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Monday, 28th March

So, last night I was browsing the net and then I came across this link for funny jokes and I thought I should simply share some of the jokes with you. I gotta warn you, it's really bad!!!! I know 😅😅

Here goes nothing...

1. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

2. Why did the melon jump into the lake? It wanted to be a water-melon.

3. What did the duck say when it bought lipstick? “Put it on my bill.”

4. What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop.

5. What has a bed that you can’t sleep in? A river.

6. Why were the teacher’s eyes crossed? She couldn’t control her pupils.

7. What starts with E, ends with E, and has only 1 letter in it? An Envelope.

8. How does the ocean say hello? It waves.

9. What lights up a soccer stadium? A soccer match.

10. What creature is smarter than a talking parrot? A spelling bee.

Yeah! I know. Really terrible jokes right. I do that a lot when I'm bored. I simply go online looking for jokes and funny stories. It's one of my favorite pastimes.

Today, I would like to tell you a story. This is no new story. This is actually a really old tale. Like, back when I was little, I would listen to my older siblings talk about this story but I never really understood what they actually talked about. I've never even read the story myself, up until now. And so, I would like to share said story with you today. It's pretty common infact so I'm sure you would know about it. It's called Alibaba and the Forty Theives.

Story time!!!!

There once lived in a town of Persia two brothers one named Cassim and the other Ali Baba. Their father divided his small property equally between them Cassim married a very rich wife and became a wealthy merchant Ali Baba married a woman as poor as himself and lived by cutting wood and bringing it upon three asses into the town to sell.

One day when Ali Baba had cut just enough wood just enough wood in the forest to load his asses he noticed far off a great cloud of dust. As it drew nearer he saw that it was made by a body of horsemen whom he suspected to be robbers. Leaving the asses, he climbed a large tree which grew on a high rock, and had branches thick enough to hide him completely while he saw what passed beneath. The troop forty in n mber all well mounted and armed came to the foot of the rock on which the tree stood and there dismounted. Each man unbridled his horse tied him to a shrub and hung about his neck a bag of corn. Then each of them took Off his saddle bag which from its weight seemed to Ali Baba full of gold and silver.

One, whom he took to be their captain came under the tree in which Ali Baba was concealed and making his way through some shrubs spoke the words; "Open Sesame." As soon as the captain of the robbers said this, a door opened in the rock and after he had made all his troop enter before him he followed them, when the door shut again of itself.

The robbers stayed some time within and Ali Baba fearful of being caught remained in the tree. At last the door opened again and the captain came out first and stood to see all the troops pass by him.

I think I'm gonna end this story here and continue in my next article.

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