The Dog and the Treasure

كان ياما كان في قديم الزمان كان في ولد صغير بيعيش بقرية بسيطة مع أمه، و كان بيت هاد الولد موجود بجنب أرض واسعة و حلوة، بيساعد الولد أمه بزراعتها، و في يوم من الأيام و كالعادة طلعوا الأم و ابنها عالأرض عشان يزرعوا الفواكه و يقطفوها، و بعد ما خلصوا من الشغل و بعد يوم طويل و متعب رجعوا لبيتهم البسيط، و لما وصلوا على البيت لقوا جرو قاعد جنب البيت و مبيّن عليه التعب و الجوع و العطش، راح جنب الكلب بسرعة جابله أكل و مي
و فعلاً أكل الكلب و شرب من المي لحتى شبع، بس هو ما راح، ضل قاعد عند باب البيت و ما بعّد أبداً، و هيك يوم بعد يوم اتعوّد الولد على وجود الكلب و كل يوم كان يحط أكل و مي لهاد الكلب المسكين، و بعد فترة تحسنت حالة الكلب كتير و رجعتله صحته و قوته و صار يروح كل يوم الصبح مع الأم و ابنها للأرض و صار صديق إلهم
و في يوم عطلة راح الولد و أخد الكلب معه عشان يتمشوا، و وصلوا الأطراف القرية بعيد عن البيت، و بعد شوي حس الولد بالتعب فقعد تحت شجرة عشان يرتاح شوي تحت ظلها، و في هاد الوقت كان الكلب يمشي بخطوات بطيئة حولين الشجرة و انفه كان قريب من الأرض و كأنه بيشم ريحة شيء، و فجأة وقف الكلب و صار يحفر الأرض بسرعة، إستغرب الولد من هاد المنظر و قرّب من الكلب حتى يفهم شو بيصير، بس الكلب ضل يحفر و طلّع ورقة كبيرة من الأرض، أخدها الولد و فتحها و لقى فيها خريطة موجود فيها مكان الكنز المدفون في الصحراء
انبسط كتير الولد و قرر يروح لمكان الكنز عشان ياخده و يصير غني هو و أمه، و بالغعل تاني يوم اعتذر الولد من أمه و حكالها “ماما أنا كتير تبعان و ما رح أقدر أروح معك عالأرض اليوم”، و لما طلعت الأم من البيت طلع الولد و الكلب و راحوا على الصحراء، بس في نفس الوقت كان في عصابة موجودة بالصحراء و هم بيعرفوا عن الكنز و شافوا الولد و الكلب، و قرروا انهم يتخبوا و يتركوا الولد يطلّع الكنز بالصحراء و بعدها يسرقوه منه و يتقتلوه
و بالفعل بعد شوي الولد عرف مكان الكنز، فصار يحفر لحتى لقى صندوق كبير فتحه و كان فيه مصاري و ذهب و مجوهرات غالية، و هون طلعوا العصابة و راحوا عشان يسرقوا المصاري بس الكلب هجم عليهم فخافوا منه و هربوا، و رجع الولد على البيت و معه الكنز و عاش هو، أمه و الكلب بسعادة و صاروا أغنياء كتير
Once upon a time, there was a young boy who lived in a simple village with his mother. This boy’s house was located next to a large, beautiful land. The boy helped his mother by farming it. One day, as usual, the mother and her son went to the land to plant and pick fruits. After they finished work, after a long and tiring day, they returned to their simple house. When they arrived at the house, they found a puppy sitting next to the house, seemed to be tired, hungry, and thirsty. He quickly went to the dog and brought him food and water.
Actually, the dog ate and drank water until he was full, but he did not go. He remained seated at the door of the house and never moved away, and like this, day after day, the boy got used to the presence of the dog, and every day he brought food and water to this poor dog, and after a while, the dog’s condition improved a lot, his health and strength came back, and he began to go every morning with the mother and her son to the field, and he became their friend.
On a day off, the boy left and took the dog with him to go for a walk, and they reached the outskirts of the village, far from the house. After a while, the boy felt tired, so he sat under a tree to rest a little under its shade. At that time, the dog was walking with slow steps around the tree, and his nose was close to the ground, as if he was smelling something, and suddenly the dog stopped and started digging the ground quickly. The boy was surprised by this sight and approached the dog to understand what was happening, but the dog kept digging and pulled out a large piece of paper from the ground. The boy took it, opened it, and found that it contains a map with the location of the treasure buried in the desert.
The boy was very happy and decided to go to the place of the treasure so that he could take it and make himself and his mother rich. The next day, the boy apologized to his mother and told her, “Mama, I am very tired and I will not be able to go with you to the field today.” And when the mother left the house, the boy and the dog left. They went to the desert, but at the same time there was a gang present in the desert and they knew about the treasure and they saw the boy and the dog, and they decided that they would hide and let the boy find the treasure in the desert and then steal it from him and kill him.
Indeed, after a while, the boy knew the location of the treasure, so he started digging until he found a large box. He opened it and it contained money, gold, and expensive jewelries. The gang got out and went to steal the money, but the dog attacked them, so they were afraid of it and ran away, and the boy went back home with the treasure, and he, his mother and the dog lived happily and became very rich.
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Hanan translated this story into Levantine Arabic.
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