The Old Grandfather and His Grandson

The Old Grandfather and His Grandson

                Once upon a time, there was a very old grandfather. His eyes were almost blind, his ears were deaf and his knees shook. When he sat at the table, he couldn’t hold the spoon strongly. He spilled soup on the tablecloth. Besides, some of soup would run back out of his mouth.

          His son and his son’s wife were annoyed. Finally, they made the old grandfather sat in the corner behind the stove. They gave him not enough good in a clay bowl. He sat there and looked at them sadly. He was almost crying.

          One day, the old grandfather couldn’t hold the bowl because his hands were too weak. The bowl fell to the ground and broke. The woman scolded him. However, the old grandfather didn’t say anything. He could only cry. Then, they bought him a wooden bowl and made him eat from it.

          Once the husband and wife were sitting in the dinning room, their four years old son put together some pieces of wood on the floor. His father asked him what he was doing. The little child said that he was making a bowl for his father and mother to eat from when he became an adult.

          The man and the woman looked at each other. They began to cry. They brought the old grandfather to table immediately. Since then, they always let him eat there. If he spilled a little, they didn’t say anything.

Sumber : Modul Bimbel Aljog