ABSTRACT

There were once three brothers who owned a pear tree and lived offtheir pears. One day one of the brothers went to pick some pears andsaw that some had been taken. “My brothers! What shall we do? Somebody’s picked our pears!” Indeed, they had been stolen, and that night the eldest went to the garden to

guard the pear tree. However, he fell asleep, and the next morning the middle brother came and said, “What were you doing, brother? Now look at what’s happened! More pears have been picked. Well, tonight I’m going to stand guard.”