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Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had two daughters and three sons. He married off his daughters, and they scattered from their native nest. The old man and his sons remained to live. Only here’s the problem: he was completely blind and couldn’t do anything without the help of his sons. One day the brothers gathered in the field, and they said to the old man:

We’ll go plow, and you sit in the yard and guard the wheat so that the birds don’t eat it.

“I can’t do this kind of work,” the old man replies. “I won’t keep track of the birds.”

“Listen better,” the sons teach, “you’re not deaf:

Birds will fly in and beat the bags with their wings, and you will hear them.

They gave my father a long bamboo stick to drive away the birds, planted it in the middle of the yard and left.

They returned in the evening and saw an old man sitting, waving a stick in different directions, and the birds were still pecking at the wheat.

The sons got angry:

Why did we leave you to guard? What good are you? The old man began to cry, but did not answer his sons. And they began to hold advice among themselves.

Our father is nothing but losses! - says the eldest.

There is no benefit from it! - echoes the middle one.

Our father has lived in this world! - the younger one assents. “If only he had died,” the brothers began to dream, “we would have divided all his wealth among themselves and lived without any hassle.” So they were up to no good.

One morning the sons came to their father and said:

Today, father, we decided to go to a distant island and do a little fishing. Come with us. Fresh air and ears won't hurt you.

The old man rejoiced:

I have long wanted to eat fragrant ears!

They got into the boat and sailed to the rocky island. We caught fish there, and it turned out to be a great fish soup. And when it began to get dark, the sons said to their father:

Are you tired, perhaps? Go to bed, get some sleep, and when we get ready, we’ll wake you up.

The old man trusted his sons, lay down and fell asleep. And when I woke up the next morning, I started calling them. But no one answered him. The father realized that his children had been abandoned on a wild island to wait for death by starvation. And then the sea began to boil, high waves rose, and a cold wind blew. The waves began to crash against the rocks, and one rose to the very top of the island and washed the old man into the sea.

And at this very time, the daughters of the old men came from the city to visit their father. They brought him all sorts of gifts, apparently and invisibly. They knocked on the house - there was no answer. The daughters were surprised and went to a neighbor.

Did something bad happen to our father? - they ask. “He promised to wait for us at home.”

The neighbor shrugged:

I don’t know, I don’t know what happened to your father. I just saw how yesterday he and his sons were getting ready to go fishing, and in the evening the children returned without their father. Maybe he fell ill on the way?

The daughters ran to the sea. They decided that their father had died in the depths of the waters. And if so, the sea will carry his body to the shore. They examined all the coastal rocks - they found nothing. They sat down by the water and cried. Suddenly they see a lonely rock sticking out in the sea not far from the island, and on that rock... the father is sitting, saddened.

Father, father! - the daughters shouted. - Alive! Alive! They hired a boat and brought my father home.

How did you end up on the rock? - the daughters began to ask. “What happened to you?”

The old man sighed and said:

I didn’t think that my sons would decide to destroy me. They lured me to a wild island and abandoned me, while they sailed home. A storm rose in the sea and washed me off the cliff big wave, I almost died.

How did you manage to escape? - the daughters were surprised.

“As soon as I fell into the sea and began to drown,” the old man said, “a large shark swam up to me, put me on its back and took me to a lonely rock.

Thank you, shark,” the daughters began to thank, “for saving our father.

They went ashore and saw that in the distance there was indeed a large shark swimming.

“We should thank her,” said the old man. The daughters brought a young bull to the shore. A shark swam up, took the goby and disappeared into the depths of the sea. And at that very moment the old man suddenly regained his sight and began to see no worse than before. There was no end to the joy! They took their father's daughters by the hands and led them home.

But their father’s sons didn’t even think about looking; they divided the old man’s wealth and decided to celebrate their unexpected luck. They loaded all sorts of treats into the boat and sailed out to sea for fish. They got out into the open sea, but as soon as they cast the net, it became dark all around and the wind rose. The boat rocked from side to side, and then completely turned over. The brothers are floundering in the water, calling for help, but who will hear them? And so the evil sons perished in the depths of the sea. And the old man’s daughters took them to live in the city. And they lived together happily ever after.

Although sharks are predators that eat everything that lives in the ocean, their actual number of attacks on people is much less than you think. There are many types of sharks, for example, great white shark, hammerhead shark, tiger shark and mako, they are all very different and have their own characteristics. Let's look at what interesting facts we can tell you about sharks.

• Sharks do not have a single bone in their body. Their spine is made of cartilage.
• Almost all sharks move throughout their lives. Movement is life for sharks; water passes through their gills, supplying oxygen to the blood. If the shark stops, it will suffocate and die.
• Sharks have very good hearing. They can hear the sound of fish 500 meters away.
• If a shark is placed in a large pool. Then she will smell even a drop of blood in this pool.
• Most sharks do not reach a meter in length, but there are exceptions, such as the tiger shark, they can reach up to 14 meters in length.
• Newborn sharks are already capable of taking care of themselves. The mother shark leaves the baby behind her so as not to eat him.
• Not all shark species are viviparous. Some lay eggs, and once hatched, the young take care of themselves.
• Great white sharks are the most dangerous sharks in the ocean. These predators can reach speeds in water of up to 30 km/h.
• Unlike other shark species, great white sharks are warm-blooded. Such sharks must eat a lot of meat to regulate their temperature.
• A shark always has a small row of teeth that develops behind a row of large teeth. Over time, small teeth move forward and the front teeth fall out.

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It was a long time ago. The sea was deeper then. The rocks are higher. Even the grass was greener. Only the poor lived poorly then, as now.
At that time, there lived a boy on one of the islands. The boy's name was Punia. He lived alone with his mother in a small hut. The hut stood on the seashore, not far from the reefs. Punia and his mother lived poorly. Taro roots and potatoes were their only food. Only on very rare days did they buy themselves some sugar cane or bananas.
Punia loved to sit on the seashore. There, in the caves between the reefs, lived lobsters. They were clearly visible through the clear water.
Punia was a good swimmer, but he had never dived for lobster. He was afraid of sharks. Sharks lived near the caves. There were nine of them. Each of them could swallow Punia whole. And in the mouth of the largest one - Kaemaena - an entire canoe could easily fit.
More than once little Punia wondered how he could outwit the sharks. And this is what he came up with.
At noon, when the sharks were sleeping at the bottom of the bay, Punia came to the sea. He sat down on the edge of the reef and began to dangle his legs in the water.
The splash of water woke up the sharks. Then Punia said loudly:
– I really want to catch lobsters. They are so delicious. The sharks are sleeping, and I have nothing to fear from them. And if they wake up, I know how to deceive them. That thinnest shark over there taught me this.
Punia took a large stone and threw it far into the sea with all his strength. The sharks rushed for the stone. They thought it was Punia who jumped.
While the sharks were looking for Punia in the place where the stone fell, he managed to dive and catch two lobsters.
When Kaemaena saw Punia on the shore with lobsters in her hands, she said:
“So it’s true that there is a traitor among us?”
And eight big sharks They immediately ate the thinnest one, the ninth.
The next day Punia came to the sea again. He dangled his legs in the water and, when the sharks woke up, said loudly:
– The lobsters were very tasty. I'll catch two more today. The sharks are sleeping, and I have nothing to fear from them. And if they wake up, I know how to deceive them.
The biggest shark taught me this today.
Punia again took the stone and again threw it far into the sea. And while the sharks were looking for Punia where the stone fell, he managed to dive again and catch two more lobsters.
When Kaemaena saw Punia on the shore with lobsters in her hands, she flew into a terrible rage.
-Which of us is the biggest? – she asked in such a voice that the other seven sharks backed away.
Then the bravest, and perhaps the stupidest, of them said:
- Oh Kaemaena! You are the biggest!
Here the brave shark was so frightened by his own courage that he ran away. But it was too late: Kaemaena pounced on her and tore her in half.
On the third day Punia came to the sea again. He dangled his legs in the water and, when the sharks woke up, said loudly:
“I’ll catch two more lobsters today.” The sharks are sleeping, and I have nothing to fear from them. And if they wake up, I know how to deceive them. That shark over there with the broken fin taught me this today.
This time Punia didn't even have to throw a stone into the sea: as soon as Kaemaena heard Punia talking about a shark with a broken fin, she immediately pounced on it. And while the sharks were fighting among themselves, Punia managed to dive and catch two more lobsters.
Day after day Punia now came to the sea.
Every day he caught his lobsters, and every day the deceived Kaemaena ate one of the sharks.
And then the ninth day came.
Going to the sea this time, Punia took with him a large stick, pointed at both ends.
He dangled his feet in the water and, when Kaemaena woke up, said loudly:
“I’ll catch two more lobsters today.” Kaemaena is sleeping, and I have nothing to fear from her. And if she wakes up, I know how to deceive her. If only she didn't think of swallowing me whole. Then I won't be saved. But she's so stupid!
When Kaemaena heard Punia speak, she thought: “It’s good that this boy is such a talker! Now I know how to deal with him."
Then she opened her mouth as wide as possible and prepared to swallow Punia whole.
And that was all he needed! He clutched the stick tightly to himself and jumped from the reef straight into the large canoe-like mouth of Kaemaena.
And when Kaemaena tried to close her mouth, the sharp ends of the stick dug into her jaws. And Punia climbed over the high, reef-like teeth of Kaemaena and swam for the lobsters.
No matter how hard Kaemaena fought, she could not free herself from Punia’s stick. So she swam with her mouth open until she died of hunger.
It was a long time ago. But they say that even now sharks are afraid to swim to the shores of the island where little Punia once lived.

Translated and edited by L. Yuryev.
Drawing by O. Zotov.