Learn English through Story Level 1 | Merchant and Wife - english story with subtitles

Merchant and wife once upon a time there was a merchant and his wife they had a baby daughter called jiti the man's wife died and he married another woman soon she had a baby daughter too the Two Sisters grew up together jiti was a beautiful girl she was good and kind but jahi's stepmother did not love her jiti worked hard in the house but her stepmother never gave her new clothes jahii always fetched the water and carried things home from the market but her stepmother never gave her good food to eat jah's sister was an

ug l ly lazy girl but her mother loved her she gave her daughter beautiful white clothes and gold jewelry jah's sister did not help in the house or fetch the water or carry things home from the market but her mother always gave her the best food to eat one day jahi's stepmother said to to her daughter my darling you are a big girl now soon we must find a husband for you put on your best dress today and your gold necklace go to the market the young men will be there they will see you and

they will fall in love with you we will choose the best one to be your husband jahi's father heard his wife he called his oldest daughter jiti you must go with your sister he said you must find a husband too his wife heard her husband that stupid jiti she thought I don't want to find a husband for for her I want to find one for my own dear daughter jiti went to her stepmother please stepmother she said my father wants me to go to the market with my sister he wants me to find a husband

too but my dress is old and dirty will you give me a new one a new dress for you her stepmother laughed do you think I am rich no you stupid girl I have no new dress for you go now your sister is waiting jahti and her sister walked to the market jiti was sad no one will talk to me she thought my dress is old and dirty the young men will not look at me there were many people in the market farmers were selling their TF women were selling vegetables Merchants were selling cloth pots

and shoes there was a handsome young man at the market too he was with his friends he saw jiti and fell in love with her the young man and his friends came up to the girls and they began to sing who do we like who is the best here's an ugly girl in a new white dress we say no to her but we say yes to the beautiful girl in the ugly dress the young man wanted to talk to jiti but her sister was angry no she said our mother is waiting for us come jiti

we must go home the two girls went home well said jahi's stepmother what happened at the market oh mother jahi's sister said the young men were so foolish they sang who do we like who is best here's a girl in a new white dress we say no to her but we say yes to her sister in the ugly dress what said her mother that is very strange don't worry my dear next week you will go to the market again and you will wear jahi's dress and she will wear yours so the next week the Two

Sisters went to the market again now jiti was wearing her sister's beautiful white dress and she wore her sister's gold necklace around her neck but her sister was wearing jahi's dirty old clothes the handsome young man and his friends were there waiting for them they sang Here Comes the girl that we like best not the ugly girl in the dirty dress we say no to her but we say yes to the beautiful girl in the new white dress the handsome young man came to jiti and said beautiful girl who is your father who is your

mother I want to come to your house and make you my bride the two girls went home well said jahi's stepmother what happened today mother said jahi's sister the young men looked only at jiti and the most handsome of them all wants to marry her I am angry with my sister I want that young man for myself her mother was very angry that girl jiti will always bring us trouble she said I don't want her her here in my house anymore listen daughter take your sister to the forest cut branches from the trees to make

a place for a bride tell your sister to climb up into the tree while she is in the tree put some loga bark near the river in the evening she will go to the river to fetch water she will slip on the bark and and fall into the water and that will be the end of her so the sisters went to the forest jiti climbed up a tree she was happy my bridegroom will come for me she thought he is handsome and strong and he loves me she began to cut branches to make the place

for the bride her sister picked up some loga bark and ran to the river she put the bark down by the water then she went back to the forest jiti she called come down from the tree you lazy girl my mother is calling you she wants water you must go to the river and fill your pot jahii came down from the tree she left the branches in the forest and ran home she picked up her pot and hurried to the river but her feet slipped on the loga bark and she fell into the water now

a wicked demon lived in the river he jumped up and caught jiti she could not escape from him you are mine now the demon said and I will never let you go jahi's father the merchant was traveling far away from home the next day when he returned he said to his wife where is my daughter where is my dear jiti I don't know his wife said she ran away and she didn't come back then the bridegroom came to the Merchant's house with all his friends where is jiti he said where is my beautiful bride I

don't know said jahi's stepmother she went out and she didn't come home jahi's father was very sad he did not eat he did not drink he could not sleep at night his wife said eat husband drink my dear jiti will come she will soon be here but her husband answered I will not drink I will not eat I want my child my daughter to be sweet then he said to his wife go and call my daughter call jiti tell her to come home to her father so jahi's stepmother went down to the river she stood

by the water and she called out jiti your father will not eat he will not drink he sits at home why are you hiding why do you wait your mother is calling come Child come she did not see jahti but she heard her voice my mother is dead but I know you you wanted to kill me and drown me too tell my father to drink and eat he has lost jahit his daughter sweet ja's stepmother went home to her husband well wife he said where is my daughter she will not come his wife said she

is a wicked girl she does not respect you she said tell my father to drink and eat jiti has friends that she wants to meet her husband did not believe her what have you done to my daughter he said go and find her and bring her to me I will not drink I will not eat I want jiti my daughter sweet the girls from the village heard the Merchant's words they all went to the river jiti your father calls you again he will not rest he waits at home we are your sisters we are your

friends come home with us jiti come but jiti called out from the middle of the river I have no mother my father's wife brought me here to take my life tell my father he must forget his poor jiti his daughter sweet The Village girls went back to jahi's father he your daughter cannot come home they told him you must forget her jahi's bridegroom could not forget his bride he thought about her every day she was my bride my darling and I have lost her he thought sadly one day he was taking his father's cattle to

the river suddenly he saw a girl in the water she was thin and sad she was crying jahti my love is that you the young man called out why are you there in the river why don't you come out I can't come out answered jiti a demon has caught me his magic holds me here how can I help you asked her brid groom what can I do I am growing weak and thin here in the river said jahti bring me some food I have food with me here cried her bridegroom I will throw it to

you catch it Ji he threw her some food jiti caught it and ate it I will come again tomorrow said her bridegroom I will save my food and give it to you so the next day the bridegroom did not eat his food he kept it and took it to jiti he gave her his food again on the third day and on the fourth now jiti was growing stronger and fatter but her bridegroom was becoming thin and weak what is wrong with you his father asked him are you sick no father I am not sick ji's

bridegroom said said then why don't you eat asked his father what are you doing with your food I can't tell you ji's bridegroom said my son said his father I am your father if you have a problem you must tell me perhaps I can help you at last ji's bridegroom said a demon took my bride my dear jiti now she is in the river and she can't come out every day I take her my food she eats it and she is growing stronger but now I am thin and weak my poor poor boy said his

father you must save jiti go to the river again today say to her jiti I want to save you how can I do it so the bridegroom went back to the river he called to jiti jiti are you there at once she came out of the water jiti I want to save you the bridegroom said how can I do it she answered my master the demon is always hungry kill a bull and cut up the meat bring a big piece To The River and throw it in the demon will see the meat he will jump

up to catch it then he will let me go and I will run out of the water the bridegroom went back to his father he told him everything take my biggest bull his father said kill it and throw the meat to the demon so the bridegroom killed the bull and he took the meat to the river he threw it into the water at once the demon jumped up to catch the meat hungrily he began to eat it come jiti come her bridegroom shouted jiti began to run out of the water but another demon was waiting

near the edge of the river this demon was blind meat I can smell meat he shouted he heard Shahi and he jumped on her she pushed him away his hand caught her breast and tore it off but jiti ran out of the river into the arms of her bridegroom my beautiful girl he cried you are safe at last I am safe sa but I am not beautiful now ji said look at me I have only one breast you are beautiful to me said her bridegroom so jiti and her bridegroom were married and they had many

children and lived happily ever after e