Grandma's Stories--383--Jojo & Thieves !!

Long long ago ,There was a woodcutter named Jojo,used to go to the jungle,cut fire wood,go to the market ,sell them,buy some flour and vegetables,go home,cook,eat and sleep,this was his every day’s routine,He was all alone in this world.He was young,and wanted to get married,but how,what ever he was earning was even not sufficient for him,so he could not get married,he had a small hut,two pair of clothes,but,yes he had big dreams.He wanted to become rich,he used to think about money,but could not find the way.It was a cold day,He climbed on a tree and was about to start cutting,when he heard coming steps,and and talks of some people,the day light was very less,He hid himself behind the thick branch of the tree,they came and stood under that tree,Each one had a bag in his hand and was looking quite heavy.Jojo could not hear what they were talking,because now they were just whispering,Jojo’s full concentration was on himself only,he was sitting there without any movement,he did not want them to know about his presence.After five minutes ,they started digging a small pit with an axe,it took them about twenty minutes to do this,then they opened there bags and pour the material in that pit one by one,It was quite dark now,Jojo could not see this,but he heard the sound of metal,after that,they filled the pit with the soil again,and went away very fast.Jojo had now a breathe of relaxation now,he got down,spread his turban,and put all the material including the soil in it,tied it ,it was very heavy,he put that on his head,as he used to put the firewood,walked fast towards his hut,he did not forget to put his axe on his shoulder.In the lamp’s light he was seeing a big treasure was lying on his turban.He immediately put the treasure in a bag,reached to the Pier to catch the ship,He wanted to reach far away from that place.He knew if those people come to know ,that he had stolen their treasure,they would definitely kill him because they were very dangerous.The ship stopped to a place,he got down,he then caught the other ship,going another direction,this way he a very far and un known place,there he first got a rented house,started doing business of selling apples,he was doing hard work,and he repaid the money he used out of that treasure,he went to the Church and donated all that money for the orphans education,he gradually became a known owner of Apple Orchard,he got married,he used to thank GOD for the help he did,He found the way at last ,he did not use even a single penny from that treasure,and used that money for the welfare of mankind ,but he never forgot that evening.