Tuntuni Outsmarts the Wicked Cat

There’s a brinjal plant in the backyard. Tuntuni has built her nest by stitching the plant’s leaves.

Three little fledglings lie in the nest. They are so small they can’t fly or even open their

eyes. They just open their mouths and call out “cheen-cheen.” The family cat is

really wicked. She just thinks I shall eat Tuntuni’s fledglings. One day she came

near the brinjal plant and said, “What are you doing, dear Tuntuni?” Tuntuni bowed and

leant her head by the branch of the brinjal plant and said, “Salutations,

your highness.” The cat went away happily. She would come every day,

Tuntuni would greet her and address her as “Queen” and the cat would go away feeling happy.