Trinbagonians talk. (45) Small Axe and big tree

He had a Mad Bull an’ he use to fly it near to other people kite. Everybody flyin’ dey kite did try dey best to avoid he Mad Bull. He had a razor blade on it an’ he would cut de string of other kites, makin’ de kite get away from de owner hold. De kite does start wobblin’ in de sky until it disappear in de distance. One day, a man start flyin’ a kite smaller than de Mad Bull. It was a little bigger than a Chicki Chong.  De kite did not look like it could go high, buh it did. De man did fly de kite really good. De owner of de Mad Bull start to fly it near to de small kite tryin’ to cut de string, buh de owner of de small kite made he kite tangle up de Mad Bull string an’ cut it. De both kites wobbled in de sky until dey disappear. As de old Trinbago folks does say, “Small axe does cut down big tree.” 

He had a big kite and he always flies his kite near to other kites. Everybody flying their kite would try their best to avoid his kite. He had a razor blade on it and he would cut the string of other kites making them get away from the owner’s hold. The kite will start wobbling in the sky until it disappears in the horizon. One day, a man came with a small kite that had a frame like the Mad Bull and he started flying it. This kite did not look as though it could go high but it did. The man was skillful in the way he was flying the kite. The owner of the big kite came near to the small kite. The owner of the big kite tried to cut the string of the small kite but the owner of the small kite got his kite to entangled the string of the big kite and cut it. The both kites wobbled in the sky until they disappeared. As the old Trinidadian and Tobagonian folks used to say, “Small axe does cut down big tree.”