Qoni and the Jewels

Qonita was seventeen years old. She was very beautiful, and many men wanted to marry her . But Qoni was a foolish girl. She did not want to marry the men in her village. They were very good young men, But qoni said, “I am very beautiful. Why should I marry a villager ? I Also have many jewels. I shall marry a rich man from a town. I Want to Live in a large house and I don’t want to do any work in the house.

Qoni’s father was angry.”You are a foolish girl” He said. “ We don’t kno’w any rich people . You wouldn’t like living in a town. You will be happier in the village. Why don’t you marry Rama ? I Want you to marry him. He is a good, hard working boy “
But qoni said. : I shall marry a rich man.”

One day a man came to the village. He painted pictures. He saw Qoni. And he went to her father and said, “ Your daughter is very beatifull, I wan to paint her picture.”
Qoni’s father said. “ Yes it will be nice to have picture of Qoni.

The man came to the house every day and painted Qoni’s picture. One day he said to her, “ Your eyes are very beautiful. They are beautiful as jewels. Will you give me two jewels to put in the picture for your eyes?”

Qoni said “Yes” and gave him two black jewels for the eys.

The next day the man said, Your lips are also very beatifull. Will you give me two jewels to put in the picture for your lips?”

So Qoni gave him two red two red jewels for the lips.

The next day the painter said, “you have beautiful jewels in your ears an on your fingers. I cannot paint them.Will you give me your jewels for the picture? Then it will be the most beautiful picture in the world.”

Qoni took the jewels out of herears and off her fingers, and gave them to him. The man said. “I”ll take these these home with me. I can’t put them into the picture here. I’ll do it at home. Tomorrow I’ll bring the picture and you will see that it is the most beatifull picture in the worl” and he went away.


The evening Qoni’s father said to her. Qoni Where are your jewels?”

Qoni told him. “ I gave them to the man to put in my picture.”She said.” He wanted to make it as beautiful as I am.”

“your foolish girl” her father said.”We don’t know where the man lives/ Why did you listen to him?”

“ He’ll bring the picture tomorrow.” Qoni said. “it will be the most beautiful picture in the world.”

But the man didn’t came comeback. He went away from the village and took that all qoni’s jewels with him.

Qoni wa sad. She knew she had been very foolish to listen to the many’s talk. He didn’t think that she was the most beautiful girl in the world. He wanted her jewels, that was all.

Qoni is married now, She married Yusup. They live in the village and Qoni is very happy. One day Yusup tooke her to a town. But she didn’t like it.

“It’s nicer I the village, “ she said.

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