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1. Queen of Arabia and Three
Sheiks
Maura, who like to be thought of
as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by
one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks. The
three sheiks were all equally young and handsome. They were also rich and
strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.
One evening, Maura disguised
herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As they were about to have
dinner, Maura asked them for something to eat. The first gave her some left
over food. The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing camel’s tail. The third
sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty
meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s camp.
The following day, the queen
invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servant to
give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before. Hakim, who
received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two sheiks
could not share it with him.
This Sheik Hakim’s act finally
convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her. “Without question, Hakim is
the most generous of you” she announced her choice to the sheiks. “So it is
Hakim I will marry”.
2. The Smartest Animal
Once there was a farmer from
Laos. Every morning and every evening, he ploughed his field with his buffalo.
One day, a tiger saw the farmer
and his buffalo working in the field. The tiger was very surprised to see a big
animal listening to a small animal. The tiger wanted to know more about the big
animal and the small animal.
After the man went home, the
tiger spoke to the buffalo; “you are so big and strong. Why do you do
everything the man tells you?” The buffalo answered; “oh, the man is very
intelligent”.
The tiger asked; “can you tell me
how intelligent he is?”. “No, I can’t tell you”, said the buffalo; “but you can
ask him”
So the next day the tiger asked
to the man; “Can I see your intelligence?”. But the man answered; “it at home”.
“Can you go and get it?” asked the tiger. “Yes” said the man; “but I am afraid
you will kill my buffalo when I am gone. Can I tie you to a tree?”
After the man tied the tiger to
the tree, he didn’t go home to get his intelligence. He took his plough and hit
the tiger. Then he said; “Now you know about my intelligence even you haven’t
seen it.
3. Blind Listening
A stupid man was sent by his
father to sell salt. He first went to a mining area but nobody there wanted his
salt. When he returned home, his father told him that if he had helped the
miners to dig, they would have bought his salt.
The man next went to a house
where a wedding was taking place. There he dug a huge hole. This made the
people angry and they chased him away. When he returned home, his father told
him that if he had beaten a drum and danced instead, the people there would
have bought salt from him.
Then, he went to a village where
there happened to be a fire. Rushing to the place, he started drumming and
dancing, only to be thrown out by the people. His father told him that he
should have poured water on the fire instead, if he wanted to sell salt there.
In the next place he went to, a
couple were fighting with each other. The foolish man poured a bucketful of
water on them, again to be chased away. His father later told him that he
should have tried to settle the quarrel, in which case they would have bought
salt from him.
In the final event, the man saw
two bulls fighting with each other. He stepped in to stop the fight and was
gored to death by angry bulls.
4. Money Isn′t Everything
Donald, Daisy, Huey, Louie and
Dewey all went to visit Uncle Scrooge one cold autumn day. They knocked at the
door and had to wait a long time before all the bolts were undone. Even then
Uncle Scrooge looked very suspicious, as if they were Beagle Boys in disguise.
The old miser was very surprised to see them all.
"Well, well. I suppose you'd
better come in," he croaked at the door.
"Have you got a sore throat,
Great- Uncle Scrooge?" chirped Louie.
"Don't be cheeky,
Louie!" scolded Daisy.
"Stuff and nonsense!"
croaked
Uncle Scrooge. "I have got a
sore throat! The young lad's right."
"Sorry to hear that,
Uncle," said Donald sympathetically. "Should I send Dewey out to get
you some cough
drops?"
"No. They cost too much
money nowadays," complained the old miser. "I'd rather suffer the
tickle in my throat."
"You don't seem very happy,
Uncle Scrooge," soothed Daisy.
"Mind your own
business!" snapped Uncle Scrooge.
"Poor old Great-Uncle
Scrooge," chirped Dewey, who had jumped up to sit on his Great-Uncle's
knee.
"What do you mean—poor
Great- Uncle Scrooge!" chuckled Uncle Scrooge. "I've got more money
than Fort Knox."
"What I meant,"
explained Dewey, "was that I had a sore throat too, and I hardly have any
money. But I bought some cough drops." With that Dewey pulled out his box
of cough drops and gave them to Uncle Scrooge.
"You can have my cough
drops, Uncle," smiled Dewey, "because they cured my sore
throat."
Uncle Scrooge didn't know what to
say. But one great big tear rolled down his face.
"Poor Great-Uncle
Scrooge," echoed the triplets.
5. The Smartest Parrot
Once upon time, a man had a
wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every
word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it
was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the
smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say
Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept not
saying the word.
At the first, the man was very
nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man
to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the
man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it.
Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or
I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day after he had been trying
so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He
could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house.
There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the
chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to
humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your
turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back
to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not
believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on
the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the
last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.
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