STORY: A WISE OLD WOMAN
Written By Zachary
John Bequeker
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Once upon a time there lived an
old waman with her husband. The name of the old woman was Maneja.
One day Maneja’s grandchildren and
their friends paid her a visit. The children asked
Maneja to
tell them how she escaped from being killed by thieves who had attacked her.
Maneja was willing to tell grand children
and their friends the whole story. But she first wanted know if the children were ready to follow her example. The children told Maneja
that they were ready to do whatever she wanted them to do.
This is what Maneja told the children:
“One day your grandfather went on
safari. I was therefore all alone in the house. They wanted to get into the
house and the steal our property. They broke the windows.
During the night thieves came to the
house. They to get into the house and steal our property. They broke the
windows.
I heard the noise made by the thieves but I did not
shout. Do you know what I did?”
“No !“ The children answered all together.
Maneja continued with her story.
“I acted as if there were two
persons in the house. I went into my bed room and spoke in a soft, woman’s
voice: “Mr Ngagaja! There is some one out side the house.”
“Then very carefully and quickly, I went
into the second bedroom and spoke in a deep, man’s voice: “where are my spear
and club?”
“Then suddenly, I opened the door
in the sitting room with all my force. The thieves ran very fast and never
returned to trouble me again. They thought your grandfather was in the house and that he had opened the
door to attack them.
“I returned to my bed room to
sleep. And you, my grandchildren, what would you have done?” Asked Maneja.
“I would have shouted!” Answered
one of the children without thinking.
“Aha!” Maneja answered, “If you
had shouted the thieves would have known that you were alone in the house. They
would therefore have entered the house to steal.”
“ I would have kept silent!” Said
another child.
“Aha!” Maneja began. “ Your
silence would have meant there was nobody in the house. So the thieves would
have entered the house and steal. And perhaps, on finding you alone in the
house, they have killed you.”
One clever child said, “ I have
done exactly what you did. I think that was very clever of you”
Maneja closed her right eye and
looked at the clever child. She removed her pipe from her mouth and smiled
happily.
All the children looked at Maneja.
They too smiled and praised the old woman for her wisdom.
Answer the following questions:
1. What
was the name of the old woman?
2. What was the name of Maneja’s husband?
3. Who
visited the old woman one day?
4. Who
came to the house of the old woman one night?
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