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A
conversation between a tourist (Ashok) and a Kashmiri fruit seller. A few
Kashmiri fruits, such as 'apples', 'cherries', and 'stunted apples'
are mentioned.
On every street corner
in Kashmir, there are fruit sellers selling the fruits that are in season.
They have very interesting 'peddlar's cries' which they use to attract
customers.
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Ashok: What
is this fruit?
Fruit seller:
These are stunted apples.
Ashok: Fine!
Are these cherries?
Fruit seller:
Yes, there are 
cherries.
Ashok: How
much are the stunted apples?
Fruit seller:
The stunted apples are two rupees a kilo.
Ashok: How
much are the
cherries?
Fruit seller:
The
cherries are two rupees a kilo.
Ashok: Do
you have (any) apples?
Fruit seller:
Yes, sir, in that basket. Three rupees a kilo.
Ashok: Are
they any good?
Fruit seller:
Yes, these are amber apples.
Ashok: How
much are the pears?
Fruit seller:
Pears are four for a rupee.
Ashok: Very
well, give me one kilo of 
apples, one kilo of
cherries, and eight pears.
Fruit seller:
Do you have a basket?
Ashok: No,
please give (them to me) in a paper sack.
Fruit seller:
All right.
Fruit seller:
The total bill is seven rupees.
Ashok: Here
is a ten rupee bill.
Fruit seller:
Here is your change.
Ashok: Thank
you.
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Chapter
10
