The lady was still sitting beside him. He now started thinking differently. "How can things happen like this? Can I have things, I wished for, by merely asking for them?" Is it some kind of a trick played by a magical demon" he doubted. Oh, a true demon appeared in place of the nice lady! The demon was laughing mischievously at him. The traveler said to himself, "Is he going to eat me up?" Within no time the demon started leaping at him, with his mouth wide open. The frightened traveler took to his heels and ran away.
He ran and ran for long. When he looked back there was no demon. "What is all this? Did things really happen? Or was it all mere a dream?" the traveler started wondering. "Perhaps, almighty grants what one has in mind." He resumed his journey.
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The Wishing Tree :
Proză scurtălone traveler was passing through a desert on a hot day. He was tired, feeling thirsty and hungry too. At least, he needed a shady spot to rest for a while. A big leafy tree came into view at some distance away. He felt glad and said to himself, "H...
