Bedtime stories

siani i tan ni leh mai hehe ciartu neih ve chhun hehe kei lanu riang hi! just put my niece n nephew 2 sleep. They had a hard time falling asleep and when all the soothing and then the threats did not work, an idea or rather a challenge came to me. I remembered how engrossed i used to be with my late grandma's bedtime stories as a kid and i figured "What the heck! better to be prepared early 4 my grandkids anyway". So, i went through the translated versions of Mizo folktales fr. MizowritinginEnglish and related the story of Rairahtea. Kudos to U Zualtei for the brilliant translation. Re-rendering it into Mizo is strenuous though. However, despite my pitiful struggle to deliver the right tenor, the kids apparently accepted it as a pitiable attempt and showed interest. They soon became hooked to the story, bad as i was, and soon fell asleep much to my relief!Whew!It's gonna be tough looking after kids. But the story's opium effect now boosts my confidence in terms of family planning. I "hope" to tell more tales to my own children, if ever i have them. Pssst: u better read some too cos ya know...u never know when youre gonna have kids or maybe you do already..either way i strongly recommend feeding young Mizo kids with our own bedtime stories than cinderella and her peers or maybe we can relate both n they can compare and contrast or even if they dont maybe we can, in the process of the storytelling or whatever....Just Tell All!Knowledge is bliss!