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”.
Magic Pear
The market was filled with merchants selling fresh
groceries. The fishmonger had crab and bass as the catch of the day. The chef
was cooking soft and delicious noodles in a variety of sauces. One farmer had
the brightest grens, while another had the sweetest pears. Hustle and bustle,
the market was filled with activity.
A beggar entered the market, holding out his hand,
hoping for a coin or two. The shopper and merchants ignored him as he passed
the food bins. He stopped in front of the merchant’s cart. “Please, sir, you
have so many pears. Can you spare just one? I haven’t eaten for seven days.”
The pear merchant, alarmed and angered, tried to chase the beggar away by
calling him names and threatening to beat him.
The local policeman came by to look into the commotion. Felling sorry for
the beggar, the policeman bought a pear and gave it to the beggar. The beggar
thanked the policeman, shoke his hand, and started to dig a hole. Confused, the
policeman asked the beggar if he was going to eat the pear.
“Oh, no, Sir. You’ve given me a magic pear. I’m going to burry it and it
will grow into a huge tree,” replied the beggar as he continued to dig his
hole. The people in the market gathered around and watched the beggar burry the
fruit. When the last handful of dirt was placed back in the hole, the beggar
sat down and chanted.
The eyes of the crowded widened and was followed by many OH’s and AH’s
for just as soon as the beggar sat down, a tiny green sprout emerged from the
dirt, climbing up and up, thicker and stronger, when the sprout reached three
feet tall, it grew branches. On those branches, leaves filled the void. And at
the end of it branch, many pears sprouted. There were so many of them that the
beggar had to stand up and pick the fruit, or else the tree would collapse.
The beggar with pear in his arms, started to give away his pears. “I have
so many pears and I want to share with everyone who doen’t have any.” When all
the pears were gone and eaten, the beggar took a long knife from his bag and
chopped down the magic tree. Everyone thanked the beggar for the show and for
sharing, including the pear merchant. The beggar smile and walked away.
As soon as the crowd died down, the pear merchant walked back to his
cart. To his surprise, all of his pears were gone. The beggar had given them
all away. The pear merchant’s cart had a handle missing. The beggar had chopped
it off. The pear merchant sat down on his empty, broken cart and cried.
