Saturday, July 5, 2008

The Violin

Once there was a bear and a fly. They were good friends and they loved each other. They played together and slept together every day. One day when they were walking outside, they saw a store and went inside. They saw a violin there. They asked the shopkeeper “what is the cost of one violin?” He said, “Rs. 135.” The bear asked the shopkeeper, “do you have two of them?” The shopkeeper said, “Yes, we have.” Then the bear asked, “what is the cost of two violins?” “The cost is Rs. 270” said the shopkeeper. “Now we only have Rs. 100" said the fly.

The fly told the bear “let’s go home and count how much money we have.” Then they went home and looked in the money-jar to see how much money they have. They only had Rs. 50. Then they started to cry. When they stopped crying, they washed their faces and went back to the store. The shopkeeper asked, “do you have Rs. 270 ?” “No, madam, we only have Rs. 150" said the fly. “That’s ok you two take the violins home just bring the money any time later.” said the shopkeeper.

That night they prayed"Lord, please give us the money we have to give." The next day when they counted the money in the money jar. There money was Rs. 120. Happily they ran to the store and gave the money. Then the bear the fly was too happy. Every day they would play the violin and sing together and other animals would sit around the and hear them play.

I wrote this story when I was in 3rd grade