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SMART 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”.
“The Lion and The Goat”
It was a summerday.
It was a very hot day. Every body was suffering from the heat. Every body was
very thirsty. But it’s hard to ind water. The river and the spring were dry.
A tried lion was walking weakly. He walked
everywhere to find water. “if I cannot find water soon, I’m going to die,” teh
lion thought.
Not far from the
lion, there was a goat. He was thirsty, too. As they walked they came to a
small fountain. How happy they were !
“ Hey, stay away
from my fountain !“ snapped the lion.
“ Your fountain ?
it’s mine !“ the goat snapped back.
“ I got here first,
“ said the lion.
“ No ! It was I who
got here first,“ replied the goat.
They began to fight
over the fountain.
Finally, they got
tried of fighting. So, they took a rest. When thet looked up, they saw a flock
of vultures above them. Vultures ate dead bodies.
“ Hey, do you see
vultures ?“ asked the lion.
“ Yes, I think they
are waiting to see who is going to die. What do you think ?” saidthe goat.
“ Let’s stop this
fight. We’d better to make friends.” Said the lion.
“ It’s much better
to make friends than to make an enemy.” Replied the goat.
Then they drank from
the same fountain.
Looking For a Bride
There
was once a young shepherd who wanted very much to marry, and was acquainted
with three sisters who were all equally pretty, so that it was difficult for
him to make a choice, and he could not decide to give the preference to any one
of them.
Then
he asked his mother for advice, and she said: “invite all three, and set some
cheese before them, and watch how they eat it.”
The
youth did so, the first swallowed the cheese with the rind on, the second
hastily cut the rind off the cheese, but she cut it so quickly that she left
much good cheese with it, and threw that away also, the third peeled the rind
off carefully, and cut neither too much nor too little.
The shepherd told all this to his mother, who said,
take the third for your wife. This he did, and lived contentedly and happily
with her.
The Hare was once boasting of his
speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said
he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with
me."
The Tortoise said quietly, "I
accept your challenge."
"That is a good joke,"
said the Hare; "I could dance round you all the way."
"Keep your boasting till
you've won," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we race?"
So a course was fixed and a start
was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to
show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise
plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the
Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the
race.
Then the Tortoise said: "Slow
but steady progress wins the race."
The Peasant in Heaven
Once
upon a time a poor pious peasant died, and arrived before the gate of heaven.
At the same time a very rich, rich lord came there who also wanted to get into
heaven.
Then
saint peter came with the key, and opened the door, and let the great man in,
but apparently did not see the peasant, and shut the door again.
And now the peasant outside heard how the great man was received
in heaven with all kinds of rejoicing, and how they were making music, and
singing within.
At
length all became quiet again, and saint peter came and opened the gate of
heaven, and let the peasant in.
The
peasant, however, expected that they would make music and sing when he went in
also, but all remained quite quiet. He was received with great affection, it is
true, and the angels came to meet him, but no one sang.
Then the peasant asked saint peter how it was that they did not
sing for him as they had done when the rich man went in, and said that it
seemed to him that there in heaven things were done with just as much
partiality as on earth.
Then
said saint peter, by no means, you are just as dear to us as anyone else, and
will enjoy every heavenly delight that the rich man enjoys, but poor fellows
like you come to heaven every day, but a rich man like this does not come more
than once in a hundred years.
Three Fish
Once three fish lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond and saw the fish. ‘This pond is full of fish’, they told each other excitedly. ‘we have never fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our nets and catch these fish!’ So saying, the fishermen left.
When the eldest of the three fish heard this, he was troubled. He called the other fish together and said, ‘Did you hear what the fishermen said? W must leave this pond at once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!’ The second of the three fish agreed. ‘You are right’, he said. ‘We must leave the pond.’
But the youngest fish laughed. ‘You are worrying without reason’, he said. ‘We have lived in this pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these men return? I am not going anywhere – my luck will keep me safe’.
The eldest of the fish left the pond that very evening with his entire family. The second fish saw the fishermen coming in the distance early next morning and left the pond at once with all his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.
The fishermen arrived and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fish’s luck did not help him – he was caught and killed.
There was once
a frog who lived in a small pond with a turtle. One day the frog said to the
turtle. “Good morning , Mr. turtle. I am tried of living in this pond. Can you
tell me the best place in the world? I would like to live there.”
“Me, too,” said
the turtle. “let’s ask Mrs. Bird. She has been to many places that we have
never seen. She knows very well where the best place is.”
“Let’s go to
see her now,” said the frog. “I know where she lives.”
They went down
the road, passed the wood, turned to the east and went straight. And at last they
saw her in a bush on the left.
“Good morning,
Mrs. Bird,” said the frog. “Can you tell me the way to the best place in the
world?”
“The best
place?” said Mrs. Bird. “Go back down the road, turn west, go pass the wood and
go straight on. Then you can find the best place in the world?”
They were very
pleased and went away. At last they came to pond.
“This is our
home,” said the turtle.
“This is the
best place in the world,” said the frog.
And they both
sang.
“East and
West,
Home is
the best,”
The Purse of Gold
A beggar found a leather purse that someone
had dropped in a market place. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100
pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted, "A reward! A reaward to
the one who find my leather purse!"
Being an honest man, the beggar came forward
and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. Will you
keep your word to give a reward now?"
"Reward?" scoffed the merchant
greedily counting the amount of gold. "The purse I dropped had 200 pieces
of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward I'll give to you.! Go
away or I'll tell you to the police."
"I'm an honest man," said the
beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to the court!" In the
court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story and said,
"I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that the
purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable cost.
But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it
couldn't be the one you lost."
And, with that, the judge gave the purse and
all the golds to the beggar
THE PIED PIPER
Many years ago, in the German town of Hamelin, the people
had a terrible problem with rats. There were rats everywhere, in the streets,
houses, beds, and even in babies cots. The mayor did not know what to do.
One day, a peculiar man called the Pied Piper arrived and
said he could deal with the problem if the mayor would pay a huge sum of money.
The mayor agreed.
The Pied Piper played the pipes and the rats followed him
out of Hamelin and fell out a cliff.
“I refuse to pay!” said the mayor.
So, the Pied Piper played his pipes again. This time every
child followed the Pier Piper. They never returned. The mayor had learned his
lesson, but much too late.
