"Pullayya"
by
Lalita USA

Once upon a time there was a man named Pullayya, He was the servant of a landlord named Venkat Rao. Pullayya liked to do things in advance for his master. One day he heard his master tell his wife that he will send Pullayya to the next town tommorow. Pullayya was thrilled and thought that he will please his master by going and coming back even before his master telling him. So by dawn he went to the next town and came back in the afternoon, When his master asked him his whereabouts Pullayya proudly said what he had done. The master laughed a hearty laugh and said that he was supposed to bring rice from the next town when he went there!
The End
Story teller: Lalita, age 11, USA