KIDS BED TIME STORIES
KIDS BED TIME STORIES
This is an article on fairytales. Kids Bed time Stories is on a short Bengali fairytale translated into English. It is a humorous tale on how a poor barber helped the king of the ogres to punish the giants. These giants used to bully the ogres.
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GIANT IN THE LAND OF OGRES
Ogres were huge and ferocious but giants were huger than them. They often visited the land of the ogres and bullied them. The ogres had to pay respect to them and serve them as their slaves. Although the ogres were mighty, they were weak in comparison to the giants. Hence, the ogres had to remain quiet and suffer the torture of giants.
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Days passed by in this way. One day a giant again paid a visit to the land of the ogres. No sooner did he come than he went straight to the palace of the ogre king. He went straight up to the throne and pulled down the king from there. Then this giant himself sat on the throne. Ogre king felt very insulted but he could do nothing. Even the ogres present in the royal court felt humiliated at such insult of their king. However, they remained quiet. What else could they do?
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The ogres had no other option but to serve the giant. Hence they took him to the guest house and gave him good food to eat. Ten to twelve ogres stood at attention to fulfill his demands at once. Ten more ogres stood around him. Some fanned him, some pressed his hands and legs and so on. Inspite of all such comfort the giant was not pleased. He came again to the royal court and this time slapped the ogre king in front of all the courtiers. The slap not only insulted the king but it also broke a couple of his teeth.
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“This is just too much. We should not tolerate this any longer,” said the ogre prime minister.ogre king and his ministers had gathered for a secret meeting. “But what can we do? The giants are stronger than us,” said another minister. A minister said, “I have a plan.” “Why don’t you tell us?” shouted ogre king angrily. He was still groaning with pain. Prime minister said, “I’ve heard human beings are very intelligent. Among them the barbers are the most intelligent. If we can take the help of one such barber we may teach these giants a lesson.”
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“Go ahead. Whay tarry so long when you know the solution,” groaned the king again. “But before that you all need to promise me one thing,” said the prime minister. “No body should harm the man and after the work is over we should reward him.” The king and all his ministers agreed immediately. Hence, it was decided, the next morning the prime minister would go in search of a barber.
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Ogre prime minister disguised himself as a human being and started his search. As he was passing through a dense forest he saw a man. The man was trying to kill himself. He stopped the man from doing so and asked, “Why are you trying to end your life?” The man replied, “I’m a poor barber. The people pf my land have started keeping hair and beard. Hence I don’t get enough work. My wife is starving. I can’t bear this any longer. So I’ve decided to end my life. But why did you save my life? And who are you?”
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Ogre prime minister said, “I am the prime minister of the ogre king. I’ve come to seek help from you human beings. Will you come along with me to our land and help us? You will be rewarded. We are in great trouble.” The barber drew back in fear and said, “You are an ogre? O god! How can I go to your land? You will eat me up!” At this the ogre giggled, “You human beings are so coward! A moment ago you were about to kill yourself and now you are scared if we eat you up?”
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The barber now agreed and they both left for the ogre land. On reaching ogre land the prime minister took the barber to the king. The barber heard how the giants have been bullying the ogres and what the recent giant did. He said, “Please give me sometime. I’ll definitely find think about a plan.” Ogre king said, “I’ll give you time till lunch time. After lunch you will have to give us some plan or you will become our lunch.”
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In the evening ogre king, his ministers and the barber again met in the king’s chamber for a secret meeting. The barber said, “Bring all your ears and listen carefully.” He whispered something and they all were happy to hear him.
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From next day the ogres became very busy. The giant saw everyone waas running here and there. He was confused. Now let us see what these ogres were doing. The ogres built a huge guest room according to the instruction of the barber. In the middle of the room they dug a big and deep hole which they covered with feathers. Then they laid a beautiful bed cover on the feather bed and decorated the room very nicely.
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The ogre king along with his ministers then went to the giant. Ogre king very humbly folded his arms and said, “My lord we have prepared a new guest room for you. It is bigger and airier than your present room. We request you to shift in you new room so you can live more comfortably.” The giant was very happy and at once left for the new guest room.
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The giant was overwhelmed at the look of the room. The bed lured him so much that he at once threw himself on the bed AND GUESS WHAT ……
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Yes the feather bed went right into the hole along with the giant. The barber immediately asked the ogres to cover the hole. In this way they got rid of the giant. From then on whenever any giant visited ogre land, the ogres finished them in the way showed by the barber. Ogre king was so pleased with the barber that he rewarded him with lots of gold and jewelry. The barber and his wife lived happily ever after.
