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    Papaya That Spoke

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    A farmer picks a papaya that speaks, startling him. He runs into a fisherman and tells of the talking papaya, but the fisherman doesn't believe him until one of the fish speaks. The farmer continues running and tells a shepherd of the talking papaya, dog, and fish. A goat then speaks, surprising the shepherd. The farmer tells the King, who also doesn't believe him until the King's chair begins speaking.

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    Papaya That Spoke

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    A farmer picks a papaya that speaks, startling him. He runs into a fisherman and tells of the talking papaya, but the fisherman doesn't believe him until one of the fish speaks. The farmer continues running and tells a shepherd of the talking papaya, dog, and fish. A goat then speaks, surprising the shepherd. The farmer tells the King, who also doesn't believe him until the King's chair begins speaking.

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    A farmer picks a papaya that speaks, startling him. He runs into a fisherman and tells of the talking papaya, but the fisherman doesn't believe him until one of the fish speaks. The farmer continues running and tells a shepherd of the talking papaya, dog, and fish. A goat then speaks, surprising the shepherd. The farmer tells the King, who also doesn't believe him until the King's chair begins speaking.

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    Papaya That Spoke

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    Masturah Abdul Ghani
    A farmer picks a papaya that speaks, startling him. He runs into a fisherman and tells of the talking papaya, but the fisherman doesn't believe him until one of the fish speaks. The farmer continues running and tells a shepherd of the talking papaya, dog, and fish. A goat then speaks, surprising the shepherd. The farmer tells the King, who also doesn't believe him until the King's chair begins speaking.

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    The story is about a farmer who has a strange experience of a papaya speaking to him. He then encounters other objects and animals that also claim to be able to speak.

    The farmer ran in fear to the market where he met a fisherman. He then continued running to a field where he met a shepherd.

    The fish the farmer met at the market said it was possible for objects to speak. The goat the farmer encountered in the field also said it was possible.

    The Papaya

    that Spoke
    Retold by Pie Corbett

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    The Papaya that Spoke

    nce upon a time there was


    farmer who lived in a village.
    One day he felt hungry so he went out
    to pick a papaya. To his amazement, the
    papaya spoke. Hands off!
    The farmer looked at his dog. Did
    you say that? said the farmer.
    No, said the dog. It was the
    papaya!
    Aaaaargh! screamed the farmer. As
    fast as his legs could carry him, he ran

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    and he ran and he ran till he came to a


    market, where he met a fisherman selling
    fish.
    Why are you running so fast when
    the sun is shining so bright? asked the
    fisherman.
    First a papaya spoke to me and next
    my dog! replied the farmer.
    Thats impossible, said the
    fisherman.
    Oh, no it isnt, said one of the fish.
    Aaaaargh! screamed the farmer. As fast
    as his legs could carry him, he ran and he
    ran and he ran till he came to a field,
    where he met a shepherd with his goats.
    Why are you running so fast when
    the sun is shining so bright? asked the
    shepherd.
    First a papaya spoke to me, next my
    dog and after that a fish! replied the
    farmer.
    Thats impossible, said the shepherd.
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    Oh, no it isnt, bleated one of the


    goats.
    Aaaaargh! screamed the farmer. As
    fast as his legs could carry him, he ran
    and he ran and he ran till he came to the
    village, where he met the King sitting on
    his wooden rocking chair.

    Why are you running so fast when


    the sun is shining so bright? asked the
    King.
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    First a papaya spoke to me, next my


    dog, after that a fish and finally a goat!
    Thats impossible, said the King.
    Get out of here, you foolish man. So
    the poor farmer walked home with his
    head hung down.
    The King rocked back and forth,
    back and forth, back and forth. How
    silly of him to imagine that things can
    talk.
    There was a long silence and then
    the chair spoke! Quite so whoever
    heard of a talking papaya?

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