<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473017" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Parantha’s Dream</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He marched up and down<br>with his string tied tin.<br>Keeping in time with the <br>beat and marching. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The twelve year old boy <br>Parantha Parapanjani <br>yearned to be a drummer <br>in the Royal Indian Army. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Using two wooden sticks<br>and a biscuit tin so old, <br>he imitated the drummers<br>and their drum rolls. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He marched up and down<br>with his string tied tin.<br>Keeping in time with the <br>beat and marching. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A thief stole his drum<br>leaving him with nothing to play, <br>but his father’s old tin leg, <br>stepped in to save the day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From a string around his neck, <br>it swung about his waist, <br>as he practiced with the band<br> outside the military gates.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He marched up and down<br>with his string tied tin.<br>Keeping in time with the <br>beat and marching. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day a limping man and boy<br>walked down the busy street, <br>as Parantha drummed up <br>a leg moving kind of beat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The regimental sergeant major <br>recognised the sound, <br>and saw the leg being played, <br>as it made its way to town.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So impressed was the sergeant <br>he enlisted the boy in the band. <br>A new side-drum he was given <br>and a stick for each hand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He marched up and down<br>with his Indian army band, <br>so proud to be a drummer, <br>with a stick in each hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Orlando+Belo">Orlando Belo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473017" data-title="Parantha’s Dream de Orlando Belo" data-description="He marched up and down with his string tied tin. Keeping in time with the beat and marching. The twelve year old boy Parantha Parapanjani yearned to be a drummer in the Royal Indian Army. Using two wooden sticks and a biscuit tin so old, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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