ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Lithuanian stories pasakos</title> <link href="trispalve.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="trispalve.ico"> <meta name=description content="Keliautojas ir Senelis The Traveler and The Old Man. 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Sake keliautojas.<br> <p> Hello! said the old man.<br> "Sveiki!" Atsake senlis."<br> <p> "Have you lived here all your life?" Asked the traveler.<br> "Ar &#269ia gyvenes visa savo gyyenima?" Klaus keliatojas.<br> <p> "No!" Replied the old man. <br> "Ne!" Atsake senlis<br> <p> Where can I find someone who has lived here all his life.<br> Kur rasti &#158;mogs kur gyvenes ia visa savo gyvenim.<br> <p> "Of course!." Replied the old man.<br> "Butinai!: Atsake senlis.<br> <p> Continue on this path and bear left at the fork in the road.<br> Eik &#154;iuo taku iki &#154;akos ir tada / kaire<br> <p> A little further along this path you will find a Chapel.<br> Netoli einant taku surasi koply <br> <p> Go inside the gate and in the back you will find whom you seek.<br> Eik tarp varts ir u&#158;pakalyje rasi ko ie&#154;kai.<br> <p> So, the traveler followed the old man's directions.<br> Tada, keliautojas jo pagal senlio nurodym.<br> <p> But, once he arrived behind the Chapel there was no one there.<br> Bet, atvykes u&#158;pakalyje koply ios, nieko nebuvo.<br> <p> The entire cemetary was empty, not a soul to be found.<br> Kapines buvo visi&#154;kai tus ios, nerado neivienio &#158;mogo.<br> <p> So, disappointed, the traveler retraced his steps.<br> To budu, nusiviles, keliatojas gryzo atgal.<br> <p> Once again he met the old man.<br> Vel sutiko senl/.<br> <p> "Hello!" said the Traveler.<br> "Sveiki!" Sake keliautojas.<br> <p> "Hello!" Said the old man.<br> "Sveiki!" Atsake senlis.<br> <p> "Did you find who you were looking for?" Asked the old man.<br> "Ar radot kuo ie&#154;kojot?." Klause senlis.<br> <p> "No!" said the Traveler, "I'm very disapponted."<br> "Ne!" Atsake keliatojas," A&#154; labai nusiviles"<br> <p> "Well, who were you looking for." Asked the old man.<br> "Na, ko jus ie&#154;kojot." Klause senlis.<br> <p> "I was looking for my relative, Antanas Paukstelis,." Replied the traveler.<br> "A&#154; ie&#154;kojau mano gyminait/, <br> Antana Pauk&#154;el/," Atsake keliautojas.<br> <p> "Oh!" Replied the old man. "I am Anatanas Pauksatelis."<br> "O!" Atsake senlis. "A&#154; Antanas Pauk&#154;telis."<br> <p> Overwhelmed and perplexed, the traveler replied.<br> Nustebintas ir susimai&#154;es, keliautojas atsake.<br> <p> "But I thought you said you didn't live here." .<br> :Bet a&#154; maniau jus saket kad ne gyvenat ia" <br> <p> "No, you asked me if I lived here all my life.<br> Ne, jus klauset ar a&#154; gyvenau ia visa savo gyvenim<br> <p> And I told you, no.<br> Ir a&#154; jums atsakias, ne.<br> <p> Can't you see I'm stll alive?<br> Ar nematai a&#154; dar gyvas<br> <p> Sometimes the search is closer than you think.<br> Kartais ie&#154kojimas yra ar ias negu manoma.<br> <p> <p> <h6> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <br> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <br> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <br> </h6> <IMG SRC=" http://thelithuanians.com/stories/keliatojas.jpg"> <p> <center> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4017097008206262"; /* 728x90, created 3/30/09 */ google_ad_slot = "8434883416"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> <h6> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <br> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <br> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <br> </h6> <b> <a href="http://thelithuanians.com/page9.html">[Return]</a> </b> <p> <p> <p> Written by Raymond Balta, <br> <br> <p> <p> &#169 story copyright Raymond Balta<br> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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