Showing posts with label clever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clever. Show all posts
Many years ago a king wanted to find the wisest man in his kingdom. He wanted the man to be his prime minister.
"How can I find the wisest man?" he asked his wife and his friends.
"Ask everyone in the kingdom to make a wish." the queen said. "Choose the man who makes the wisest wish"
"Yes", the king agreed "that is a good idea".
The king wrote a letter to all the newspapers. He requested everyone in the kingdom to make one wish. "You must write your wish on a postcard and send it to the palace," the king wrote in his letter.
A few days later, the postcards arrived at the palace. There were many thousands of them. The king sat down and began to read them.


The wisest man

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A man had a parrot. It was a very beautiful bird and every day the man talked to it.
"Pretty Parrot," he said. "You are a pretty Polly".
"Pretty Parrot" the parrot said. "You are a pretty Polly".
Everyday the man spoke new words to the parrot. "Hallo" he said and "Good bye".
One day the parrot was not in its cage. It was flying about the room. The man came into the room and saw the parrot.
"What are you doing?" he said.
"What are you doing?" the parrot said.

An intelligent parrot

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Many years ago there was a king who was very bad-tempered. Everyone was afraid of him. The king was bad-tempered because he was often ill. He was often ill because he ate and drank too much.
"I am always ill", the king told his doctor. "Why can't you cure me?"
The doctor didn't want to tell the king the reason. He knew this would make the king very angry. "I give you the best medicine, Your Majesty", he said, "I do my best."
"Your medicine makes me worse", the king said, "You must cure me before the end of the month or I shall put you in prison. You are trying to poison me".
"Perhaps your food is making you ill", the doctor said. This was a polite way of saying "you eat too much."
"Nonsense," the king shouted. "My cook is the best cook in the world. No I am ill because you are a fool. You do not know how to cure me. I pay you to make me well, but what happened? I have stomachache and a headache everyday. Now go and study your books. Find a cure for my disease or ..."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty," the doctor said and went to his room. He made a lot of new medicine but it did not cure the king.
At last, a few days before the end of the month, the doctor went into the forest. He wanted to see a wise old monk and ask for his advice.


A bad-tempered king

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One day a man called at the house of an old woman. Most people did not like the old woman because she was very unpleasant.
"I am very hungry," the man said. "Can you give me something to eat?"
"I have little food in the house," the old woman said "I can give you only a piece of bread".
"Bread is better than nothing," the man told her, and he went into the house.
The old woman cut a piece of bread and gave it to him.
"This bread is good," he said. "But it will taste better with some soup".
"I have no soup", the old woman said.
"Can you make stone soup?" the man said.
"Stone soup? What is that?"
"It is easy to make. Take a stone from the garden. Wash it and put it in a pan of water. Boil the stone in the water."
The old woman took a stone from the garden and washed it. Then she put it in a pan of water and boiled the water.
The man took a spoonful of the soup and tasted it. "Yes" he said, "this is a very good soup, but a few potatoes will make it taste better".

Stone soup

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A merchant and a farmer were walking along the road together. The merchant thought the farmer was a fool. He planned to play a trick on him.
"Let's play a game", he said. "I will tell you a story. If you do not believe my story, you must give me ten pieces of silver. Then you tell me a story. If I do not believe it, I will give you ten pieces of silver".
"Very well", the farmer said. "But it is rather a silly game."
"Do you remember that cow you sold me?" the merchant began.
"Yes", said the farmer. "A very fine animal".
"It died before I got home", the merchant said.
"But ... but that's n ...".
"Do you believe me?" the merchant asked.
The farmer remembered the ten pieces of silver. "Oh, yes" he said, "I believe you".
"Good. When I bought the cow you said: "If the cow dies, I will give you ten pieces of silver." I remember it clearly."
"What!" cried the farmer.
"Don't you believe me?" the merchant asked.
"Yes, yes, I believe you", the farmer said sadly.
"Good. You owe me ten pieces of silver".
"Very clever", the farmer said. "You have tricked me". He took the ten pieces of silver out of his pocket and gave them to the merchant. "And now," he said, "You must listen to my story". He thought carefully for a few minutes and then began.


Who is cleverer?

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