Appukuttan in Lavv

"Roll nambar eyitt?" the class teacher screams,
as Appukuttan looks out the window, at larger schemes.
"Khamon kyuck, bois, whoo ees roll nambar eyitt?"
but Appukuttan just stares, spellbound by Lakshmi's gait.
As a classmate prompts his name to the teacher,
he snaps back to reality, oh what a blunder!
 "Skaoundral!! vaat aar yew lookink att? Some pritti gerl, ai am shuwar!"
Appu is rendered speechless, but he knows that his love is pure.
"Misss, ai..am..o..aa..ai vaas lookink aat...Lekshmi" he muttered,
even as the realisation dawned, he was about to be hammered.
"Whoo ees thiss Lekshmi, ay?" asked she, looking out the window,
where she saw nothing but a big black crow.
"Wheyar ees she? Ai see onlee a kro" she bellowed,
"Misss, look undarr the kro" said Appu, sounding harrowed.
The teacher fainted as she finally saw some movement,
there stood Lakshmi, the temple elephant.