Amasa

Amasa is Amasa's name. Maybe because he is dark, maybe because he was born on a new moon day (amavasya), the name Amasa has stuck to him.

'Who's Amasa?' enquired the headman. 'That's him. The orphan boy that lives there with Kuriyayya. That's him.' The headman was astonished. 'My, when did he grow up so?' Before his eyes, Amasa'a Tiger Dance came dancing its many and wondrous dances.

Translated from Kannada by A. K. Ramanujan and Many Shetty