An epic battle: Boris the Balagoola versus a strange, three-legged fowl! No one--not even the author--recalls what prompted the conversion of a regular story into this poem. But here it is. Some help, here: tsuris=trouble, halavai=hooray, mishuga=crazy, luchen kup=hole in the head (idiomatically); verklempt=discombulated, a mess! From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

An epic battle: Boris the Balagoola versus a strange, three-legged fowl! No one--not even the author--recalls what prompted the conversion of a regular story into this poem. But here it is. Some help, here: tsuris=trouble, halavai=hooray, mishuga=crazy, luchen kup=hole in the head (idiomatically); verklempt=discombulated, a mess! From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

An epic battle: Boris the Balagoola versus a strange, three-legged fowl! No one--not even the author--recalls what prompted the conversion of a regular story into this poem. But here it is. Some help, here: tsuris=trouble, halavai=hooray, mishuga=crazy, luchen kup=hole in the head (idiomatically); verklempt=discombulated, a mess! From "Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm," available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle. https://amzn.to/3VpWj7y

The Ballad of Boris The Kid

The mythical village of Chelm is where, in the mid- to late-1800s, the Wise Fools lived. Where everyone was a fool, no one was aware of being foolish. These are their stories--unlike other stories in the Chelm genre, very short-form tales as read aloud in synagogue over many years. (But you don't have to be Jewish! All are welcome.)

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