a Tunisian Tale for Children ...
Once a quick-witted man lived in Tunisia. His name was Juha.
Juha was a merchant and sold traditional men's caps made from red felt and wool and decorated with a tassel. They are also called _Shashiya_. He bought them up on the market and sold them in villages.
Once he dropped with fatigue near a hill and fell asleep. And the hill was inhabited by monkeys. The monkeys saw the baskets and carried away all the shashiyas.
When Juha woke up, an amazing view saluted him. There were monkeys with shashiyas on their heads everywhere - on the ground, on the trees, around him. He begged them to give him his goods back, cried at them, tried to take the shashiyas from them, but everything was in vain. The monkeys would run away, make a mouth at him and mimic his gestures.
Hot with rage,Juha threw his shashiya on the ground and the monkeys did the same. Now all the shashiyas were lying on the ground and he only had to pick them up.
Juha remembered very well how he managed to make fool of the cunning monkeys. Very soon he used this method again, in a different situation.
Juha had a donkey. Once somebody stole the donkey just from the pasture. He immediately set out in search of it, crying loudly,
"Oh, people! Give me my donkey back or I will do as my father did!!! I don't want to do this, but I don't want to stay without a donkey!"
The thieves were frightened, gave him his donkey back and asked him, "
"What did your father do?"
"He bought another donkey," said Juha.
:)
Juha was a merchant and sold traditional men's caps made from red felt and wool and decorated with a tassel. They are also called _Shashiya_. He bought them up on the market and sold them in villages.
Once he dropped with fatigue near a hill and fell asleep. And the hill was inhabited by monkeys. The monkeys saw the baskets and carried away all the shashiyas.
When Juha woke up, an amazing view saluted him. There were monkeys with shashiyas on their heads everywhere - on the ground, on the trees, around him. He begged them to give him his goods back, cried at them, tried to take the shashiyas from them, but everything was in vain. The monkeys would run away, make a mouth at him and mimic his gestures.
Hot with rage,Juha threw his shashiya on the ground and the monkeys did the same. Now all the shashiyas were lying on the ground and he only had to pick them up.
Juha remembered very well how he managed to make fool of the cunning monkeys. Very soon he used this method again, in a different situation.
Juha had a donkey. Once somebody stole the donkey just from the pasture. He immediately set out in search of it, crying loudly,
"Oh, people! Give me my donkey back or I will do as my father did!!! I don't want to do this, but I don't want to stay without a donkey!"
The thieves were frightened, gave him his donkey back and asked him, "
"What did your father do?"
"He bought another donkey," said Juha.
:)
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