Ciciban is a little boy who is always in a scrape of one kind or another. He tears the knees of his pants, bruises his elbow and plays mischievous pranks.
One day a bee comes looking for Ciciban, to sting him. He looks and looks but Ciciban is nowhere to be found. He eventually forgets why he is even looking for Ciciban, but still asks Ciciban's mother where he is. She asks 'why are you looking for him', and the bee says he's not sure but it might be because he has done something naughty. The mother says 'ask Ciciban, He always tells the truth'. To which the bee replies 'oh, well I don't need to sting him then - any boy who always tells the truth is a good boy'.
So, thats a little boys own story from a very popular Slovenian boys magazine. Ciciban is pronounced more like tzitzibarn (think tzatziki). Last night we heard this story set to some Slovenian chamber music at the Slovenian Philharmonic Centre. A la Peter and the Wolf.
So, do you think Ciciban is a contender if we have a boy?
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