Education English | Narrative Text : Finders Keepers | One day a bear, Named Bon the bear was traveling with his two friends through a forest. I tell you what happened suddenly he noticed that his friends were no longer around. He looked for them ahead and behind, but he did not see them. He cried out to them.
"Tom,...Jack...! where are you ? " But he did not hear an answer.
Then...he became frightened. You know what happened? he was crying a large sum of money.
"What shall I do?" He said to himself.
"I am not strong enough to fight to protect it. Someone would take this away from me easily"
Poor bear, alone and nervous. Then he sheltered under a shady tree.
When he was sitting, he saw an opening in the ground on the side of the path. You know, he went over it, bent down and looked in.
"Oh, it is empty. Maybe it is a storage place for grain," he said.
He also noticed a clearing nearby, in which there was a small field with young plants growing in rows.
"Ah, why don't I put my money in this storage hole?" said Bon the bear to him self.
"The owner will probably not use it for several months, until the crops are ready to harvest. Yeah,,,it will be safer here than with me. And I will come back later"
He looked around..........er.........to see whether anyone was watching him. Then he put the money in a dark corner of the storage hole and went on his way.
However..someone did see him. Guess who?..it was the owner of the land and himself, Tory the farmer. He had been sleeping under the bush nearby. You know, this made Tory the farmer suspicious. So, as soon as Bon the bear left, he went over to investigate. Sure enough, he found the bag of money.
Look! He picked it up immediately and took it with him. He thought that whatever someone left on his property was his.
"Finders Keepers, losers weepers ," he said with a smile on his face.
Bon the Bear returned a few days later and of course, couldn't find his money. He wondered what had happened . He was sure that no one had seen him. And it appeared that no one had used the storage place since he had been there.
Bon the bear quickly returned to the city and asked permission to plead to the wise King for advice in the matter. He was allowed to come before the wise king . Sadly...Bon the bear told his story.
"And so My Lord, I don't know who took my money or how. It's so mysterious for me"
The Wise King answered, "Well.. go and find the owner of that place. Perhaps he was the one who took your money"
"But sire, I can't simply accuse the man, can I?" asked Bon the bear.
"No, you can't However , you can't put him to a test.
"How?" asked Bon the bear eagerly.
"Tell him that you have a large amount of money that you want to keep in a safe place on his property. Then ask him if he thinks you should bury the rest there too. If he is the one who took the money, he will surely tell you to put the rest there. But he'll quickly replace the money he took so that you will not discover that's gone . Then you can go and get your money back"
Bon the bear did just as the King had adviced . He found the owner, Tory the farmer and spoke to him as the king had suggested.
"By all means, put the money you have now in the same place, " said Tory.
" That's good place. I won't use it for anything until next fall. And, as I'm sure you noticed, that hole is very obscure. I have never lost anything I have stored there. Your money will be safe.
"I hope you are right" replied Bon the bear.
"Oh I know I am, " said Tory, with brightened eyes.
"But, first please accept an invitation for the night. I would be honored if you would stay with me."
Bon accepted, and after enjoying a meal with the farmer, Bon went to bed.
You know, in the night Tory went out to the storage place to replace Bon the bear's money. He said to himself, "Surely if he does not find the first amount, he will not leave the second."
The next morning Bon the bear got up early in the morning. And after a good breakfast at Tory the farmer's table, he went to the storage hole, took his money and went on his way.
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