![]() ![]() As an activity, each student could write out their own name as if they were Tikki tikki tembo, and for that day, each student would go by their long name. To this day, the Chinese have thought it wise to give all of their children short names, instead of great long ones. They finally got Tikki tikki tembo out of the well, but it took him days to reccover. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation. He found the old man, but he had the same problem, his brother's name was so long that he could barely get it out. Tikki Tikki Tembo Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator) 4.20 64,337 ratings1,094 reviews Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo- chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. His mother said to go find the old man with the ladder. Chang ran to his mother to explain what happened, but his brother's name was so long, he could barely get it out. ![]() ![]() They got the old man with the ladder to get him out and he took no time to recover. One day Chang fell in and Tikki tikki tembo ran to his mother to help him. Chang and Tikki tikki tembo loved playing near the well, but their mother always said to be careful or they could fall in. Her first son was named Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo, which meant "the most wonderful thing in the world, and her second son was named Chang. The oldest one is purportedly given a long impressive name meaning The Most Wonderful Thing in the Whole Wide World as he is to inherit his parents’ beloved possessions. A mother lived on a small mountain with her two sons. In a nutshell: Tikki Tikki Tembo as retold by Arlene Mosel is a fabled Chinese fable about two little brothers. It was a custom for father and mothers in China to give their first and honored sons a great long name, but seconds sons were given hardly a name at all. Tikki Tikki Tembo is a story of an old Chinese folktale. ![]()
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