Jimmy had very poor parents, but he was always eager to study and had learned basket-making... Little Eddy was the son of well-to-do people and relying on their riches he did nothing and did not even want to study. Little Jimmy, on the other hand, had very poor parents, but he was always eager to study and had learned basket-making.
One day Eddy was at the sea shore and was trying his hand at fishing. Jimmy, meanwhile, had cut a bunch of small willow branches and was about to return home when some pirates suddenly appeared from the woods and dragged the two boys to their ship. Later on they would be sold as slaves.
The ship tossed about by a violent storm and knocked against the rocks, was soon floundering and only the two boys managed to save themselves. They found themselves on a strange island which was inhabited by savage and cruel moors.
Jimmy thought that with his trade he could move them to pity. He pulled a knife out of his pocket, cut off some small willow branches and began to work on a beautiful basket. Many of the moors (men, women and children) came around and looked at him curiously.
When he had finished the work, he offered it as a gift to the most respectful moor. But all the others desired to possess a basket such as the one that Jimmy had given to their companion. They prepared a hut for him, which was under the shadow of numerous fruit trees, so that he could work in peace and when he was hungry he always had enough to eat. But they also promised him that there would always be the best food for him.
Then they wanted Eddy also to make baskets and when they found that he knew nothing about such work, they beat him cruelly and would have probably killed him if Jimmy had not put in a good word for him. The chief however ordered Eddy to give Jimmy his elegant coat to wear an old rough one and to be a servant to Jimmy and to give him the necessary branches whenever he needed them.
One day Eddy was at the sea shore and was trying his hand at fishing. Jimmy, meanwhile, had cut a bunch of small willow branches and was about to return home when some pirates suddenly appeared from the woods and dragged the two boys to their ship. Later on they would be sold as slaves.
The ship tossed about by a violent storm and knocked against the rocks, was soon floundering and only the two boys managed to save themselves. They found themselves on a strange island which was inhabited by savage and cruel moors.
Jimmy thought that with his trade he could move them to pity. He pulled a knife out of his pocket, cut off some small willow branches and began to work on a beautiful basket. Many of the moors (men, women and children) came around and looked at him curiously.
When he had finished the work, he offered it as a gift to the most respectful moor. But all the others desired to possess a basket such as the one that Jimmy had given to their companion. They prepared a hut for him, which was under the shadow of numerous fruit trees, so that he could work in peace and when he was hungry he always had enough to eat. But they also promised him that there would always be the best food for him.
Then they wanted Eddy also to make baskets and when they found that he knew nothing about such work, they beat him cruelly and would have probably killed him if Jimmy had not put in a good word for him. The chief however ordered Eddy to give Jimmy his elegant coat to wear an old rough one and to be a servant to Jimmy and to give him the necessary branches whenever he needed them.
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