Stupid Man’s Well

One night the Stupid Man looked into his well and saw there

the reflection of the full moon. “Oh no!” he exclaimed.

“The moon has fallen from the sky and into my well!” He

ran into his house and returned with a hook attached to a

rope. He then threw the hook into the water and commenced to

pull it up again, but it became stuck on the side of the

well. Frantically the Man tugged and pulled with all his

might. The hook suddenly came loose, and the Man fell over

backwards, landing flat on his back. Scarcely able to move,

he looked up into the sky and saw the full moon above him.

“I may have injured myself in doing so,” he said with

satisfaction, “but at least I got the moon back into the

sky where it belongs.”