Friday, June 25, 2010

Can you guess what happened?

    Another folk tale that I can still remember until today is about a man and his wife.They led a simple life since they were poor.However, the wife was so greedy and she never satisfied with what she had.So she forced her husband to give her gold.

   Feeling sad, the husband sat outside the house.He was asked to stay outside until he could give her gold.Suddenly, while the husband was thinking about the ways to get the gold, he saw a big white elephant flying from the sky and landed in his backyard.Then the elephant fed on the grass there.The elephant was gigantic.The husband hid beside a tree and watched the elephant eating the grass.

   When it was dawn, the elephant flew back to the sky.It happened for two days and without fail the husband hid and watched the large unusual animal.Then, the husband decided to follow the elephant to its home since the husband  still could not bring gold for his wife and he was heart-broken.So he quickly  held on to the elephant's tail before it flew back like before.

   After some time, the husband arrived at a very beautiful place that he believed was a heaven.There were many big beautiful flowers and lots of big juicy fruits.He sat down and ate a mango.It was so big so he could not finish it.He decided to bring the mango home for his wife.

   When the time came, the husband held onto the elephant's tail again and flew back to his backyard.Seeing a big half-eaten  fruit brought by the husband, the greedy wife became impatient.She forced her husband to tell the secret.The husband had no choice but to tell.Then that night itself, when the elephant started to flew back to its place, the wife forced the husband to hold on to its tail whereas she herself grabbed on her husband's legs.

  On the way to the elephant's home, the wife became more greedy and impatient.She asked lots of questions to her husband.She even asked him to tell how big the mango was.The husband said that the mango was bigger than the well behind their hut.The wife did not believe his word and asked the husband to show how big it was with his hand.Feeling annoyed, the husband showed how big the mango was using his hands and because of that, he was actually letting go of the elephant's tail So can you guess what happened?

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