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A warrior sets out in search of water to save his kingdom from drought. He brings home what they think is a 'water-seed'.
The First Well
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There once was
a small kingdom
around a lake.
One very hot summer,
it did not rain
and the lake dried up.
People grew anxious
and went to the King.
“It has not rained for so long.
Our
fields are barren!”
said the farmers.
“There are no fish to catch.
How shall we
earn a living?”
asked the fishermen.
“Save us from disaster,
good King,”
urged the women,
as their children
cried with thirst.
The King
sent his four generals
in all directions
to look for water.
The first general
went east,
towards the sunrise;
the second went south,
to the dust and heat;
the third went west,
where the sun sets;
and the fourth
followed the North Star.
They searched day and night,
night and day;
high and low
they searched everywhere,
but in vain.
Three of the generals
returned,
empty-handed.
But the general
who had gone north
was determined not to fail his King.
At last, he reached
a cold mountain village.
As he sat
at the foot of the mountain,
an old woman came by
and sat next to him.
The general pointed
at the horizon and said,
“I belong
to a beautiful kingdom,
where it has not rained
for a whole year.
Can you help me
find water?”
The woman motioned the general
to follow her
up the mountain
and into a cave.
“We have
no water in our country either,”
she said.
Then,
pointing to the icicles
in the cave,
she continued:
“We call this
ice.
Take some,
and your kingdom
will never go thirsty again.”
The general
broke off a huge piece,
loaded it onto his
horse-cart
and rushed back
home.
By the time he reached the court,
the enormous icicle
had melted
into a small lump of ice.
Nobody in the court
had ever seen ice,
so everybody
gazed at it with wonder.
“This must be a
water-seed!”
one of the ministers exclaimed
suddenly.
The King ordered
the ‘water-seed’
to be sowed
immediately.
While the farmers
dug a hole,
the lump dwindled
in the sun.
They swiftly placed
the seed in the hole,
but before they could cover it up,
it had vanished.
The farmers there grew
confused and worried.
They dug deeper and deeper
into the earth,
all night long,
looking for the mysterious seed.
At the break of dawn,
the King found
the farmers
fast asleep
around a hole.
Curious,
he peeped in
and cried out in amazement:
“Wake up,
my worthy men -
the water-seed has sprouted!
There’s water in the hole!”
This is how
the first well was created.
Illustrations : Emanuele Scanziani
Music & Art Direction : Holger Jetter
Translation : Sharanam Aznar
Narration : Ricardo Cosarinsky
Animation : Alfrin Multimedia
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A warrior sets out in search of water to save his kingdom from drought. He brings home what they think is a 'water-seed'.
Illustrations: Emanuele Scanziani
Music: Holger Jetter
Animation : Alfrin Multimedia
FREE Apps for iPads & iPhones: www.bookbox.com/ios
FREE Apps for Android phones & tablets: www.bookbox.com/android
Many more stories, languages & multiple subtitle options: www.bookbox.com
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