The Village Girl and Three Magic Beans (The Fairy Tale)

Once upon a time there was a girl whose name was Trisha. She was 15 years old. She had still been grieving over the death of her father two years ago. She only lived with her mother whose leg was paralyzed. They lived in a village which was near the river. As she had to buy food for them to stay alive, she worked so hard every day. Her mother could not walk too far, she only could cook, she could only cooked their breakfast and prepared lunch for her daughter. If there were still vegetables, she would cook for dinner. 

The village girl always woke up in the morning. After cleaning the house, she had breakfast with her mom, then brought food for lunch which was prepared by her mother. Then she went to the forest to look for firewood. If the amount was enough for her to carry then she went to the market to sell it or traded it with bread or vegetables. The market was near the community center which was almost 7 km from her house. After she got groceries for dinner, she walked around the community center. She was interested with something, there was a school for villagers. She had gone to school before her father died. But now, she had no chance because she had to take her father’s position in the family. She still wanted to go to school, but she could not say it to her mother.

The school started at 9 am and finished at 3 pm. The school’s time was designed for villagers, but she still could not get in with it because she had to collect firewood and sell it to seller after 2 pm, then she went quickly to the school and sat in front of the school and asked the student’s she met about today’s lessons. Even she never got the full lesson, she was always happy to hear about new things. She went home before dark then gave the groceries to her mother to cook.

One day, when she was waiting for the student near the school’s gate, suddenly there was an old lady in a wheel chair that got closer to her and said: “my dear, can you help me clean my ditch? it is clogged, full of dry leaves. My home is just near here”. Then the village girls said:”Of course madam, it would be my pleasure”.

Then she helped her, by pushing the old lady’s wheel chair to the house and began to clean the ditch. She finished it before dark, and she said to that old lady: “Madam, i have cleaned your ditch, now the stream flows again. Is there anything else i can do? I will be glad if i could help you more. The old lady said: “Nothing, my dear. Thank you for your help”. She said: “you are very welcome Madam, now I must go home, my mother is waiting for me”. The old lady said: “Oh, you are a kind hearted girl and diligent. Your mother must be proud of you my dear. But wait!”.

The old lady pulled out something from her pocket. She took three beans and gave it to her. “Tell your mother about your will to go back to school”. The village girls was surprised that the lady knew about her. The old lady continued:”These three beans are for you, plant two beans in your back yard. And it will grow into gold and vegetables. The last is medicine for your mother. If she eats the bean, she will get healed. So you don't have to look for firewood by yourself,  just go to school with the gold, and your mother can cook and grow vegetables everyday”. The village girl was very happy, she said thanks to the old lady then she went back home in a rush. She was very excited to tell the story to her mother.

At the dinner, she told her mother about what had happened. She gave one bean to eat by her mother. Then a miracle happened, her mother could move her leg. Now her mother was fine again. They were both very happy. But when she told her, she really wanted to go back to school, her mother cried and said sorry that she did not know it at all.

In the morning, they began to plant the other two beans. After they finished cropped the beans, suddenly from the ground grew gold and vegetables. They were very happy. Then The village girl prepared to go back to school with her mother’s blessing. 

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