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Monkeys, tarbooshes, donkey and thieves

June 20, 2003
Once a quick-witted man lived in Tunisia. His name was Zhkha... (Tunisian tales)

Once a quick-witted man lived in Tunisia. His name was Zhkha.
Zhkha was a merchant and sold traditional men's caps made from red felt and wool and decorated with a tassel. They are also called tarbooshes. He bought them up on the market and sold them in villages.
Once he dropped with fatigue near a hill and fell asleep. And the hill was inhabited by monkeys. The monkeys saw the baskets and carried away all the tarbooshes.
When Zhkha woke up, an amazing view saluted him. There were monkeys with tarbooshes on their heads everywhere on the ground, on the trees, around him. He begged them to give him his goods back, cried at them, tried to take the tarbooshes from them, but everything was in vain. The monkeys would run away, make a mouth at him and mimic his gestures.
Hot with rage, Zhkha threw his tarboosh on the ground and the monkeys did the same. Now all the tarbooshes were lying on the ground and he only had to pick them up.


Zhkha remembered very well how he managed to make fool of the cunning monkeys. Very soon he used this method again, in a different situation.
Zhkha had a donkey. Once somebody stole the donkey just from the pasture. He immediately set out in search of it, crying loudly,
“Oh, people! Give me my donkey back or I will do as my father did!!! I don't want to do this, but I don't want to stay without a donkey!”
The thieves were frightened, gave him his donkey back and asked him, "
“What did your father do?”
“He bought another donkey,” said Zhkha. 

 

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