Ix-Xi midfun o Gar

Framed mixed mediumonwood
Created by Mark Mallia & Farrell
Size: 40cm x 40cm

Ix-Xi midfun o Gar

Darba wada, sultan fart l bogod are ordni lil kulmin jgix aktar minn mitt sena gandu jinqafel fgar sa ma jmut. Bidwi twajjeb ma felax jidfen l missieru aj. Galhekk, meta adu fl-gar u ie biex jimbarra t-toqba, allielu toqba gan ninfs u ora biex iallilu l-ikel kuljum. Ftit wara, is-sultan are borndi li add mgandu jadem ir-raba tiegu qabel ma jinadem tas-sultan. Il-bidwi nkwieta u malajr mar a parir mingand missieru. Ix-xi qallu biex jadem ir-raba tas-sultan matul il-jum, u tiegu matul il-lejl, u biex jua l-bhejjem biex iaffulu x-xogol. Hekk gamel u s-sultan stageb mhux ftit meta l-qam tiegu u ta dan i-gaug kiber flimkien. Xamm li dan kien gaug makakk u prova jonsbu. Talbu biex l-gada jidher quddiemu liebes u garwien fl-istess in. I-gaug tfixkel. Ida missieru tah parir biex jilbes xibka tas-sajd. Daak is-sultan, ida gal diversi jiem, baqa jordnalu ordnijiet strambi li kien gur li ser ifalli fihom. Ida ta kull darba, il-bidwi gaug kien jieu parir mingand missieru, u jgeleb kull sfida. Saflaar is-sultan qata qalbu u staqsa lill-bidwi minn fejn kien ab dan l-gerf kollu. I gaug wiebu li kien jieu l-pariri mingand missieru, u li missieru kien midfun fgar tal-mejtin. Is-sultan garaf bl iball li kien gamel u ordna li minn dakinhar l quddiem, l ebda xi ma jera jindifen aj.

The Old Man who was buried in a Cave

In a far away land, a king ordered that whoever was over a hundred years old should be buried alive inside a cave. A young farmer could not bear to kill his father, so when he took his father to a cave and bolted the entrance, he made sure to leave a hole to allow him to breathe, and another to be able to feed him. Soon the king issued another order. Farmers had to sow his fields before they sowed theirs. On his fathers advice, the young man worked in the kingss fields during the day and in his own during the night. He bought beasts to ease the job. As the wheat grew in the kings fields, so it did in the farmers. The king was curious and sent for the young man who explained what he had done. The king realised that this man was cunning, so he tried to play a game with him, asking him to appear before him, both naked and dressed. Puzzled, the young man sought his fathers advice. The next day, he went to the palace wearing a fishing net. The king was amused and after trying to trick the young man through other challenges, he asked him what was the secret for his wisdom. The young farmer told him about his old father who was buried alive in the cave of the dead. The king realised that he had committed a grave mistake and ordered that from that day onwards, old people would be allowed to continue to live and to give their sound advice.