Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 3:01:47 GMT -5
We usually tell our sons and daughters the stories that were told to us as children. Today we encourage you to discover new stories , stories that will show you that there are other cultures, other values different from ours that we must respect. Reading them stories from other countries can help us teach them these differences and enrich their imaginative universe with elements that break the norm. In this way, as mothers, fathers or educators we can use these children's stories from other countries to stimulate their imagination and educate them in the values of respect and tolerance so that they learn to treat difference with the same normality and closeness with which they contemplate what daily. Download our free guide here with the best proposals for children's stories. What better way to teach them that variety lies in wealth? children's-stories-india All cultures have ancient oral traditions , stories that are part of each people. India is a particularly rich country in this sense, and that is why today we present you a story that you can use, extracted from the book Cuentos de la India by the Oxfam publisher Intermón. Tell it at home tonight before your little ones go to sleep! Bopuluchi Bopuluchi was a brave young woman who lived alone in a cabin in the hills of Punjab, northern India.
She went every day with her friends to draw water from the well that was near her cabin, since in the town where they lived they did not have running water at home. While filling their jugs with water, the young women used to talk about their dreams and desires. One day they were talking about how much they wanted to find a good husband, but while the other girls were talking, Bopuluchi looked at the ground and said nothing. Her friends asked her why she was so quiet, and she explained that it was because she Europe Mobile Number List couldn't get married since she didn't have parents who could pay her dowry or arrange a marriage for her. The girls didn't know it, but a thief was hiding behind the bushes and was listening to the entire conversation. "I'll marry that one," he murmured, rubbing his hands with glee. The next day, very early in the morning, a visitor with a silver tray loaded with gifts surprised Bopuluchi in his cabin. He was the thief! And he recited to the girl her well-learned speech: –I come from far, far away to visit my niece Bopuluchi. I am your mother's brother. I have come to arrange your wedding with my son. She was very happy, but at the same time she was sincere and she answered that she had no dowry because she was an orphan. "It doesn't matter," he said, "I'm very rich." Bopuluchi felt overwhelmed with happiness. –Will you let me go tell my friends?! –She exclaimed.
Seemed to be in a hurry. –Why don't you surprise them later? –She said –You'll organize a party when you return with your handsome boyfriend. We must go because we have a long way to go. During the way to the man's house, the animals tried to warn the young woman of the danger she was in. The frogs croaked – Croak, croak, croak! Careful, careful! See that danger is at your side! The owls hooted: “Oooh, oooh!” Careful, careful! See that danger is at your side! But Bopuluchi was distracted thinking about her wedding. After a while they arrived at a dilapidated shack. “Dismount!” –Bopuluchi's uncle ordered. -Here? –asked the surprised young woman. Why was her uncle suddenly so rude? “I am the intrepid thief of Bombay,” the man announced. The old woman who lives here in this shack takes care of my loot. And I don't have children: the one who is going to marry you is me! –Liar, swindler! I will never marry you! –Bopuluchi said fiercely. The thief proceeded to tie Bopoluchi with a rope and left the house, leaving her locked up with the old witch who was guarding his loot. The old woman then began to touch her hair and ask her what she did to stay so young. At that moment, Bopuluchi had an idea to escape. "I'll tell you my secret," she told him. "There is a magical dessert that gives me agility and vitality, leaves my skin smooth and soft, and makes my hair grow.