#080 Who Did Patrick's Homework ?

Patrick never did his homework. "Too boring," he said. He played baseball and basketball instead.

His teachers told him, "Patrick! Do your homework or you won't learn a thing."

And it's true; sometimes he did feel like a ding-a-ling in the class. But what could he do? He hated homework. Then one day, his cat was playing with a little doll and he grabbed it away. To his surprise, it wasn't a doll at all, but a man with size. He had a little wool shirt with old fashioned trousers and a high tall hat much like a witch's. It was an elf!

He yelled, "Save me! Don't give me back to that cat. I'll grant you a wish, I promise you that."

Patrick couldn't believe how lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, "Only if you do all my homework until the end of the semester, that's 35 days. If you do a good enough job, I could even get A's."

The little man's face wrinkled and he kicked his legs and pursed his lips, "Oh, am I cursed! But I'll do it."

And he kept his word, that little elf began to do Patrick's homework, but there was one glitch. The elf didn't always know what to do and he needed help.

"Help me! Help me!" he said.

And Patrick would have to help in whatever way.

"I don't know this word," the elf squeaked while reading Patrick's homework.

"Get me a dictionary. No, what's even better that you look up the word and pronounce it out by each letter."

When it came to maths, Patrick was also out of luck because the elf needed his help again.

"What are multiplication tables?" the elf shrieked. "We elves never need that. Addition, subtraction, division and fractions? Here, sit down beside me, you simply must guide me."

Elves knew nothing about human; to them it's something new. So the Little elf, already a shouter, just got louder. "Go to the library, I need books. More and more books. And you can help me read them, too."

As a matter of fact, every day that little elf was a nag! Patrick was working harder than ever! He was staying up nights, he had never felt so tired, and was going to school with his eyes puffed.

Finally, the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go. Since then was no more homework. Patrick got his A's and his classmates were amazed. His teachers smiled and were full of praise. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. In the end Patrick still thought he'd made that tiny man do all his homework. But it wasn't the elf; Patrick was the one who had done the homework!

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#077 The Malicious Daughter

Once, long ago, there was a couple who had three beautiful daughters. The oldest daughter was lazy; the middle daughter was careless and had many boyfriends, while the youngest was very talkative and loved to gossip. She loved gossiping so much, she loved to start arguments by spreading rumours.

All the local people hated the daughters especially the youngest one because of her fondness for creating malicious rumours. The parents were very embarrassed by the behaviour of their children; so embarrassed that they decided their children should leave the home and move away from the village.

Of course, the daughters objected and refused to leave. In desperation the coupled begged the neighbours to help capture the rogue females, tie them up, put them on a raft and send them down the river into exile. All the villagers willingly helped and before long the daughters were caught and sent away on a raft.

After a few hours adrift and at the mercy of the current, a renowned local pirate found the raft. He rescued the girls and in true pirate habit, he made them his ‘wives’. The pirate was quickly able to adjust to the behaviour of the eldest and middle daughter but he couldn’t stand the gossiping of the youngest. So, again in true pirate habit, he got rid of her by throwing her into the ocean.

 Fortunately a pair of sea eagles saw the girl’s plight and, while one circled overhead, the other went ashore, picked up a log, returned and dropped it for the helpless girl. She clung to the log and the current took her to land.

Once on dry land the eagles swooped down and picked up the girl and flew high into the sky. Naturally, the daughter needed a chat; she teased the male eagle and whispered to her partner that her husband was cheating on her. The female eagle became furious and very jealous. The couple fought so it was inevitable that the eagles dropped her. She died in the sea and eaten by the fishes.

Some years later a monk saw a skull that had been washed ashore. He picked it up and thought it would make an ideal incense holder. Not long the monks began to argue amongst themselves. They suspected the newly used skull was the problem so they removed it from the Chanting Room and made it into a water scoop for the bathroom. All at once the monks became ill and had rashes all over their bodies. It was clearly the skull causing all these problems.

One brave individual picked it up and threw it with all his might into the cemetery where a gang of thieves found it. Just as soon as they started examining the skull, it began exerting its evil influence and the thieves started fighting amongst themselves.

The grave keeper who witnessed that the skull was malicious, he grabbed the skull, burned it into ashes.

It was truly the end for the malicious young daughter. Everywhere, it will cause problems. So be warned, those of you who enjoy gossiping.

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#075 The Rich Old Lady

There was once a very rich old lady whose husband had died and whose children had married and gone to live abroad. She was too old to live alone so she moved to an expensive hotel near the sea.

This lady had a pair of nasty, ugly dogs which liked to bark at everybody. She loved them very much although nobody did. They lived in the hotel with her and went wherever she did.

One day there was a new waiter come to work in that hotel. He helped the old lady to carry her blankets and her pillows. He helped her to get in or get out from the car. And even he pretended that he loved the lady’s dogs very much. He offered to look after them in his free time. He fed them, cleaned them and took them for a walk.

The young waiter was sure that when the rich old lady died she would leave him a lot of money to pay him everything that he had done for her. However when she died a few years later he discovered that the lady left him only two things, the things which she loved most in the world and which she thought that the young waiter loved too-her dogs.

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#072 Story Of Abunawas : The King Who Became A Farmer

For weeks Abunawasnawas did not have money. He needed money to buy food. So, he went to another village to find work. Here and there he went, knocking at every door. But still no­body wanted to hire him. He was very tired and rested under a shady tree. He was soon asleep.

Suddenly two strong hands grabbed his arms and a strong voice said, "Hey get up you lazy man!"

The two strong hands pulled Abunawas to wake him up. "You must help us in our farm,” said another voice.

Before Abunawas could say a word the two strong men had already dragged Abunawas off to their farm. They walked for some time before arrived in a large farm. They brought Abunawasnawas to a big strong man with an earring at one of his ear.

"You'll work here until noon tomorrow. We'll give you a little food and drink. If you work slowly or lazily we'll give you a whip on your back."

Abunawas worked hard and felt very tired. He suddenly got a good idea. He approached the strong man with an earring. "Sir," said Abunawas.

"What?"

"You see that I am a small man. I can't work fast. If I give you a very strong man who can work three times harder and faster than me, will you let me go?"

The strong man seemed to be the owner of the farm was interested in Abunawas's offer. He agreed to let Abunawas go home.

"Remember, if you cheat me, you'll have to work here the whole day without any food or drink."

"No, I won't cheat you," said Abunawas. "Tomorrow, at noon, you'll find a man right under the tree where you picked me up this morning.  He'll be yours."

Abunawas then went home and appeared before the king right away.

'What brings you here, Abunawas"

"Your Majesty, yesterday I went to our neighbouring village and enjoyed very beautiful music. If you are in interested, I can take you there and you can enjoy it yourself. But, there is one condition."

"What is it, Abunawas?" asked the king who was so interested in music.

“You have to dress like farmers."

"No, problem," said the king.

The following day, at about noon, Abunawas and the king came to the shady tree.

"I don't hear anything, Abunawas,"

"Just be patient, Your Majesty. It was at noon when I heard the music. So, let's wait for a couple of minutes."

The breeze blew gently on their face. The king became sleepy and finally fell asleep. At that moment Abunawas walked away quietly.

Before long there came two farmers approaching the sleep­ing king. They dragged the king to their master. Of course they did not know that they were dragging their king, King Aaron El Roshid, for he wore farmer clothes. The master said the same thing he said to Abunawas the day before.

The king worked hard and fast because he did not want to get a whip on his back. He was very angry to both Abunawas and those savage people. But he could not do anything at that time.

The following day they let the king off exactly at noon. The king went back to the palace right away and ordered the guard to bring Abunawas before him. When Abunawas was in front of the king, the king said angrily, "How dare you do that to me! I'll punish you!"

“Wait a second, Your Majesty!" said Abunawas calmly.

"Please forgive me, but if I had not let you know by yourself everything that happened there, you would not believe me. Now that you have seen and experienced everything yourself, at least you now know that not all your people are good people. Some are savage and cruel like those farmers in the neighbouring vil­lage."

The king nodded slowly and then smiled.

"You're right, Abunawas!"

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#071 Apai Gumok And A Witch

Once there was a man named Apai Gumok, which meant “'fat man”. Apai Gumok and his wife, who was also fat, lived in a small village near a river. Unfortunately, Apai Gumok's wife was a scold, but she had her reasons to be like that. Her husband was not a very good hunter. He often came home after hunting all day with only a small bird. And he was not a good fisherman either be­cause he usually caught only a few small fishes. All the villagers laughed at Apai Gumok, and his wife always shouted at him because he never brought home enough food to eat.

One day, when he was out hunting in the jungle, Apai Gumok met a witch. He tried to escape, he ran at every direction, but wherever he turned, he saw the witch again. What a frightening witch. She had long dirty hair, long dirty fingernails, and broken teeth.

When Apai Gumok was tired of running, he spoke to the witch. “Why are you following me?” he asked.

The witch laughed, “I want to help you, Apai Gumok. I want to make you a rich and powerful man. I want you to have the respect of the villagers so they won't laugh at you anymore.”

Apai Gumok could barely believe his ears. “But surely you won't help me just out of the kindness of your heart,” he said. “What do you want?”

Again the witch laughed. It was an evil laugh. “Simple,” she said. “When you are rich, powerful and respected, I want you to marry me.”

“But I'm already married,” said Apai Gumok.

“No problem,” said the witch, “I'll change your wife into a little pink pig with black spots on its head. Then you can be­come a famous hunter and marry me.”

Apai Gumok wanted to be rich and respected. He also wanted to be a famous hunter. And his wife wasn't very kind to him. Still, the witch frightened him, and he did not want to marry such a dirty woman. He ran back to the village.

“Where are you, Wife?” he cried when he reached the house.

“Oink.”

“Wife?” he called again.

“Oink.”

In the house there was a little pink pig with black spots on its head! From that day onwards, nobody saw Apai Gumok's wife. He said she had gone to another village to visit her aunt. They all noticed his new friend because the little pig fol­lowed him everywhere.

Soon strange things began to happen to Apai Gumok. He became a fine hunter, and a very good fisherman. Before long, he was famous as the best hunter in the village. Then, one day he found gold beneath his house, and Apai Gumok became a rich man.

One month later, Apai Gumok came across the witch in the jungle.

“We must be married soon,” she said.

But Apai Gumok tried to make some excuses.

Finally the witch insisted. “I've been waiting a long time, Apai Gumok.”

“You have what you want, and now you must give me what I want. I want a husband.”

Apai Gumok looked at the ugly old witch, and then he looked down at the pig.

“One wife is enough,” he said. “I don't want another wife.”

At that time the pig squealed and the witch shouted. They were both very angry. Apai Gumok did not know what to do. All he could think of was a nice cool swim in the river.

“Look,” he said, “why don't we go swimming in the river? We can talk about the wedding later.”

This idea seemed to please the witch and the pig, so off they all went. When they had swum into the deepest part of the river, Apai Gumok took hold of the witch's ears and held her head under the water. In a few minutes she was drowned and died. He swam back to shore thinking that his troubles were over.

“Husband, here you are at last,” said a familiar voice.

Apai Gumok's wife was standing in the shallow water. The little pink pig was nowhere to be seen. Apai Gumok was relieved. He looked at his fat wife and thought how pretty and clean she was. Together they walked back to the village where they then lived happily ever after.

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