Sindbad | Kids Story | English | Tamizhan Goals

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Sindbad

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Once there lived a great voyager in Baghdad, Sindbad. He was born in a royal family and his father had left plenty of gold and treasures for him. He was very irresponsible and spent most of his wealth in prompt and shows. Soon he realised that he will have to earn some wealth for his old age. So, he sold off all his assets and joined a band of merchants and set off on a trading ship to try his luck.

They travelled to many islands to do business. One day, they saw a strange island with no greenery on it. Some went ashore to explore while others set fire to cook food. Suddenly, they felt a violent quaver. Their friends on the ship cried out that it was not an island, but a sleeping whale.
There was chaos and everyone rushed to save their life. Sindbad managed to get hold of a log and drifted to another island where some fishermen took him to King Mihrage. When the king came to know about his adventurous voyages, he gave him a royal treatment.

One day while he was walking along the seashore, he saw a ship in the harbour from which boxes were being unloaded. He was amused to see his name on some of the boxes. He introduced himself to the captain and took charge of the boxes. He took rich gifts for King Mihrage and told him about his intention to sail back to his homeland. Then, he bid goodbye to the king and sailed back to his homeland.
During his second voyage, he was left behind in an isolated island as he kept sleeping under a shady tree. He came across a huge bright object which was smooth as well as hard. He went close to that object to examine it, and suddenly the sky grew dark. When he turned around, he found it was the giant 'roc' bird and the strange object he was examining was its egg.

Sindbad quietly and quickly tied himself to one of the legs of the bird. He remained tied there for the whole night while the bird was sitting on its egg. The bird flew off the next morning carrying Sindbad along and landed in a valley. He quickly untied himself and discovered that he landed in a deadly valley with steep sharp sides.

He got surprised when he saw huge diamonds everywhere and huge pieces of meat rolling down the slopes. Soon he realised that he was in a valley of diamonds where the traders roll down meat pieces to get diamonds with help of eagles. As such Sindbad tied himself to a huge piece of meat and escaped filling his pockets with plenty of huge diamonds. He, then, returned home.

When he again felt bored, he with his friends sailed to a distant island for business. While exploring the island, they saw a pile of human bones here and there. Suddenly, an ugly giant came there who had only one eye in the centre of forehead with sharp teeth and long pointed nails. To their horror, he picked one of them and ate him up.

Sindbad and others soon collected woods and made rafts. Next morning- in spite being chased by a group of giants, they managed to sail away and escape. Finally, they all reached their homeland.

After few days, he sailed again with other merchants. One day a violent hurricane broke down the ship into pieces. Some of them were washed away to an island. Sindbad walked for many days before he reached a beach.

He was happy to see people on that beach who were speaking Arabic. He was taken to the King of that place. The king was very impressed by his adventurous voyages and treated him well. Sindbad observed that people of that place do not use saddle and rode horse bare back. The king found him a suitable groom for his daughter and he married her to Sindbad. He settled there and lived a very comfortable and wealthy life.

Few months later, his wife fell ill and died. As a custom of that place, he was also buried with his dead wife. Seven loaves of bread and a jug of water were kept in the grave for him. Soon those loaves of bread and water finished and he started starving. Then, one day a dead man and his wife were lowered in the pit.

He killed the wife by hitting her on head and took over bread loaves and water for his survival. On inspecting the cave, he discovered a way out which opens to a beach. He collected all the jewels and valuables buried with the dead and went to the beach. Soon he managed to stop a trading ship passing by.

He boarded the ship with all the jewels and valuables and traded with them at several islands where the ship stopped. He became richer as never before. He reached back to Baghdad after a month and decided not to go on any Vvoyage in future.

S.No	Vocabularies	Tamil Meanings
1	Plenty	நிறைய
2	Treasures	பொக்கிஷங்கள்
3	Realised	உணரப்பட்டது
4	Greenery	பசுமை
5	Explore	ஆராயுங்கள்
6	Cried out	சத்தமிட்டு
7	Seashore	கடற்கரை
8	Amused	மகிழ்ந்த
9	Intention	நோக்கம்
10	Sailed	திரும்பிச் சென்றார்
11	Felt Bored	சலித்துவிட்டது
12	Sail away	புறப்படுங்கள்
13	Flourished	செழித்தது
14	Starving	பட்டினி கிடக்கிறது
15	Buried	புதைக்கப்பட்டது

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