Week 9 Story: The Cost of Water

Once upon a time, in a very hot country, a man fell very ill. He asked his wife to go out to the local river and draw some water for him. This water was famous for its healing properties and so the wife set out to retrieve some for her husband. The wife sneaked past the ogre guarding the river and collected water before returning back home. When he wife presented the water to her husband he quickly drank it and asked for more. The wife admitted that she did not have more and that the amount she brought back should've been enough to heal him. The husband loved being tended too almost as much as he loved the taste of the water. He demanded that she get more for him. The wife expressed how concerned she was about the ogre who was guarding the river but the husband did not care. The wife set out again to fetch more water. This time the ogre was expecting her and quickly moved in between her and the great river. The woman pleaded for her life but the ogre claimed he had not eaten i...