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Sunday, November 11, 2012

The puppy's name (A folk tale)

Once there was a prince, he went to visit the neighboring king. This king had three daughters. The youngest of them had a puppy.This puppy was so beautiful that the prince liked him very much. He asked the girls that he could pay a lot to have that puppy, but the girls said that they loved the puppy so much and would not give it away at any cost. But the prince somehow convinced the youngest daughter and she gave him the puppy. When the prince reached far away from the kingdom he realized that he had not asked the name of the puppy. He himself did not dare to go back but sent his coachman. He said to him: - Go back but talk cleverly because now all the three girls will be together. The coachman went back and said to the youngest daughter: - Great princess, that person has sent a message, you know who, what is his name, you know whose? To this the princess replied: As you are same am I. This is the name, you know whose, tell this to him you know whom. The coachman went back to his master and conveyed the princess’ message. The prince understood from this that the name of the puppy was Afraid, because in front of the other girls neither the coachman nor the youngest girl dared to say it clearly.