Once upon a time, there was a young couple. The husband was called Mike and the wife Peg. Peg was a bit foolish. One day, Mike said to Peg, “Christmas is coming. You must clean the house well.” Silly Peg thought that Christmas must be a man. “Are you Christmas?” she asked all the people going by. One crafty man, who was going down the street, said that his name was Christmas. The silly wife gave him everything inside the house. When her husband Mike came to know of this, he was very angry. He said, “Be careful this time. Keep the pig for Christmas.” Peg called the man who named himself Christmas and gave him the pig. When Mike came home and asked her about the pig, she said, “But you told me to give it to Christmas!” He held his head in anguish and swore never to say anything to her.
The Foolish Wife
