A long time ago there was a Chief (şef / رئيس ) who wanted to share a special feast with his people. He sent messengers to
every village. The messengers told the people to come to the Chief’s house that Friday at noon. "The Chief respectfully asks each family to bring one bottle of palm wine (Palmiye Şarabı / نبيذ النخيل )
and pour (dökmek / يسكب ) it into the big pot at the Chief's door."
The day of the feast
came! The people were so excited (uyarılmış / فرح )! They put on their best clothes and, with much happiness, went to the Chief’s feast. Each family stopped at the Chief’s house and
poured their bottle of wine into the big pot at the door.
There
was a man named Abdul who wanted to go to the feast very much. But he had no palm
wine. His wife said to him, "You must buy some palm wine."
But Abdul answered, "What?! No. I don't want to buy wine for such a rich (zengin /ثري ) Chief. No. No!"
He
thought a little and then said, "Hundreds (yüzlerce / المئات) of people will bring their wine and pour it into the pot. One bottle of water will not be noticed (farkedilmek / كن ملاحظا ) in so
much wine!"
So Abdul and his wife went to the feast with a bottle of
water. Abdul poured his bottle into the pot as other people did. Then he and his wife
sat down at the beautiful table full of wonderful foods and fruits. They had never seen so much food!
The Chief stood up and said, "Welcome, my dear guests! Let us
drink wine in honor of (şerefine / تكريما ل) our village! Let us drink in honor of always giving our best to each other as I have given you this beautiful feast today!"
All the guests took their glasses. But when they tasted the wine, it was NOT
palm wine. It was water!
So Abdul was not the only one who thought, "A bottle of water will never be noticed in so much wine."
will not be noticed: asla fark edilmeyecek /
لن يتم ملاحظتها