short stories by Vicky

Once upon a time in a poor village lived a man. He wasn’t rich, but he worked hardly, fighting for a better future for himself and his family. This way, day by day he increased his property, made a new bigger house, bough more animals, land and nice things, which made his life easier and brighter.

Once he had to go to a distant place to manage some business and he had to cross the desert to deliver that place. The man traveled day after day, crossing this droughty land, by the warm sands, under the merciless sun. One day he reached a big oasis, where as the people told, there lived a very wise man – his wisdom was so famous, that people from the entire world came to ask for his advises. The man was curious and he wanted to meet this wise person, so he started searching him and found his house. The man told his story, proud of the status of