The Totala Tree

Urmu and Urgen's friends are here. "Hurry, Urgen," Urmu says. "I am coming, Nana," Urgen says to his sister.

Urgen and his friends climb a tree. Urgen and Urmu's grandmother sees them. "Do not climb the tree," she says. "The pods are delicate," she adds.

The grandmother shows them a pod from the tree. "Look inside," she says. "Wow, the Totala seeds are beautiful," Urgen says.

“Can we make garlands with these seeds?” Urmu asks. “Yes,” the grandmother replies.

“We use Totala for all our rituals,” the grandmother says.

Later, Urmu and Urgen's grandmother says, “The pods are ready to open." "Let us all go outside," she says.

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The Totala Tree (English), written by सिर्जना गोले तामाङ, illustrated by Suman Maharjan, published by The Asia Foundation - Let's Read, used under CC BY 4.0 via the Global Digital Library. · View on the Global Digital Library
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