Show SEVEN simpletons SIMPLE ONS TONS ALE SHOWING THAT AN N ARAB MISTAKES MF M N MAKE W the wa rise dian alio ad of cliness of tile ul seren seven wa t 0 O of r the idiots abey dept their contract sroor r waa not letl pleased bat at the h wl stories Is the I 1 one of Da dauksa Dauk uklA liaa favorite nina ing tenuous legend 1 time seven simpletons simple tons were once upon udona a road anti bold behold they came going fT Cuddle along of 0 rainwater which lay to a big under the sky and look bright still and could see the finloth tb puddle they y into 19 reflected far below and wisely con clouds I 1 edg eluded that hat the be puddle was very deep they were ere much puzzled I 1 aa to should get across but the eldest ht tow bowl they who WM was the boldest of 0 the simpleton said d 1 let lct us make a string each party kuznir t the of the man in front of if tolaf and g I 1 goins going first and I 1 will leap as till a II 11 I 1 baand and do rou you others othe tollow follow me at beey ru as S e y all it amy safely leaped across Lo together gether dot not into however the puddle with and nd cot got covered with mud from head to qua it ben beia g fool they were ere safety on the ha other aide side when grben danly occurred to 10 the he eldest simpleton that one of their number was missing evidently been drowned in the laying ing be he counted once twice thrice so da rut 11 as he left tt himself out each time the that there were only suit each time was tons so he be bid each count in simpleton simpletons simple I ix 1 and as each counted after the fashion tarn turn each found that simpleton eldest sf nath tb e number was six and yet they could the not for or the life of them make out who was inking ml asing and they were much dismayed ad perplexed at this juncture there came bothem to them ft a ww man and to him lim they told their doubts and di difficulty and looking at their simple faces a and 1 I the shallow puddle sherein rhe rein they had bad mud muddied died themselves lie gaw saw his way to profit by their foolishness go so with an air of much urbanity ho lie promised to restore the missing simpleton it all seven would agree to work tor for him a year and a day without payment to which they gladly aan taking a betel nut cut it in seven pi pieces and bid the simpletons simple tons count tho the pieces which they didt did and behold they vin were seven then to each man ho lie pave gave n riece and asked n how illow can ye bo be six when to each I 1 have given betel and there were men seyen pieces ot of betel whereat their minds were much relieved and they began to toil with and work for the wise man no now w the labor of simpletons simple tons is a trial lo 10 wise ilise i men nen and so the event proved in this I 1 case caw the first task they performed was the harvesting of the winter rice they dand bound and brought the sheaves home and asked the wise man where they should put them hut but the wise man wag was occupied w with ith his own thoughts and said ask my old woman and put them where she says so they went to the old woman and asked her tier but the old woman was wms busy cooking her ier husbands dinner drat you and your shea sheaves veal put them on my beada which without any bes hesitation Station they all did BO so that the dinner wass polled slid nd the old woman died being smothered by the paddy and when the wise man came in hungry and asked for ills it wife the simpletons simple tons told him what had happened and when be he waa was vexed they asked him with simple faces why lie waa was angry w with it 11 them for obeying orders then the wise vise man mall seeing no remedy bid them go and bury the old woman so they made a sledge of bamboos and putting the old woman on it started off like abe th wind so as its to get home the quicker to upper supper cut but they went so fast through the bamboo grove that the old woman was swep wept of the sledge by a bamboo spike cat but this they did not perceive tor for aa As toon soon aa as they got to the place their one thought tiou glit waa was to get a grave dug as fast as p w sible to this work accordingly they addressed themselves and when the gravo was ready behold the old woman was gone and they said this is a very wicked old woman her husband orders her ber to be buried and look she Is not dead stall at all but has run awny away what are we donoll do so they looked about them now there was another old woman herding harding cattle close by and seeing that could not go home to supper ing orders and burying n an n old woman they buried her tier in spite of her bar screams creams fc and struggles ruggles tt and then they came home and told the wise man what they had done I 1 I 1 the next day lay the wise man bid the seven simple simpletons tons go find plow above aboto the great banian bantau tree meaning higher up the hill hot but they set toworu to work conscientiously to haul the oxen and plows into the top of tho the tre tree with ropes dut but the ropes broke anath and the oxen were killed and again they t told old th the 0 wise man what they had done doue and when he cursed them for it rack of fools they again pleaded that they had bad only done as they were told and many other things they did always bythe by the wise mana mans orders until the v lse ise man could stand it no longer so he be told the simpletons simple tons that ho lie wanted to make a dugout canoe and that they must cut down a simul tree tor for the purpose but he ho said it if it falls ou od tho the ground it will break and then where canoe be when ye r bee ee the tree tottering to its fi fall all run ye yo under it and receive it on your shoulders thou to which they agreed I 1 and when the tree f fell e 11 they ran under I 1 it t and were duly killed all except one who being the strongest stood ready to receive tho the trunk for the brunches branches kept the trunk off the ground and saved this sim slin ons life and he lie seeing his brothers dead was possessed with rase rage and taking up the ax cut ut the wise mana head bead oft off which proves that even a single simpleton is a match for a wise man it he be have but an a ax la in hla his hand allahand Alla Allah habad abd pioneer |