Once upon a time, in Sri Lanka, there was a man called Gamarala. He lived in a simple mud-thatched house with rice straw roofing. He was an innocent villager who made a living by farming. One day Gamarala, while walking to his Chena early in the morning, saw a flower bud in an ash pumpkin vine…
One day, when Andare reported for his duties at the palace, he saw sugar on the mats left for drying under the sun. He wanted to taste the sugar. But he knew he couldn’t eat sugar from the mats, as they were for the king’s consumption. But Andare wasn’t the one who backed up. So, he pretended as if he did not know what was on the mats.
“My King, What are those on the mats?” …
One day, Andare heard that a farmer had a huge problem. There was a huge rock boulder in the middle of the farmer’s paddy field. That rock had been trouble for a long time. The farmer lost a large area of his field due to this rock boulder. So, he wanted to move the rock out of his paddy field…
One day, as usual, Andare woke up early in the morning and departed to go to the royal court for duties. This day, a jackfruit from a tree by the side of the footpath had started to ripen. Its fresh and sweet smell was all over the place. While passing by this tree, Andare felt the smell of this ripened jackfruit. He recognized it was from a ripened jackfruit right away and looked around. He saw a jackfruit covered with a white cloth in a jackfruit tree…
Once upon a time, there was a man called Andare. He had a habit that his wife was not happy about. He used to come home very late at night. One day the wife got really mad at him. So, she thought of teaching her husband a lesson. She decided not to open the door. “Open up the door!” Andare shouted and banged on the door. But his wife wasn’t the one who opened it…
One day, when Andare came to the palace, the king was having his meals. With the mouth-watering smell of the royal dishes, Andare was peeking from a window near the dining hall. Seeing Andre The king invited Andare to have some food. But Andare wanted not to look like he was craving the food. Therefore, Andare said, “I am really full, my king.” But the king knew Andare was lying and asked again to join him…
Once upon a time, there was a court jester called Andare. One day, the king ordered all the courtiers to be present in front of him. All the courtiers hurried to see the king as soon as possible. “I will give each of you a piece of land and coconut plants enough for the land. You all should clear the land, plant the coconuts, and take care of them until they bring a harvest.” The king gave his order. Everyone received a piece of land and enough coconut trees to plant on the land. They took the plants to the land and planted them. Among them, Andare was too
Once upon a time, there was a man called Andare. He was the jester in the royal court, appointed by the king himself. But, unlike usual jesters, this person was different. Instead of acting the fool and making the king laugh, Andare did pranks, tricked, and gave riddles to others, making fun of their lack of critical thinking. He mocked the ministers, the queen, and even the king himself. One day, the ministers of King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe got together on a not-so-busy day. They had time to talk about…
One day, Andare was walking around the courtyard of the king. There was a Java apple tree full of fruits in the royal garden. By seeing the healthy and well-ripened red java apples, Andare wished to eat them. But the king had ordered no one to touch those java apples or even to look at them. The king had enforced such a strict law after Andare ate half of a jackfruit that was for the king. Knowing that the king ordered no one to touch or even look at those fruits, Andare felt challenged. So, he thought of a plan…
Once upon a time, there was a man called Andare in Sri Lanka. He was the jester in the court of the Sinhalese King in the Kandyan Kingdom. Andare used to amaze everyone in the court and in the palace with his hilarious pranks. He once pranked the ministers, even the king himself. So, the queen wanted to meet the lady who lives with this funny man. Therefore, one day the Queen asked Andare to arrange a meeting with his wife.
“Andare, I would like to meet your wife. Could you arrange a meeting for me?”