‘फ’ बाट फलावाङका फुत्त बहादुर फुयाँल (लोककथा)

फलावाङका फुत्तबहादुर फुयाँलको फुर्ती नै अर्कै। फुलेको फराकिलो छाती, फररर परेको फलाटिनको फिर्फिरे कमीज, त्यसमाथि फराँसिला मिजास भएका फुर्तिला फुत्तबहादुर, अनी उनकी फ्यावुलोस वाइफ फूलमाया!

फुत्तबहादुरको फुर्ती को बारेमा त फेरीटेल नै छ: एकपल्ट गाउँमा फिटीक्कै पानी नपर्दा फुत्तबहादुर फजित भई फलावाङबाट फुत्त निस्केर फाँटै फाँट फटाफट हिंड्दै फर्पिङ्हुँदै फार्बिसगन्ज सम्म पुगे रे। फार्बिस्गन्जमा कताबाट एउटा फिरन्ते फकिर फेला परे रे। फकिर ले फुत्तलाई आफ्नो फन्दामा फँसाउन खोज्दा उल्टै फटाहा फकडालाईनै दस फन्को फनफनी घुमाएर पाता कसी दिए रे। फिटिफिटी परेका फटाहा फक्कडले फट मानी अफुसँग भएको वडेमानको फटिक दिन्छु भनेर फुत्तलाई फकाउन खोजेछन। फितला फकुल्लो हुन र फुत्त बहादुर? त्यत्तिकैमा फक्लक्क फुत्किनेवाला थिएनन् ति फटाहा फकिर! पीडाले फक्र्याक-फुक्रुक परेका फकिरले फटिकको हारको साथै विना पानीकै फकाफक फल्ने फक्फकाउँदो फर्सीको वियाँ दिन्छु भनेपछी मात्रै फुत्तले आफ्नो रिसानी फर्छाएका रे।

फिरन्ते फकिरले दिएको वडेमानको फटिक अनी फलाइलो फर्सीको वियाँ बोकेर फलावाङ फर्किदै गर्दा फेटावाल सिख फरिकसिंंहसँग उन्को भेट भयो रे। नीज फरिक सिंंह परेछन रे फलाटिनका ब्यापारी! फुत्तले फटाहा फकिरको कथा सुनाउँदा फरिकसिंंहले फजुल फगल्टा फकफक भनेर फुत्तलाई फट्कारेछन। आफुलाई फन्टुस फतौरो भन्दै फरिकर्सिंह फाँकिएपछी फन्कीएका फुत्तले पनि फिरन्ते फकिरले दिएको विना पानीकै फकाफक फल्ने फक्फकाउँदो फर्सीको एउटा वियाँ निकलेर फ्यात्त फ्यांकिदिए रे। फर्सिको वोट फस्टाइहाल्यो! फरिकसिंहले फलुवा फर्सिको विउको फर्माइस गरे, फुत्तले फलाटिनको। फुत्तले फर्सिको एउटा वियाँ दिएर फरिकसिंहसँग जीवनभरी फलाटिन लिने फर्स्योट गरे रे। त्यस दिन फुत्त बहादुर फुयाँलले आफ्नो फलालो फोहोरी फत्तु फाली फररर फर्फराउने फलटीनको नयाँ कमीज फेरेका रे। अनी त्यस दिन देखी फुत्तले फलाटिनको फिर्फिरे कमीज बहेक अरु केही फेरेकै छैनन रे।

फिरन्ते फकिरले दिएको वडेमानको फटिक, फलाइलो फर्सीको वियाँ, अनी फरिक सिंह ब्यापारीको फलाटिन बोकेर फलावाङ फर्कदै गर्दा फर्पिङंमा फुत्तले एउटा राम्रो फुलबारी देखे रे। फार्बिस्गन्ज देखी फर्पिङसम्मको लामो सफरले फतक्क गलेका फुत्तले त्यही राम्रो फुलबारिमा फजिरसम्म आराम गर्ने निधो गरेछन। फूलबारीमा फुलेका फुलहरु र फुलहरु विच उफ्रिरहेका फट्यङ्रा टिपिरहेको फिस्टे फल्कोनेटको अबलोकन गर्दै बस्दा उनको नजर फुलबारीको कुनामा फलेकमाथि फरिया फिजएर फुत्ततिरै फर्केर फल फकार्दै गरेकी फूलमायामाथी पर्न गयो रे। फुलमायाको फिलिङगी रूपले फुत्तको मनमा फोस्फोरोस हाल्या फसेलझैं फीलिङ फस्टिएछ। लभ-आट-फर्स्ट-साइट।

त्यस्ती राम्री फुलमायालाई फुत्किन नदिने फुत्तले निधो गरे रे तर उनिसँग कुरा गर्ने आँट आएन रे फुत्तको। फुत्तलाई परेछ फसाद! फुलमायाको सुन्दर्तामा मन्त्रमुग्ध भएर फुत्त चैं त्यही फुलबारीको फन्को लगाउन थाले रे। फाईनल्ली शाहसको फाँको हालेर फुत्तले फूलमायालाई एउटा फूल दिएछन। फुलमायाको फुर्फुरिने वानी त थिएन तरपनी फुलेको फराकिलो छातीलाई फररर फहराउने फलाटिनको फिर्फिरे कमीजले ढाकेका फराँसिला फुत्तबहादुर जस्ता फुर्तिला, फ्याशनेवल, र फ्रेन्डली नवजवानलाई देखेर फूलमाया पनि दंग परिछिन्। फुलमायाको फतफताउने वानी पनि थिएन, तरपनी फुत्तले फटाहा फक्कडसँग लिएको फटिकको फ्यान्सी हार बनाइदिन्छु भनेपछी त फुलमाया फुरुक्कै भाईहालिन रे! आफन्तको नाममा एउटै मात्रै फूफू भएको कुरा फुलमायाले फुत्तलाई बताइन रे अनी त्यही फकर्ताउली फास्फुसे फूफूसँग भेटेर फागुनमा फुत्तले आफ्नो बिहे फूलमायासँग फट्ट गरे रे।

फिरन्ते फकिरको फलाइलो फर्सिको बिउ अनी फरिक सिंह ब्यापारीको फलाटिन बोकेर वडेमानको फटिकको फ्यान्सी हार लगाई फलाटिनकै फरियामा बेरिएकी फिलिङगी फुलमाया सँगै प्रफुल्लितहुँदै फुत्तबहादुर फुयाँल फलावाङ फर्के। फलावाङ फर्केर फुत्तले फेदिको फांट पुरै फाँडेर आफ्नो घर बसाएछका छन। फुत्तको नयाँ घर उसलाई सार्है फापेको छ। फिरन्ते फकिरको फर्सी फलाइलो भा’को छ। फरिक सिंह ब्यापारीले पनि फलाटिन सालैपिच्छे पठाउदै गरेकाछन्। फूलमायाको माया पनि फुत्तले टन्नै पाएकाछन्। फुत्त बहादुरको फुर्ती नै अर्कै भएको छ। फुत्त र फुलमायालाई अब केही फिक्री छैन तरपनी उनीहरुको स्वभाब फेरिएको छैन। फालाफाल भये पनि फारो गर्ने बानी छ फुलमायाको, फुकाफाल भएकी छैनन्। फुत्तबहादुर पनि फाल्तु फाइफुट्टी लाउँदैनन्। फुत्त बहादुरको फर्सीको फयल अहिले फिन्ल्यान्ड देखी फ्लोरिडासम्म फैलिएको छ। दुनियाँ भरिका मान्छेहरु फुत्तसँग फकेबूक फ्रेन्डस भएका छन। आफ्नो बिहेको वार्षिकोत्सव मनाउन प्रतेक फागुनमा फुर्सद निकलेर फुत्त र फुलमाया फर्पिङको त्यही राम्रो फुल्बारिमा फोगिन र फुकुन्डालाई फर्सिको खीर र फलफूल खुवौंछन; फलाटिनको पछेउरा ओढाउँछन्। एक साल त ति फुकुन्डाहरु मध्ये ति फटाहा फक्कडसँग पनि थियो रे।

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भोली भोली भन्दै भुँडी पल्टाउने भैरब अर्याल बाट प्रेरित र निस्ट २००० ब्याच सेक्सन-सिका सम्पूर्ण साथीहरुमा समर्पित||

Fiction: A story about Late HMK Dipendra B. B. Shah

पर्खाल भीत्र र बाहिर (दिपेंद्रको असहज मृत्युको बारेमा लेखिएको कथा) by Dr. Kavitaram Shrestha (cartskrs@hotmail.com)

The tale of the racehorses

Published on Nepal Abroad, Chaitra 08, 4 (09) and Chaitra 09, 4 (10) issues.

Once upon a time in a small town there was a family of horses that ran in chariot races. There was a dad horse, a mom horse, a brother horse, and a sister horse. All the horses were really fast. Together they had won many races and people really loved them.

Even though they were popular and had won many races, the brother horse always wanted to win more races and bigger races. He always wanted to get more popular. One day the brother horse decided to run in the Nariiot, a very long race where many horses from all over the world came to run. They were all big and strong horses and the brother horse and his family was too small and inexperienced for such a huge race. Dad horse, mom horse and sister horse did not want to participate in the Nariiot but brother horse insisted. When the rest of his family resented the idea of participating in the Nariiot, the brother horse yelled, shouted, and cried until the others agreed.

Once they listed their names in the Nariiot, they practiced for many days. Each day the dad horse and mom horse ran very hard and so did the sister horse. The brother horse ran the hardest because he wanted to be the best horse in the Nariiot. He was very fast but his dad, mom, and his sister were not as fast as he was. Even though they were trying their best to run as fast as him, they could not and the brother horse complained all the time saying that they were not fast enough for the Nariiot. He quarreled with them every day such that no one in the family liked to talk to him anymore. But to appease him they kept running harder and harder every day.

Finally, the big day came. On that day of the Nariiot, there were horses of all color: black, white, brown and some even purple ones. They were many tall and muscular stallions and geldings. The brother horse although being the tallest in the family looked like a colt in front of the other horses. Everyone lined up at the starting line in the huge racetrack at the Nariiot. This was the first time the brother horse and his family was running along side the big and stronger horses for very long time.

The race began. The horses started running. The brother horse ran his hardest and so did his family members. Although they did very well in the race, they were not able to wallop a few chariots. One time they came close to being the first chariot in the race but the dad horse and the mom horse were too old and weak to keep up with other stronger bigger horses instead of giving their best effort. Sister horse was too young and delicate compared to other competitors but she too ran as fast as she could. When they started to lose the race, brother horse was not happy so he kept yelling at them to run faster and faster. The race ended and the family did not win.

Although they did not win the Nariiot, all the participants complimented them on their effort. The brother horse went and high-fived all the horses who complimented them. He even danced for the crowd. The crowd loved him and cheered for him. There were even photographers who took his pictures for big magazines. The brother horse loved it so much that he forgot about his family. Not even once did he thank his family members for the grand performance. Never did he show any affection for their woes and blisters. While he was enjoying his fame, the father horse and the mother horse were gasping for their lives because they had ran so hard. Sister horse was not able to even walk comfortably anymore because she had blisters all over her feet. And they were very sad because the brother horse had totally forgotten about them. They quietly went to their wagon and with a great deal of agony started to pull it towards their home.

It took very long for the brother horse to realize that this family had left him. When he found that out he also felt the saddest in his life. All of a sudden, all the cheers and high fives did not mean much to him. He realized that his family was what meant the most to him and without his family all his happiness was also gone. He then immediately took off to his meet with his family. He found them barely dragging themselves along with the carriage so that they can return home before dusk. The brother horse felt very bad for them and he could not forgive himself for his family’s situation.

He slowly approached his family members and apologized for being so stubborn, indifferent and selfish. He then kindly asked dad horse, mom horse, and sister horse to step inside the carriage and he pulled them the carriage all the way to home. When he got home, it was already dark and he was very tired. He had blisters in his feet from dragging the wagon with his family in it for many hours and he had bruises in his chest and on his shoulders. He was very sore and exhausted. But he was happy that he got them home safely. There were no cheers or high fives for this accomplishment but this was the most cherished accomplishment of his life. That day, they all ate dinner together after a very long time. Everyone thanked brother horse for getting them home safe and they all said goodnight to each other before going to bed.