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My Grandma`s

Tales two crooks

The
Illustrations by :Aida El Khairiya
Translation by :Rajaa AL-Lawatia

Once upon a time, a man and his wife lived in a village
for a period of time. They used to cheat on people until
the villagers were tired of them and decide to expel them.

The two crooks went out to search for another
village to live in, taking with them a little food, a
few dirhams(money) and a donkey. When they
arrived at a village near the sea, the man told
his wife of a trick that would make people
astonished. He put nine dirhams in the
donkey’s mouth and upon their arrival, they
found a man. The husband said to him:” If
you struck my amazing donkey in his neck,
a dirham would come out of his mouth. The
man was astonished by this action and
said:” How much do you sell this donkey?
The crook replied: Instead, we want a
place to live in, so the man agreed and
gave them a small house.

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