Мэргэнд буусан чоно: AJAA

AJAA

There was a famous hunter, called Damdin the Black, my grandfather. We call my grandfather Ajaa.
When my ajaa comes home, with marmots hanging from his saddle, they swing from side to side as he trots on his piebald horse. My brother and I love to eat marmot meat. Our eyes are attracted to the hanging marmots. Grandpa ajaa goes hunting at sunrise and returns at sunset. Then he drinks millet tea with butter in a big koumiss bowl and drinks all the tea in a 5 liter pot, prepared by Grandma.

During the evening grandma removes the skin from the marmots and spreads them out to dry; the smell of the blood brings in the flies so she makes a smoky fire. While we are waiting for the meat to boil, we look into the pot. To cook the meat takes a long time, and it is finally ready when we are about to go to sleep. Grandma invites us to eat the meat.

Our grandpa ajaa is resting on a mattress in the male designated part of the ger, which is the northern side. He smells the vodka being made in a neighbours ger, so takes one of the skinned marmots and goes to visit his neighbour. When the heavily drunk grandpa comes home at midnight he is singing a folk song, “Hkuren Tolgoi” with a hoarse voice and saying: “My children, sleep. My dear children! My dear children!”. He is kisses our foreheads and continues saying: “This nagging old woman, your grandmother, she probably shouts at you all day long”.
Then he stumbles against the cupboard next to Grandma’s bed; he is sitting with crossed legs in front of her bed, saying: “Hey, my wife, wake up!” shaking her shoulders. Grandma is not sleeping but she is lying with her eyes closed and not saying a word, thinking maybe this will not make trouble. Ajaa asks: “Are you sleeping or are you angry? You probably are angry with me” he is saying crossly, pursing his lips. Then he looks down and says, “Greedy old woman. I can find an old woman like you anywhere. Old woman Dulmaa, every evening she has vodka. You are always lazy. All my life I have hunted marmots without rest. You could do something for me!” He is weeping. “You could do something for me!” Then he sings another folk song, ‘Shalzat Baahan Sharga’, looking down in deep thought. After a short silence, taking a long breath he sings again in a loud voice, “I killed my brother, who was dressed in an antelope skin, it was a mistake”, and he began crying. He is saying: “Can this be true? What a strange world!”

When he is not drunk he does not sing at all, as if he does not know a song, but when he drinks he sings different songs off-key during the whole night. He loves to sing. Finally, he quietly falls asleep without taking off his clothes.

In the morning Grandma is saying; “Children! Get out of bed. Get out of bed, the sun has already risen”. Grandma’s eyes are swelled, as if she cried during the whole night and in the morning. Grandpa is sitting near the stove, smoking his pipe and listening with patience to Grandma’s nagging, in deep thought.
When the tea is prepared, Grandma gives the tea to Grandpa, he drinks the hot tea quickly. Then taking his gun, he goes out without saying a word.

He is riding on his piebald horse, his yellow dog follows him. The marmots see him and they cry.

My brother and I quietly watch our Grandpa ride past our ger, silently wishing that he would not drink vodka in the evening when he comes home from hunting...

Ulaanbaatar 1989

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2005 он - Согоо суман
2002 он - Өнчин чавхдас дуулдаггүй
1998 он - Мэргэнд буусан чоно
1993 он - Удган
1987 он - Толгодын шивнээ
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2009 он - "Нүцгэн натур" уран сайхны кино
2011 он - Хурдан том болмоор байна
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Prizes and place winning in contests

1998: Prize by the Union of Mongolian Writers.
2004: “Honorary labor medal” high prize by the state.
2006: The Natsagdorj prizewinner
2009: The S.Buyannemekh prizewinner

“Delicacy of meaning” state contest of short stories
1989: Movie “The routine to meeting” won the second place in the contest of movie writing organized by Mongolian Railroad.
1993: “The best of tea” 1st and 2nd places
1994: “The legend of inscribed rock” 2nd place
1996: “Heaven’s dream” 3rd place
1997: “Solitude” 3rd place
2000: “Gold coin of queen Turkina” 3rd place
2005: “Uraliin tes mod” 2nd place
1998: “The fellow in white shirt” 1st place in the contest of short stories dedicated to 360th anniversary of Ulaanbaatar
2003: “Thirsty horse” 2nd place in the state contest of short stories.
2006: “Gun galuutai” 4nd place in the state contest of short stories.

“Golden feather” the contest of the best works
2001: “Lonely musician” the best
2002: “The wolf in divination” modern ballet as the best
2003: “Journey without return ticket” the best
2004: “The site of death” the best
2005: “Horse like deer” the best