malay riddle

picture from national archives of singapore

if you are a true blue kampong-boy, who has lived in a kampong where there were malays, you would most probably have heard of this malay riddle:

buka sarung, nampak bulu
buka bulu, nampak biji
buka biji, nampak batang

remove sarong, see hair
part the hair, see seed(s)
remove the seed(s), see the rod

most kampong boys, especially those who lived in a kampong with a racial mix, would know what was being referred to. i wonder if today's generation of children can get the correct picture.

for answer, see below.....



i mean scroll down, not look down, lah
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