Tofu! Where have you been?
We’ve all been looking for you!
I’ve been sitting here all afternoon, Tia.
Why?
Why haven’t you come home?
Mom is so worried about you.
Let us go home.
I can’t go home Tia
What!
Why?
I was playing with dad’s watch and it fell down and broke.
That was you?
Dad was so puzzled about how it broke.
See, what I mean?
Dad is going to be so angry with me
and he is never going to trust me again.
I am in so much trouble, Tia
That’s it!
Why didn’t you talk to me before?
We’ll find a way to replay dad for the watch repairs.
How can I ever come home Tia?
I will never get out of the trouble that I am in.
There’s no way I’ll be able to gather so much money for it.
That’s not true.
Trouble is not permanent.
Once upon a time in Baghdad
there lived a handsome and courageous sailor called Sinbad.
He loved the sea so much that he was always sailing
and people lovingly called him Sinbad the Sailor.
One day, Sinbad joined a group of merchants
to sail with them to the far lands.
After a few days the ship got caught in a bad storm.
This ship will not survive the storm!
Just as he said
the ship’s helm broke
and the ship fell apart.
All the men on the ship died
except Sinbad and Hakim.
They both swam to the shore of the closest island.
Looks like we are the only ones who survived.
Yes.
Most men went down when the ship broke open.
We must find a way to escape form this island.
Yes.
First, let us find a source of fresh water.
Both the men went deeper in to the island to look for fresh food and water.
As they explored the island
they heard someone walking around the tree
It was a giant!
They decided to follow him.
They saw him cross through the jungle
and go in to a valley full of sparking gems.
The giant found a good place to sleep and slept off.
Hakim and Sinbad were still watching all this
when they heard a sound behind them.
Who is there?
It is just me…
I used to be a merchant.
What are you doing here?
This is the valley of diamonds.
I had come to this island many many years ago in search of the diamonds.
The giant caught hold of me and has kept me as his servant now.
Why haven’t you tired to escape yet?
I have many a times.
But the giant is very smart and scary.
The only way to kill him is with a magical sword kept inside a cave
and protected by poisonous snakes.
I have a plan.
Sinbad told his friends the plan.
While the giant slept
Sinbad quietly went into the cave
and got the sword out.
He then went to the sleeping giant
and drove the sword through its heart.
Hakim and the merchant were very happy to see the end of the giant.
All of them looked for strong wood
and made a raft to sail back home.
If Sinbad can come out of life-threatening trouble
I can surely find a way to repay dad for the repair of his watch
and come out of this trouble.
That’s the spirit, Tofu!
Let’s go home now.
I am starving
Me too!
Let's go, Tia!