Week 11: Reading Part A

The wise and foolish merchant: The foolish merchant was persuaded to poor out his water by a demon that said their was more water up ahead. He later found out that being in the desert meant there was no water and ended up getting taken over by the demon because he was weak with no water or food. The wise merchant did not trust the demon and kept his water for good reason.
The elephant Girly-Face: A very nice elephant was sleeping one night when it was woken up by some robbers talking about how they need to show no mercy and kill anyone that touches them. The elephant thought that it needed to do the same and killed men that got near it. Once the keepers figured out the problem then the king sent some men to talk about how it is better to be nice and not hurt anyone. The elephant heard this and was nice again.
The BanYan Deer: The king wanted to have a steady income of deer so he drove in two tribes and put them all in a pin. The deer were tired of dying so they started volunteering one at a time to die. When the volunteer fell on a mother of a young child she asked if she could wait till her child was grown. One of the kings didn't allow it but the other king said he would volunteer in her place. When the cook saw that it was the king he allowed them to be free for his act of valor.
The kings White Elephants: Their were carpenters that would cut down trees to use for lumber and one day they came across a elephant that had a splinter. The carpenters helped the elephant and he then helped them with their work after that. He later brought his son to also help with the carpenters and they learned to love the young elephant. One day the king saw the work and payed for the young elephant to have for his own and took great care of him.
The ox who envied the pig: The ox was jealous of the pig that got the good food to eat but they were just fattening him up for the wedding. The ox later realized that he was fed normal food and was able to live longer than the pig.
Grannies Blackie: The elephant worked hard for a day and earned money for the grannie.
The crab and the crane: the crane told some fish in a small pond that their was a bigger pond he could take them instead of dying in a small tiny pond. He tricked the fish and ended up killing them all for food. Later on a crab did the same thing but instead of lying on the back of the crane it rode with its claws around his neck. When he realized that the crane would kill him too he snapped the cranes neck and got away free in the new bigger pond.

The Deer that lived



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