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A warrior sets out in search of water to save his kingdom from drought. He brings home what they think is a 'water-seed'.
The First Well
Retold by BookBox
There once was a small kingdom around a lake.
One very hot summer,
it did not rain and the lake dried up.
People grew anxious
and went to the King.
“It has not rained for so long.
Our fields are barren!” said the farmers.
“There are no fish to catch.
How shall we earn a living?” asked the fishermen.
“Save us from disaster, good King,”
urged the women, as their children cried
with thirst.
The King sent
his four generals
in all directions to look for water.
The first general
went east,
towards the sunrise;
the second
went south,
to the dust
and heat;
the third
went west,
where the sun sets;
and the fourth
followed the North Star.
They searched
day and night,
night and day;
high and low they searched everywhere,
but in vain.
Three of the generals
returned, empty-handed.
But the general
who had gone north
was determined not to fail his King.
At last, he reached a cold mountain village.
As he sat
at the foot of the mountain,
an old woman came by
and sat next to him.
The general pointed at the horizon
and said,
“I belong to a beautiful kingdom,
where it has not rained for a whole year.
Can you help me find water?”
The woman motioned the general
to follow her up the mountain and into a cave.
“We have no water in our country either,” she said.
Then, pointing
to the icicles in the cave,
she continued:
“We call this ice.
Take some,
and your kingdom will never go thirsty again.”
The general broke off
a huge piece,
loaded it onto his horse-cart
and rushed back home.
By the time he reached the court,
the enormous icicle had melted
into a small lump of ice.
Nobody in the court had ever seen ice,
so everybody gazed at it with wonder.
“This must be a water-seed!”
one of the ministers exclaimed suddenly.
The King ordered the ‘water-seed’ to be sowed immediately.
While the farmers dug
a hole,
the lump dwindled in the sun.
They swiftly placed the seed
in the hole,
but
before they could cover it up,
it had vanished.
The farmers there grew confused and worried.
They dug deeper and deeper into the earth,
all night long, looking for the mysterious seed.
At the break of dawn,
the King found
the farmers fast asleep
around a hole.
Curious, he peeped in
and cried out in amazement:
“Wake up, my worthy men -
the water-seed has sprouted!
There’s water in the hole!”
This is how
the first well
was created.
Illustrations: Emanuele Scanziani
Music: Holger Jetter
Animation : Alfrin Multimedia
Translated and Narrated by Elrod Owusu-Asumeng for Add My Language, a volunteer driven activity at BookBox. To know more email: [e-mail]
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