Cheerful Granny
let me tell you a story one that is a soup made with the 26 letters with the right amount of consonants and vowels as per taste and of course requirement so we begin the same way we always do once upon a time amongst other old women there was one who was very very cheerful and although she had very little to make her happy she knew that life is a journey that one makes either with a smile or a frown on their face she chose the former hello priscilla my dear how is the morning treating you why i am all over the place trying to manage the house now now dear don't get so worked up tell me if i can help you aren't you the best yes the happy old woman earned a living by running errands for her neighbors in return she'd get a meal or a bowl of soup or sometimes a penny or two life was good and the old woman never saw or found a reason to complain but you might ask what is so interesting about her life or the story right well here's where it gets interesting very very interesting ah winter is coming i need to gather woods for me self to keep myself warm that day the old woman.
Cheerful story
set out into the woods with a bounce in her step and a sweet tune in her mouth suddenly she came upon a ditch and inside it she saw a big brown pot lying goody goody my goodness me now who could have left it in the ditch where is the owner of this the old woman waited looked about around her expecting the owner to show up but no one did maybe it has been cast away well one man's trash is another one's treasure this spot would do fine to put a flower in from my window goody good goodness me if it isn't full of gold pieces here is luck i feel rich awful rich i feel rich awful rich rich rich the old woman tried to lift the pot but it was too heavy for her after much thinking she saw no better way than to drag it behind her like a ah the neighbors will never know i will drop them each a piece of gold secretly so that they are happy too i'll buy a grand house then just sit by the fire with a cup of tea and do no work at all like a queen oh how lovely it will be to sit by the fire on a chair and have my tea i have always wanted a chair for myself goodness me i am rich by this time she was a bit tired of dragging such a heavy weight and stopped to rest for a while turned to look at her treasure and lo it wasn't a pot of gold at all it was nothing but a lump of silver what oh how silly of me all this while i was thinking that it was a pot of gold i must have been dreaming but this is luck too silver is far less trouble easier to keep and doesn't attract attention maybe.
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my house would be as grand but i can still sit on my chair by the fireplace and have my tea so she went off again planning what she would do and feeling as rich as before until becoming a bit tired again she stopped to rest and gave a look round to see if her treasure was safe and she saw nothing but a great lump of iron what oh silly of me all this while i was thinking that it was silver i must have been dreaming but this is luck too i can sell the iron and get money in return then i wouldn't need to hide anything and be about my business sure i will not be able to buy a new house but i can still build a little fireplace for me and buy a chair ah to sit by the fireplace and have my tea what a life and so off she went again dreaming about what she would do with her money until becoming a bit tired again this time it was not a lump of iron but a big stone gritty goody my goodness me i am in luck the luckiest i would say all the gold and silver and money would have given me a headache but this this is just perfect i have been wanting a stone to stick open my gate this solves everything what luck and so all in a hurry to see how the stone would keep the gate open she trotted off down the hill till she came to her own cottage and as she turned to unfasten her shawl from the stone she saw to her surprise that the stone had become bigger goodness me this is just perfect i can sit on this and have my tea i don't need a chair this will do just fine ah finally i have something to sit on and have my tea and before she could bend down to touch it the stone turned into a big lump of cotton and then from it came out four white legs and two ears and a face a face that looked like that of a beast with canine teeth protruding over the lips his eyes were red and its eyebrows arched it was the cotton beast my goodness me aren't you adorable i have always wanted a pet huh what come on in little guy what kind of a person are you i have tried to lure you with gold than with silver then i changed into a lump of iron and then a stone and you were just as happy each time and now when i show you my dreaded self you call me adorable well of course you are adorable i can't stay here any longer [Music] and saying so the cotton monster turned into a butterfly and flew away the old woman looked at it and then simply shrugging her shoulders went back inside her house and when she entered her house to her surprise she saw the lump of stone lying on her floor what and then as she watched in wonder the stone turned into a beautiful wooden chair oh my this is just perfect i better make myself some tea oh goodness me the lump of iron i will sell it first thing tomorrow .
my goodness me oh how happy the old woman was in her happiness she twirled around and to her surprise saw the pot of gold the pot of gold the silver pot the iron lump the chair oh goody goody me goodness me the old woman was ecstatic as she always was and as you can tell she did not become greedy she shared her treasure with her neighbors secretly and all were happy especially the old woman who taught us that it's not about being content it's about learning how to turn disappointments into opportunities to see things from another perspective and you will never ever be sad.
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