Episode

"میرێ من بوری" My prince: it disappeared.

Episode: one

Ese Dela was a wise Kurdish man, who was the best counselor to the prince. He had a special rank among the others. The prince himself paid a great trust to him in all the decisions. They usually passed their time as best friends. One day when they were out together, the prince fell asleep and Esa stayed awake guarding him. Meanwhile, a scorpion came out of a near hole towards the prince. Esa took out his dagger to kill it, but at the moment he did so while lifting the dagger over the prince's head, the prince opened his both eyes to see the raised dagger over his head .He remained silent without uttering a word to his counselor. But Esa said his effective proverb when he directed his speech to the prince. My prince: it disappeared. Without clarifying what had vanished: in Kurdish this word has an irony because it has two different senses. One that the scorpion had gone and the second means the trust between me and you had come to an end, in other words it was in vain to convince him that he was trying to kill the scorpion which had disappeared in its hole. Esa from that particular incident decided to leave the prince's service and go to an unknown place.

نە کێم کەت، نە زێدەکەت Episode : two " no more, no less"

After a period of time, the prince felt anxious to see and regain his dearest friend and his best counselor Ese Dela. Because no one knew where he was. He presented a reward for any person who would be able to raise up a lamb for one year without letting it to increase or decrease its weight or else, he would be punished if he did not do so.

His men began to wander all the small towns and villages, but all refused to accept it on this puzzled condition. Finally they came across the old counselor without knowing who he was. He accepted the offer. After a year they came and took it to the prince. To the prince great surprise he found it the same. It didn't lose or gain any extra meat. As a result, he was quite sure that the one who had done this was his best counselor. So, how he did that: he fed the lamb as usual every day but he showed the lamb regularly a small wolf which made it feel frightened all the time and remained unchanged.

Episode : three " behead the superiors."

مەزنا سەر برکە، یێت بچیک خرکە

Throughout those few years that Ese left the prince, the region passed under unstable situation and his chiefs and commanders were out of control and disobedient. He determined to send his special secret envoy to fetch Ese for hope he would put an end to this catastrophe. The agent went to the place where Ese was working as he was told. There he found him hacking his grown melon. He came towards him and told the prince's message. While he was talking with him, he ignored what he was saying and continued working. But this time, he behaved strangely, he began to pull out all those big and ripe ones and threw them away and went to those small ones and started to take care of them. when the agent found him doing so, he returned to the prince. Then, the prince told him why he did not come back with you. He answered," my dear prince he had really got mad and became insane." Why? What for? Sir, he did so and so with his melons without paying any attention to what I was telling him. The prince understood the undeclared message. He summoned all the superiors to a certain place for a big feast without making any one know his real intention. At the right moment all were massacred. After that he started to rebuild his staff from the inferiors. He sent for his old counselor Ese to come back and take his own place as the best one and the most valued among all.

Episode : four

" سپنە یێ خوشە، سپنە نە یێ خوشە"

Which place do you prefer best, Eso?

One day while the governor of Amadiya feeling unwell and depressed wanted to ask his counselor Ese dela about his opinion concerning every day's affair. He started asking him this specific question," Which place do you prefer best?". The counselor pondered for a moment and looked at the mounts around him, they are so many. He replied: Sepne is my favorable one. Then, the governor conversed the question, but which place do you see the opposite? He moved his eyes towards Sepne and said: it is Sepne! my governor. The governor kept silent without uttering a word because he understood his inner feelings precisely. What a mutual comprehension between the both

Episode : five

Three definite questions

چێ؟ ب چێ؟ ئو چەوا؟ Which?With what? How?

One day while the prince and his counselor Ese dela were having their lunch outdoors, he asked him a short and specific question. He inquired: Which food is favorable to eat in a lump? He replied," a boiled egg". This incident took a long time, the prince wanted to test the counselor's mind and memory, he directed another question related to the first one. Suddenly, he said, " With what? While his counselor was busy doing something, he answered, my prince " With salt". The prince kept silent feeling puzzled about his fast attentiveness. Later, after a year-time he tried to mislead him and seized an opportunity to embarrass his capability of being a real counselor, he told him in a friendly way," Eso, how?. He smiled, my prince in a moderate way. This teasing mind test made the prince admire his counselor more and more.

Episode : six

Warm the envoy, prince!

"میرم گەرم کە"

The Kurdish prince had an urgent message to be sent to one of his commanders far away. It was winter, snow had covered all the ways, it was very risky to reach there. But the matter was very important, the prince asked his counselor to show him away to deliver that message. He told him to "warm the envoy". The prince ordered them to dress the envoy with woolen and heavy clothes to protect him from severe cold. But, in vain whoever they sent, didn't come back because they died of the harsh cold one after the other. Warming the envoy with heavy clothes didn't get any positive results. The prince put this task on the counselor, therefore; he took the next envoy aside and put in his pocket some golden coins and promised him if he returned he would pay him the same. While the envoy was walking through the icy mounts, he looked at those golden coins in his pockets, it made him feel warm. He delivered the message and on his way back was hoping that he would earn the remained coins. It made him seem more active without caring of the cold around him. When he entered the prince's office with those light clothes, he was astonished. He asked the counselor of the way he managed that. He told the prince you warmed him with clothes which didn't gain any benefit but I warmed him with money which made him not pay any attention to anything.

What a good idea!

Episode: Seven

بن ڤی کەڤری گەنج خانەیە There is treasure underneath this rock -

While the governor and his counselor Eso were climbing a mount for entertainment, they met a Kurdish shepherd sitting on a rock. The governor wanted to ask the shepherd some questions, therefore; he ordered him to come down, but he did not pay attention to him. He began to show his upset without knowing that he was the governor. Eso with his shrewdness was able to convince him to come down and talk to them. When he approached towards them he started to speak in a very different style than before when he was on the rock. When he answered the questions and went back to his rock he did the same as before, began to speak more warmly and indifferently. At that time Eso told the governor that there was something precious under this rock. So, when they explored the place, they found a treasure underneath it. Then, the governor inquired how did you know that? Eso explained to him that those two different accents he showed gave me the hint that on his speech there on the rock revealed strength and power. This is an aspect in human nature which shows superiority to the other when there is a change in the place.

Episode : Eight

physiognomy پێ حەسین - The

One day, the governor and his counselor Eso were resting in front of a hill which led to the valley beyond. It happened that a passer-by was walking alone to reach his village opposite them. On his way towards the sloppy valley, somehow far away from them, they saw the man stopping suddenly and turning around to see who was behind him. At that moment, they both noticed that sudden behavior from that traveler. Eso laughingly said," that man made a fart." The counselor was astonished to hear that. He told him how did you know that? Both of them bet on that incident, therefore; they sent for him and brought him and he declared that this happened to him, he said I looked around to see who was behind me. This sudden glance had made the counselor be sure that the man made that fart. It was physiognomy.