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The narrative begins with a poor old man who, lacking children, lives with a single, unusually small cucumber plant. Frustrated by its size, he curses that any woman who eats the cucumber will have a baby of the same small size. A neighbor woman, secretly eating the cucumber, subsequently becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy who remains tiny as he grows. Consequently, the boy is named Ekbitte, meaning 'palm-sized' in Nepali. Despite his diminutive stature, an eleven-year-old Ekbitte expresses a desire to help his mother with chores. Skeptical, his mother asks him to bring straw for the hungry buffalo. Ekbitte claims to have brought enough straw for the buffalo, prompting his mother to emerge from the house, initially disbelieving his capabilities. The story highlights themes of defying expectations and finding strength in unexpected places, despite physical limitations. The accompanying illustrations depict key moments in the narrative: Ekbitte looking up at adults and large pottery near vines, Ekbitte interacting with a large buffalo, and his mother preparing food in a kitchen setting.","Ekbitte: The Boy Who Could Fit in the  \nPalm of a Hand  \nKrishna Raj Sarbahari  \nKrisha Tamrakar  \nA long time ago, a poor old man lived in a village. He had no children . The old man hada cucumber plant in his garden. Though the plant had very lush vines and flowers, only one cucumber grew.  \nThe cucumber was very small. Only the size of a human hand. This made the old man very angry.  \n“May the woman who eats this cucumber have a baby of this very size!” he said angrily.  \nOne day a woman from the neighborhood sneaked into the old man’s garden. She saw the cucumber. She picked the cucumber andate it up.  \nThe woman became pregnant after eating the cucumber. Nine months later, she gave birth to a son .  \nThe baby was tiny. As the child got older, he did not grow much taller.The mother was very worried.  \nSeeing the size of his body, people called the boy Ekbitte since he could fit in the palm of a hand.  \nWhen Ekbitte was eleven years old, he said to his mother,”Mother, I want to help you with the chores .”  \n”How on earth can you help me, son?” themother asked. She was tired from working so hard.  \n”Let me try, and see it for yourself,” Ekbitte  \nreplied.  \n* ekbitte means palm-sized in the Nepali language.  \n”All right then. Bring some straw in from the threshing ground. The buffalo is hungry,” his mother said. She didn’t believe that Ekbitte could do it.  \nAfter a while, Ekbitte shouted from the courtyard.”Mother, I have brought the straw. Where do you want me to put it?”  \n”Put it in front of the buffalo,” his mother shouted from inside the house.  \n”The buffalo will not be able to eat all the straw that I have brought with me . Perhaps you should come out and show me where I can store it?” Ekbitte shouted.  \nHis mother sighed.”Oh boy. You brought a few strands of straw and now you are causing an uproar .”  \n9","cbCaioSLNAnUxyDC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioSLNAnUxyDC","pdf",6325174,29,"English","en",105,"# Ekbitte: The Boy Who Could Fit in the Palm of a Hand\n## A Poor Old Man and a Cucumber Plant\n## The Woman and the Cucumber\n## The Birth of Ekbitte\n## Ekbitte's Desire to Help","[{\"question\":\"What does the name Ekbitte mean?\",\"answer\":\"Ekbitte means 'palm-sized' in the Nepali language, reflecting the boy's small stature.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Ekbitte's parents come to have him?\",\"answer\":\"A poor old man, who had no children, had a cucumber plant that produced only one small cucumber. Angrily, he wished that any woman who ate it would have a baby of that size. 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