Andare and the Rock

There was a huge rock in a paddy field. It caused a lot of problems for the farmer when he tried to cultivate.

One day the farmer asked for help from his friends and together they tried to remove the rock. They dug around the rock and loosened the small stones around it. But they couldn't move it and tried to think of another way of doing it.

At that moment Andare walked past. One farmer shouted out:
"Hey guys! There's no need for us to work so hard. Here's the man who can do anything: Andare!"

Andare realised that that were trying to embarrass him. So he thought:
"O.K. I'll teach them a lesson that they'll never forget."

"I'll do it for you. But I won't do it without a reward. Iwant black chicken and rice for three days. And a bottle of arrack too."

The farmers gave him everything he wanted and went to the field on the day that Adare said he would remove the rock.

He had brought a rough carpet for the task. Everyone wondered what he was going to do.

Andare went to the rock and without hesitating put the carpet onto his shoulders.
He said:
"Hey! What are you looking at! Pick the rock up and put it on my shoulders so I can remove it from the field. I said I would....Hey! Pick it up!"

Everyone realised that they had been fooled!
NIRMANI ASANGA

Andare and the Hard of Hearing

One day Andare was about to leave the palace after his duties. The Queen called him over:

"You have been coming to the palace for a very long time. But you've never brought your wife. I'd like to talk to her!" the Queen said.

I'll bring her over to the palace tomorrow. But, your majesty, she is a little hard of hearing. You may have to speak loudly so that she can hear."replied Andare.

Andare went home and told his wife that the Queen wished to see her but that she must speak up when she spoke to the queen because she couldn't hear very well.

The following day the King saw the Queen and Andare's wife talking at the top of their voices. The voices were unbearable:

"Stop it! Stop it! What's happening here?" he asked

"I'm talking to Andare's wife in a loud voice because she is hard of hearing" the Queen replied.

"I'm also talking to the Queen in a loud voice because she is supposed to be hard of hearing" said Andare's wife.

The King at once understood what had happened. He couldn't stop himself laughing.
ROHINI