TWO TRAVELERS AND A BIG TREE

Once, two men traveled on a dusty and rough road that had no trees on its sides. They were walking to a distant village during daylight to attend a wedding feast.

The summer sun was so hot that they were sweating a lot.

They looked for a shady tree for shelter from the sun. After some time, they saw a big old tree with thick, green leaves and branches spread far and wide like a big umbrella. They made the tree a shelter, put their small bundles on the ground and stretched themselves out in the cool shadow of the tree. They felt relieved and rested for a while, talking about wedding feast.

Doctor Knowall

There was once upon a time a poor peasant called
Crabb, who drove with two oxen and a load of wood
to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two talers.
When the money was being counted out to him, it
so happened that the doctor was sitting at table, and
when the peasant saw how well he ate and drank, his