Geeci was an orphan.

He begged the King to keep him. He also begged him to let him eat from the leftovers of the food the princes and princesses ate.

The King agreed.

The king's last wife hated Geeci so much. She would not let him eat.

She drove him away anytime he came near the leftovers.

Geeci would go into the forest in search of wild fruits. One day, he fell asleep under the fig tree.

He heard a voice saying, "Arise, where you are is a palace. You're the King!"

Suddenly, Geeci saw people, houses and domestic animals spreading out into a big kingdom.

He saw himself on a beautiful throne surrounded by beautiful queens and servants.

He had herds of cattle, goats and sheep. All the animals were led by a one-eyed ram called Pir-she.

His favorite queen hated Pir-she so much because the blind eye always oozed with mucus.

Each time, the animals returned from grazing, safely led by Pir-she. All of them respectfully waited for Pir-she to drink first.

The queen would drive Pir-she from the pool to allow other animals to drink. Hoever, they would all turn away.

The queen continued denying Pir-she water. "Gbaaa! Pir-she will not drink!" She would scream.

The other animals too refused to drink.

Geeci simply looked away and said nothing. Pir-she cried out in a sad song but no one listened.

The animals complained to Geeci. They had not drank water for several days. They warned him that if he did not restrain his wife from evil, something strange would happen.

The King promised to do something about it.

Pir-she was the lucky charm behind Geeci's fortunes. But nobody knew except the animals.

He kept reporting the maltreatment but the King loved his favorite queen too much.

After seven days of thirst, Pir-she raised his mouth to the heavens and cried in a doleful tune.

"Geeci, Geeci! Jilaaa wa jinaaa! I have cried to you, but you love your queen more than the poor! Jilaaa wa jinaaa!"

As Pir-she cried, Geeci, the King, looked on. The whole kingdom, the wealth and everything folded away.

Geeci was left sleeping under the fig tree in his rags.

He realized that his unkindness to the poor and animals cost him his fortunes.

He remained in the bush and never returned home again.