Persian Story 10: Common Ignorance and Literacy Glasses

Once upon a time, an old illiterate person asked somebody to write a letter for him. He said, “Please write whatever I am telling you.” He then began to explain his life while the writer was busy writing. He talked about himself and some of his problems. After he finished, he turned to the writer and said, “ All right. Now read me all you have written.” The man began to read the letter. Little by little the old man, listening to the writer very carefully, started crying. The writer looked at him surprisingly and said, “These are what you have already explained. There is nothing more in this letter. Why are you crying then?”

Still crying hard, the old man said, “I partially knew that I was a poor wretched man, but I didn’t know it so clearly as you told me today!”

Literacy glasses

One day, an illiterate villager entered an optic store and asked for some glasses. The shopkeeper brought him a few glasses to choose. He tried all of them and said, “That’s not I’m looking for. Please bring me some other ones.” The shopkeeper brought him some others. He tried them and repeated the same request. This time the shopkeeper put lots of glasses on the table and asked him to choose one. The man was still not satisfied. Lots of glasses were there on the table but he could choose none. Finally the shopkeeper became angry and said, “Just tell me what kind of glasses you want and I’ll bring them to you.” The man looked at the other glasses on the shelves and said, “I am looking for glasses by which I can read!”

BY: Hassan H

Lesson 10

• Lesson 10
• Let’s Write 10
• Useful Drills 10
• Persian Samples 10