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like Paddy - given three wishes by the genie....given 10 pidgeons to save them from starving - sent one back with a message thanking them.
like Paddy - given three wishes by the genie
I'd like a glass of beer that never gets empty -
the genie waves
whoosh - glass appears
wow! he says
ok and for the other two wishes , I'll have two more of them ...
The bleating of the goat attracts the tiger. The flickering of the candle attracts the moth.
I love this Noirua! What was your source? It sounds African.
A Nigerian I know said once:
Just because the tiger is silent does not mean he is stupid.
There once was a peasant farmer who owned a beautiful horse.
One day the horse disappeared. The neighbor, who greatly admired the horse, came to the farmer, and said, "Oh, what bad luck to lose your beautiful horse!" The farmer replied, "Good luck, bad luck , who knows."
The next day, the horse returned, leading a whole herd of beautiful horses. The neighbor came to him. "Oh, what good luck you have!" "Good luck, bad luck, who knows," said the Farmer.
A week later, the Farmer's son was thrown from one of the wild horses he was training and broke his leg. The neighbor came to the fence and told the Farmer, "Oh, what bad luck!" "Good luck, bad luck, who knows," said the Farmer.
The next day the Emperor's soldiers came to the village to collect all the able bodied young men to go to war, but they left behind the Farmer's son, because he had a broken leg. "Oh, what good luck you have," said the neighbor. "Good luck,bad luck, who knows," said the Farmer.
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