Gheseha for Iranian Children!
When I was a child in Iran, I was read wonderful stories (gheseha) by my mother and sister, oh and sometimes Parvin joon usually before bedtime. I remember asking for another and another, but was was told only one at night before I would have to go to sleep. I want to share a few of those gheseha in the hope that all Iranian children will enjoy them as I did, but only one at a time before bedtime. These gheseha were written or compiled by Mojgan Sheikhie. There are 365 of them, one for every night of the year. I left Iran when I was eleven years old, but my father asked me to read Iranian books and newspapers whenever I could. Despite all my efforts or, as my father would probably think, lack thereof, my Farsi leaves a great deal to be desired. However, if I can understand these gheseha, so can your children. Just be to safe, I have added an English abstract at the end of each story.
Ebe Behnia
Gheseha for Iranian Children!
Ejedeha koochoolooyeh khal khaly!
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This story involves a group of friends who exclude another because they think he is useless and a wee bit scary so why take the time to get to know him or her. The group is made up of an elephant, a goat and a chicken. The excluded animal is a small green dragon with black polka dots on its back. One day off they go, leaving the wee dragon behind. But the dragon follows them. Each animal helps the others along the way. When they get tired, the elephant carries them, when they get hungry the chicken lays eggs for them and when they get thirsty the goat gives them milk. Meanwhile the wee green dragon with the black polka dots wishes he could join them. All of a sudden they become very cold and the dragon goes up to them and offers his fire breath to warm them. Now all four friends like each other.
On ruse or a file, the chorum boze, but more hanoi becad the shraft. Well is the holish nabo. So this is a little story that has a bunch of friends, not including another friend. This story involves a group of friends who exclude another because they think he is useless and a wee bit scary. So why take the time to get to know him or her? The group is made up of an elephant, a goat, and a chicken. One day off they go, leaving the wee dragon behind. But the dragon follows them. Each animal helps the others along the way. When they get tired, the elephant carries them. When they get hungry, the chicken lays eggs for them. And when they get thirsty, the goat gives them milk. Meanwhile, the wee dragon with the black polka dots wishes he could join them. All of a sudden they become very cold. And the dragon goes up to them and offers them his fire breath to warm them. Then all four of them become friends. Thank you.