Lambikin Transcript

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 0:00

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Micah (Knob Twister): 0:07

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Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 0:13

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Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 0:35

Lots of people are listening, like lots of people in India, which is when our story is from today.

Micah (Knob Twister): 0:43

That is correct, sir. Will you introduce our story? I don't know. No, you don't know. You picked it out.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 0:52

Yeah, it's called the Lambican, the Lambican, lambican.

Micah (Knob Twister): 0:56

And what is a lambican sir?

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 0:58

It's just a baby lamb. Oh Aw, it's a little lamby. Aw yeah, don't awe too much.

Micah (Knob Twister): 1:08

So it says here. It was selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs in 1910.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 1:13

Yeah, so he did an anthology of Indian folklore, mm Kind of like the Grimm Brothers. Yes, he has a whole bunch of them and man, they're a lot like Grimm stories.

Micah (Knob Twister): 1:25

You'll see, and this is from India.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 1:27

This is from India.

Micah (Knob Twister): 1:28

This is going to be great. We want to make a shout out to all our Do I?

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 1:34

say Indian. Yeah, you say Indian because they're from India. I want to be politically correct.

Micah (Knob Twister): 1:41

But what are you going to call them? I don't know, because in America, when you say Indians, people think red people with feathers sticking out of their hat.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 1:49

That was the most racist thing you've said in a month.

Micah (Knob Twister): 1:52

But that's what people think. A big shout out to our listeners. Would you shut up? Big shout out to our listeners from India.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 2:04

Thank you.

Micah (Knob Twister): 2:05

We have noticed.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 2:06

Take it away. Yeah, so I get to start. Right, the lambikin yeah, I put this together, so I guess I start. Once upon a time there was a wee-wee lambikin, aw, wee-wee Aw, who frolicked about on his little tautery legs and enjoys himself amazingly.

Micah (Knob Twister): 2:23

I enjoy myself amazingly from time to time.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 2:26

I'm going to amazingly enjoy this flyswatter. Ow Ooh yeah, now, one day he set off to visit his granny and was jumping with joy to think of all the good things he should get from her. When who should he meet, but a jackal who looked at the tender young morsel and said Lamekin, lamekin, I'll eat you.

Micah (Knob Twister): 2:49

This took a turn. Yeah, it was sweet and cute and now it's scary. But Lampkin only gave a little frisk and said Do I get to sing this?

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 3:01

It said, it sang, it said said how do I do?

Micah (Knob Twister): 3:06

there's a singing part later to granny's house, I go, I go where I shall factor grow, and then you can need me.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 3:16

So oh, my god, that was awful. The jackal thought this was reasonable.

Micah (Knob Twister): 3:24

In a way, wait, that's reasonable. I mean, for the jackal it is It'll get fatter, yeah.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 3:32

And he let Lambican pass by and by. He met a vulture, and the vulture, looking hungrily at the tender morsel before him, said Lambican, Lambican, I'll eat you Nice.

Micah (Knob Twister): 3:46

But Lambikin only gave a little frisk and said To Granny's house I go, where I show fat to grow and then you can eat me.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 3:57

So the vulture also thought this was reasonable and let the lambican pass. And by and by he met a tiger and a wolf what? And a dog? What and an eagle?

Micah (Knob Twister): 4:11

They're just all hanging out together.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 4:14

Well, I think he did one by one.

Micah (Knob Twister): 4:15

Okay.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 4:16

Instead of belaboring the point as they sometimes do.

Micah (Knob Twister): 4:18

So we don't have to do that over and over, like in a groom's fairy tale. Right Like 500 times 17 pages later, the same thing over and over.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 4:27

I like this Indian tale it gets right to the point. So the wolf and the dog and the eagle and a tiger and all of these. When they saw the tender little morsel said Lambikin, lambikin, I'll eat you.

Micah (Knob Twister): 4:42

But to all of them Lambikin replied with a little frisk To Grandma's house, I go where I shall fat to grow, Then you can eat me.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 4:52

So All right, so you've got a line here that I'd missed.

Micah (Knob Twister): 4:57

Where is that? Do I do this part, this black?

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 5:00

top part. Yeah, just read the.

Micah (Knob Twister): 5:03

At last he reached the granny's house and said All in a great hurry, granny dear, I've promised to get very fat, so, as people ought to keep their promises, please, please, put me into the corn bin at once. That's awesome, why.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 5:21

He's getting fat dude. He's not very smart. He made a promise, so Keep your promises. That's one promise. Keep your promises.

Micah (Knob Twister): 5:30

That's one promise I probably wouldn't keep. I'm not going to fatten myself up for someone else to eat. You have to wait for it.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 5:37

He was just being a little greedy. Okay, okay, okay. So his granny said he was a good boy and put him in the corn bin. And there the greedy little lambican stayed for seven days and eight, and eight, and eight he's getting fat Until he could scarcely waddle. And his Granny said he was fat enough for anything and must go home.

Micah (Knob Twister): 5:58

Sweet grandma, you know, just go get yourself eaten, love you.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 6:03

Love you little lamb. She ate him out of house. He ate her out of house and home.

Micah (Knob Twister): 6:08

But cunning little lambkin. Oh, this is the twist he's now cunning, he's cunning.

Micah (Knob Twister): 6:15

Said that he would never do, for some animal would be sure to eat him on the way back. Right, he was so plump and tender, like all the he said he would be. Wait, what is this, master lambkin? This is the lambkin. I don't know why they put master. I'll tell you what you must do, said master lambkin. This is the lambkin I don't know. I'll tell you what you must do, said master lambkin. You must make a little drum, big drummikin. What's a drummikin?

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 6:46

nobody knows. If you know what a drummikin is, please leave us a comment and find out. I looked and looked and looked Drummikin, a drummikin.

Micah (Knob Twister): 6:55

There is no such word. Is it just like, kind of like a scarecrow, or? A mannequin, like something similar to what it's supposed to be. It explains it. Okay, you must make me a little drummikin out of the skin of my little brother who died, and then I can sit inside and trundle along nicely, for I'm as tight as a drum myself. He is tight, fat tight.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 7:25

He made a little trundle out of him, out of his dead brother. That's pretty dark, what the crap. Well, yeah, so his granny, of course, made him a nice little drummikin out of his brother's skin, of course With the wool inside, and Lammikin curled up as snug and warm in the middle and trundled away gaily Soon. He met the eagle, who called out Drummikin Drummikin. Have you seen Lambikin?

Micah (Knob Twister): 7:59

And Mr Lambikin, who's now Mr, not Master, mr Master, curled up in his soft, warm nest, replied Fallen into the fire. And so will you On little Drummikin, tum-pa-tum-too Tum-pa to the fire. And so will you, on little drummikin, tum pa, tum, tu, tum pa tum tu. Apparently, this thing is like rolling along, it's like a I'm picturing, like fred flintstone, in his his vehicle and he's running his little legs, but the car's surrounding him.

Micah (Knob Twister): 8:29

so this is the drummikin that's surrounding the lamb and he's just got his little feet underneath and he's just running along, but it looks like a big giant thing that nobody wants to eat or attack.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 8:40

Maybe His brother. His brother was really big, I guess. How very annoying sighed the eagle, thinking regretfully of the tender morsel he had let slip.

Micah (Knob Twister): 8:52

Meanwhile, lambikin trundled along laughing to himself and singing.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 9:03

Every animal and bird he met asked him the same question Drummikin, drummikin. Have you seen?

Micah (Knob Twister): 9:10

Lambikin, and to each of them the little sly boots replied Sly boots Falling into the fire, and so will you On little Dromachin. Tum-pa-tum-doo, tum-pa-tum-doo, tum-pa-tum-doo.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 9:27

Oh that. Then they all sighed to think of the tender little morsel they had let slip. At last the jackal came limping along for all his sorry looks as sharp as a needle, and he too called out Drumbikin, drumbikin. Have you seen Lambikin?

Micah (Knob Twister): 9:45

And Lambikin, curled up in his snug little nest, replied, gaily Fallen into the fire, and so will you, on little Drumbikin, tum-pa-tum-to.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 9:58

But he never got any further, for the jackal recognized his voice at once and cried Hello, You've turned yourself inside out, have you? Just you come out of that. Whereupon he tore open Drumbikin and gobbled up Drumbikin.

Micah (Knob Twister): 10:12

So the jackal was the smart hunting animal. He got him Because he fooled the vulture, the dog, the tiger.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 10:24

Was there another one, vulture dog tiger eagle.

Micah (Knob Twister): 10:27

He fooled them all, but not the jackal. The jackal got him.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 10:31

And that was it. Well done, sir. Gobbled up Lambican period story over.

Micah (Knob Twister): 10:37

I very much enjoyed that story. That was great.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 10:43

That was very Grimlike, though Very, very much.

Micah (Knob Twister): 10:47

The more we do these stories from different places across the universe, we find that there's lots of similarities amongst each tale, yeah, which can only lead to the fact that we're all human and we're all connected. This is a very touching moment. I know.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 11:06

I think I have to pee.

Micah (Knob Twister): 11:08

Oh, before you go on our website at TalesOfBbedlamcom and while you're there, leave us a comment so we know you're listening. Goodnight bye. That was good, well done, I enjoyed that a lot. We should do some more. That was a funny-ass story. That was good. Well done, sophoceter. I enjoyed that a lot. We should do some more Indian tales in the weeks to come A whole list of them.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 11:42

There's some longer ones that we can write stuff into as well. Cool.

Micah (Knob Twister): 11:45

Yeah, we need to have our guests, Mr Death Hades and our good friend Dr Know-All back.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 11:54

No, there's a whole anthology of them that dude put together.

Micah (Knob Twister): 11:57

Oh nice, that guy, that we.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 12:01

Jacob Jacobs or something, jacob somebody. It's funny that he has the same.

Micah (Knob Twister): 12:06

Joseph Jacobs Like Jacob Wilhelm.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 12:10

Right, I think it might have been the same guy. He just used the false. Think it might have been the same guy. I'll just use the false name. It was about the same time 1910. That is a little later.

Micah (Knob Twister): 12:17

Yeah, that is a little later because it was the late 1800s, Though I liked it that was thoroughly amazing.

Dustin (Sofa Sitter): 12:28

And he ate it the end.