Folk Tales 4; Alldin

Alldin and his forty pots ....

Alldin lived in a land far in the region and as it was far, we could not remember the name of the place. But we knew Alldin well, as his story was spoken by many and remembered by most.

Oops! We were misled; that was ALLADIN story and this is of Alldin. So this other story was never told.

Now Alldin like Alladin lived in the desert city and he was a good kid. His father operates a wine shop and he helps regularly. Now the wine shop was essentially like a meeting place for anyone and someone, and everyone; so poor Alldin is always working. One day, his mum who never left the kitchen, spoke to him of his need to find his own destiny aka marry a wife. So Alldin thought hard and harder for ways to find a wife in his life given the fact that he hardly leaves the shop. But his wish came through. He was to deliver the wine for the richest man in the city, and this has to de done now. The order was for forty pots of the finest wine, and it must be filled to the brim or they will reject the whole load. So Alldin prepared his loads and even loaded in an extra two pots to cover any spillage. You see, Alldin was smart and business wise he is smarter.

So he sets off for the richest man house, but he has to travel across some bad lands. But Alldin was not afraid as he is a master of the fighting arts. He can tackle anytime ten man without a sweat. But this time on his journey, he encountered forty thieves, so he decide the odds was too great, so he gave up his forty pots of wines. But he was not going to give up, as he followed the thieves to their hideout. It was a cave with a mechanical doorway operated with some winches and chains, and the needed password key to open it. So Alldin waited his turn and did the same. It opened and Alldin saw the guards who opened it; there are only nine, so he took them down with no sweat. Now his next task to recover the wine but he found that the wines were all consumed by the thieves.

So by mathematical odds, he is outnumbered and short of wine to deliver. Its a failed delivery with penalty clauses. That adds to major losses. So he thought hard on how to recover his cost and do a turnaround. And he got the answer. He first tied up the forty thieves one by one and tortured them for their hidden treasures. He was led to it and he filled them forty pots up with the gold and silver. Then he led the convoy of captured thieves with his gold and silver back to the city. For his effort he got the largest reward for his capture of so many thieves. And plus the gold and silver he became the next richest man. And his business expanded that he can buy a Djinn to carry out his wishes.

But someone told him, ‘psst.... your story does not sound right. You must adhered to the correct story lines or we may lose the theme of the story.’

So Alldin gave up his riches, rescued the thieves and dismissed the Djinn. He then re-enacted his steps again from the cave. But they changed the password and the door is now electronic with biometric access code. So he can’t get in and he was caught by the authorities for rescuing the thieves. He was however rescued by the thieves and became the 41^st Thief.

He also found the Djinn imprisoned in the lamp, but the Djinn felt betrayal from his previous master decided to stay in as a sign of protest.

So in the end, Alldin lived a miserable life watching Alladin and Jasmine lived happily.

( It does not pay to let others dictate your destiny, just lived yours as you do. Its your life after all. )