His mother said, Sheikhu, go to the tailor. You must not look here and there but walk straight to his ship."
"How do I reach the tailor shop? Asked Sheikh.
His mother answered, "Just go down the main road, look straight and you will reach the shop of the tailor.
Sheikh started walking. He looked straight and walked on. He did not look here or there.
then he thought, "Why is it taking me so long to reach the tailor's shop?
All of a sudden he banged into a tree and hurt his nose. He rubbed his aching nose.
"How did this tree come in the middle of the road?" thought Sheikh.
Then he looked around. He was not on a road. He was in a field and there was no road in sight.
"How did the road reach here? My feet are to blame. They brought me here." thought Sheikh.
He stomped his feet angrily but that did not help. Then he climbed a tree to look for the road.
He looked in all directions and saw the road on the other side of the tree at some distance.
He thought of jumping down to get to the road. He caught a branch and was hanging on it, about to jump, when he looked down.
There was a well just under him. The water in the well shone in the sunlight. Sheikh felt very nice. He felt like a kite flying in the air. He started dreaming.
He was a king and was sitting on t elephnt alongwith his mother, wearing beautiful clothes. Oh! How happy he felt.
Clipetty clop. Clipetty clop.
"But that is not the sound of a running elephant. It is more like the sound of a running horse." Thought Sheikh.
He opened his eyes and saw soldier on a horse, coming towards him galloping very fast.
The soldier was shouting loudly. "Boy doesn't worry. I will save you. I will jump over the well. You leave the branch and I will hold you from your waist and carry you too safely."
The soldier made his horse jump over the well. He caught Sheikh's hands.
But alas! Sheikh did not leave the branch. Now they both hung over the well.
"You stupid fool. Why didn't you leave the branch?" asked the soldier.
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