once upon a time there was a foolish traveller who had gone on a journey. Why was he foolish? Well, because he was fooled by everyone he met. Everywhere he went people made up all kinds of sad stories to tell him, the traveller fell for every one of them. Pretty soon, his money, his clothes, even his shoes had been cheated away from him. But the traveller was always glad to help. And he always told people the same thing. He said, 'I wish you happiness'. But by this point though, he was completely naked. And with nothing left to cover himself, he decided to leave the main road and travel through the dense forest, where no one could see him. But soon he was discovered by the monsterss that lived in the woods. The monsterss wanted to eat the traveller's body! So they begged and they pleaded and they used kind words to try and trick the traveller. Of course...the traveller was fooled. |
| First, he let the monsterss eat one of his legs, then an arm, then more and more; before it was over, all the traveler had left was his head! He'd even given his eyes away to the last of the monsterss. As the last monsters eating the traveler's eyes, he turned to the traveler and said, 'Thank you traveler. In return, I leave you this present'. What the monster's left was a slip of paper with the word "fool" written on it. But the traveler couldn't see it. He didn't even know what it was. Even so, tears began to flow down his face. 'Thank you,' he said. 'Thank you! This is the first present anyone has ever given me! I'm so happy! I'm so happy, thank you!' And even without his eyes, he cried and cried great tears of joy. Then, the traveller died, the smile still on his face. And that's the end of the story. |
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