Lion’s Whisker

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Assalamualaikum wr wb, Hi Everyone : My name is Via, I would like to tell you a very interesting

story which describes that you can win over someone who are naughty or even mean to you by keeping

doing the nice think. Sooner or later you will open and win their hearts. The title of the story is Lion`s

Whisker.
Do you know Whiskers?
Whiskers is just like Whiskas or Animal Moustache 
Are you ready to listen to the story?
Good, here is the story goes :

 Ahmed was a happy little boy living with his mother and father in their home in a village in

Morocco.

 Unfortunately, one day his mother died and Ahmed was so hurt, and so confused, and so angry.

 A year passed and his father thought that Ahmed need a mother to take care of him then he

decided to remarry to a nice and beautiful lady named, Zeynab.

 However, Ahmed remained so hurt, and so confused, and so angry.

 So after the wedding, when Zeynab tried to meet him and hug him, he pulled away from her. He

did not want a new Mother.

 When Zeynab fixed him his favorite foods for dinner he didn’t eat. When she made him a nice

outfit for him to wear, after wearing the outfit he ran through the woods and played so roughly he

tore the clothes up and whenever she spoke to him he ignored her.

 One day when her husband was gone hunting, Zeynab went to Ahmed’s bedroom to talk to him.

 "Ahmed, I love you so much and I really need you to love. . ."
 Before she could finish Ahmed jumped up and said, "I hate you, you aren’t my mother. I’m

running away."

 Zayneb was so sad that he got out and walked deep into the forest to the home of the witch doctor.

The witch doctor was a very wise woman who knew the ways of peoples’ minds and hearts.

 "I need you to make me a love potion so my step-son will love me," said Zayneb.

 "Well," the old woman said slowly, "Before I can give you a love potion, you must bring me the

whisker from a ferocious lion."

 Zeynab’s eyes grew large as she said, "How am I supposed to do that?"

 "Use your imagination," said the witch doctor.

 Zeynab went home and slept just a few more hours. She got up before the sun rose and put several

large pieces of raw meat in a bag and headed toward the hills. She walked until she found a cave

which had large paw prints around it. Zeynab took a piece of meat out and placed it in front of the

entrance to the cave. Then she hid in the bushes about 50 feet from the entrance and waited.

 After a few minutes a large, very ferocious looking lion stepped out of the cave, looked around,

smelled the meat, and ate it all up.

 Zayneb waited for a couple of hours then she walked up to the entrance of the cave and placed a

second piece of meat in front of it. Then she moved back only 25 feet and didn’t hide in the

bushes. After a few minutes the lion came out. He looked around, stared at Zayneb, smelled the

meat, picked it up, and ate it all up.

 Zayneb waited for a couple of hours then she walked up to the entrance of the cave and placed a

third piece of meat in front of it. She moved back only 5 feet and didn’t hide in the bushes. After a

few minutes the lion came out. He looked around, stared at Zayneb, smelled the meat, picked it

up, and ate it all up.

 Zayneb waited for a couple of more hours then she walked up to the entrance of the cave and

placed a third piece of meat in front of it. She moved back only two steps. After a few minutes the
 lion came out. He looked around, stared at Zayneb. She stared back at the lion. Although she was

shaking inside, she didn’t move her body. She just stared right back at the lion’s large brown eyes.

The lion smelled the meat, picked it up and began eating.

 Very slowly Zayneb extended her hand, grabbed a whisker and quickly pulled it out. The lion kept

eating as slowly, very slowly, as if walking on a tight rope, Zayneb backed away toward the

bushes. When she got into the forest she ran back to the witch doctor’s home.

 Breathing heavily, she rushed into the witch doctor’s house and held up the whisker. "See, here, I

brought you a lion’s whisker. Now, give me a love potion."

 The witch doctor looked at the whisker. "Ah, this does look like a ferocious lion’s whisker. But, I

don’t have any love potions."

 "What, what do you mean?" screamed Zayneb.

 "Now, tell me, how did you get that lion’s whisker?" the old lady calmly asked.

 "Well, I had to be very, very careful and patient. I was very gentle and very quiet, and persistent."

 "Yes, and you were very courageous. See, you have all of the skills you will need to get your

stepson to love you without a magic potion."

 Then Zayneb understood. She returned home and treated Ahmed nicely as before. But, she did not

make any special efforts to win his affection. She was just her sweet, giving self. When Ahmed

was rude to her or ignored her, she continued on as if he had said nothing. In three weeks Ahmed

began to smile and speak to Zayneb. In six weeks he offered to help her with chores. In nine

weeks he invited her to walk with him to his favorite place at the river. One night about 12 weeks

later, just before he fell asleep Ahmed looked up in Zayneb’s eyes and said, "Zayneb, I love you."

Moral of the story : If you meet someone who seems unkind or event mean, You

don’t need doctor love or love potion, all you have to do is just keep doing nice

things to them, and sooner or later you will win their heart 
Thank you everyone, I hope that you are enjoying listening to my story as much

as I am enjoying telling you the story.

Have a nice day, Wassalamualaikum wr wb