Mom always used to tell short stories when me and my brother were kids :). Most of them were either to put us to sleep or to stop us from fighting and killing each other ;-D. One such story which i would like to share with you all is about the 'jackfruit' .:)
Even though she made up stories in a jiffy and told us...some of them were really fascinating which i still remember. Mothers have the great power to conquer her childs mind. This story is just a fantasy but i would still like to share with you all. So..here goes my moms story:
"Once upon a time there lived a christian priest who had unimaginable magical powers. He lived about a 100 years ago in a village and people in the village always approached him for all their problems. Superstitions, devils and demons haunted the people those days. Once the priest was walking near a river bank when suddenly he saw a very unusual thing. He saw two tiny men in the middle of the river disappearing into the water. The water in the river started to divide from the centre to make space for them and they walked into the river bed. After the two men went inside, the river came back to normal.
The priest was shocked at what he saw and decided to know the truth behind what he just witnessed. He rowed on a boat and reached the middle of the river. Suddenly the river divided itself. The priest saw a ladder inside the river which would take him deep inside the river. He got down frm the boat and started climbing down the stairs. When he reached the bottom of the ladder, he couldnt believe his eyes. He saw a small village inside the river and all the people in the village were as short as dwarfs and the whole place was filled with huge trees that had amazing large green fruits on it which the priest had never seen in his life. All the people were indulged in their day to day activities. Noone noticed him. People were eating, playing,washing clothes and children were running here and there. He saw few women sitting and scrapping a particular kind of seed which was as long as our thumb.
The priest picked one seed and kept it inside his pocket. He slowly walked around the village and then decided to go back. He came near the ladder, climbed up to the river and rowed his boat and went back home.
After coming home, he remembered that he had taken a seed from the mystery village. He went out and sowed the seed. After few years the seed grew up to become a huge tree. Thats the jackfruit tree and this is how we got the "JACKFRUIT". ":):)
The story might seem funny :) but as a child i believed that this is how jackfruit came into existance. I remember this story till today and really cherish the times when mom used to tell stories for us at every occassion.
Thanks mom:)
Even though she made up stories in a jiffy and told us...some of them were really fascinating which i still remember. Mothers have the great power to conquer her childs mind. This story is just a fantasy but i would still like to share with you all. So..here goes my moms story:
"Once upon a time there lived a christian priest who had unimaginable magical powers. He lived about a 100 years ago in a village and people in the village always approached him for all their problems. Superstitions, devils and demons haunted the people those days. Once the priest was walking near a river bank when suddenly he saw a very unusual thing. He saw two tiny men in the middle of the river disappearing into the water. The water in the river started to divide from the centre to make space for them and they walked into the river bed. After the two men went inside, the river came back to normal.
The priest was shocked at what he saw and decided to know the truth behind what he just witnessed. He rowed on a boat and reached the middle of the river. Suddenly the river divided itself. The priest saw a ladder inside the river which would take him deep inside the river. He got down frm the boat and started climbing down the stairs. When he reached the bottom of the ladder, he couldnt believe his eyes. He saw a small village inside the river and all the people in the village were as short as dwarfs and the whole place was filled with huge trees that had amazing large green fruits on it which the priest had never seen in his life. All the people were indulged in their day to day activities. Noone noticed him. People were eating, playing,washing clothes and children were running here and there. He saw few women sitting and scrapping a particular kind of seed which was as long as our thumb.
The priest picked one seed and kept it inside his pocket. He slowly walked around the village and then decided to go back. He came near the ladder, climbed up to the river and rowed his boat and went back home.
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The story might seem funny :) but as a child i believed that this is how jackfruit came into existance. I remember this story till today and really cherish the times when mom used to tell stories for us at every occassion.
Thanks mom:)
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