"THE POOR BRIDE"
by
SAMINA United Arab Emirates

ONCE THERE WERE 3 BROTHERS. THEY HAD A FATHER WHO WAS VERY OLD.

HE VERY LITTLE MONEY TO GIVE TO HIS SONS. HE DISTRIBUTED THE MONEY TO THE BROTHERS BOFORE PASSING AWAY.

THE ELDER TWO WENT TO FORIEGN COUNTRIES, WASTED THEIR MONEY, THEN THEY RETURNED EMPTY-HANDED.

THE YOUNGEST BROTHER STAYED ON AND HELPED HIS BROTHERS. THEY OWNED A MAGIC CARPET AND THEY WOULD GO FOR A RIDE ON IT.

ONCE WHEN THEY WENT FOR A RIDE, THE YOUNGEST BROTHER MARRIED A PRETTY GIRL . ALL OF THEM THOUGHT OF TAKING A RIDE ON BOAT.

AFTER SOME TIME , THE YOUNGEST BROTHER AND HIS WIFE FELL ASLEEP. THE OTHER 2 WHO WERE JEOLOUS OF HIS WEALTH, THREW THEM OVER BOARD AND SHARED THE WEALTH AMONG THEMSELVES.

NOW THE WIFE AWOKE TO FIND THEM FLOATIN IN THE WATER. SHE WAS ACTUALLY A FAIRY, SO SHE CALLED FOR THE MAGIC CARPET AND IT CAME. SHE AND HER HUSBAND CLIUMBED ONTO IT. THEN SHE TOLD SOME WORDS WHICH SEEMED TO BE SOME MAJIC SPELLS. THEN SHE TOLD HIM

"I HAVE TURNED YOURE BROTHERS INTO CATS FOR THEY HAVE BEEN BAD TO YOU"

BUT THE YOUNGEST BROTHER SAID,

"OH DO NOT DO THAT! THEY ARE MY BROTHERS"

SO THEY WERE CHANGED INTO HUMANS AGAIN. THIS TAUGHT THEM A LESSON. THEY WERE NEVER BAD AGAIN.

Story teller: SAMINA, age 12, United Arab Emirates

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