The Old lady replied
02:27i am going to my daughter's place
02:30will stay there for a month
02:32will have lots of bread and water
02:34will become fat and healthy
02:36dan you eat me
02:39The Wolf agreed and went away
02:41The old lady reached her daughter's place
02:44stayed there for a month
02:46Her daughter gave her lots of healthy food
02:50and the old lady really became very fat
02:54While returning home, she said to her daughter
02:59There are lots of animals in the jungle
03:01who wants to eat me
03:05Than her daughter thought of an idea
03:10She got a big Pumpkin
03:14She emptied entire Pumpkin from inside
03:23She asked her Mother
03:26to sit inside the Pumpkin
03:29and go walking slowly slowly
03:33If you meet the animals than say this to them
03:35I don't know the old lady
03:39let's walk my Pumpkin slowly slowly
03:42Speak it again
03:44Than the old lady said
03:45I don't know the old lady
03:49Let's walk my pumpkin slowly slowly
03:52That Pumpkin was so big
03:55the old lady started walking slowly slowly
03:58After sometime she came across the Wolf
04:01The Wolf was surprised looking at Pumpkin
04:05Isn't she the old lady
04:07Oh! old lady where are you going
04:12the old lady said
04:13I don't know that old lady
04:16Let's my pumpkin walk slowly slowly
04:19And she started walking slowly
04:22that the Wolf got afraid and went away
04:26Than came the Tiger
04:33Oh! where are you going old lady
04:38The old lady said
04:40I don't know the old lady
04:43let's walk my pumpkin slowly slowly
04:47I don't know the old lady
04:51let's walk my pumpkin slowly slowly
04:55Tiger thought that this is not the old lady
04:58so he went away
05:01Then came the Bear
05:04Bear said happily
05:06i can see your legs old lady
05:09He said where are you going old lady
05:14The Old lady said
05:15I don't know the old lady
05:19let's walk my pumpkin slowly slowly
05:23I don't know the old lady
05:27let's walk my pumpkin slowly slowly
05:30The old lady went to her home slowly slowly
05:35and she reached her home safely
05:38The idea given to her by her daughter
05:40saved the life of the old lady