Old Blockhead repairs his house

Once there lived an old couple at the end of a village. The man was called Old Blockhead and his wife was called Ma Blockhead. They lived happily in a little wooden house far away from other people. The roof of their house was full of holes and the walls were rotten. Ma blockhead planned to repair the house.

One day, Ma Blockhead said to Old Blockhead, “Let’s repair the house look at the roof. It leaks. And the walls — they’ve gotten holes in them.”

“A good idea,” said Old Blockhead readily.

“My dear husband,” said Ma Blockhead sweetly, “I think you should repair this house.”
“Me? Did you say… me?” asked Old Blockhead. He was shocked.

Old Blockhead did not want to repair his house, so he made all kinds of excuses. First he told Ma Blockhead that he had a lot of work to do. Then he told he told her that he was tired. And finally he told her that he was sick.

Ma Blockhead finally replied, “This is our house, isn’t it? Then we should repair it”

“Actually,” said Old Blockhead, “I don’t want to do this. And I don’t know how to do this”

Ma Blockhead shook her head. How could she persuade him to repair the house?

Suddenly she had an idea. She dug a winding road which started from the garden and, passing through bushes and undergrowth, led back to their garden. A few days later, ma blockhead said to old blockhead, “My dear husband, we have very little food left. I think it would be a good idea if you go out and look for work. If you work, we can have some money, with which we could buy food.”

Old blockhead asked her if she knew where he could find work, and to which, she replied, “I’ve heard that the owner of the house at the end of this road is looking for someone to work there. If you’re lucky, you might get some work there.”

Old Blockhead then set out to look for the house at the end of the road. He followed the winding path through the bushes and undergrowth. After walking for sometime, he finally reached at the end of the road. Old blockhead saw a little wooden house.

“Is anybody home?” he asked

A woman came out.

“Yes. What is it you want?”

Old Blockhead could not believe his eyes. He thought to himself, “This woman looks a lot like my wife. Even the house looks similar. Ah, no. I must be mistaken”

Old Blockhead told her that he was looking for a job. The old woman asked Old Blockhead to repair the house. “The roof must be replaced,” she said. “The walls too. All materials will be provided by the owner of the house. You shall be the carpenter.”

Old Blockhead agreed to work at the house that looked exactly like his. The next day, he began repairing the house. He pulled down the rotten walls. He also brought down the leaky roof. While he worked, he was well taken care of by the woman who looked similar to his wife. In the evening, he went back home. This happened everyday. At the end of the week, Old Blockhead had finished his work. He had repaired the woman’s house. She paid him well for the job.

Old Blockhead went home with the money. He was very happy. He sang softly as he walked along the bushes and the undergrowth. He stopped short when he reached his house.

“Ma! Ma!” he shouted at the top of his lungs.

Ma Blockhead came out, beaming. She took the money her husband gave her.

“Thank you, my dear husband. Now we can buy loads of delicious food.” She said happily.

But Old Blockhead was still bewildered. He stared at his house without blinking.”Our house has been repaired Ma?” asked Old Blockhead, surprised.

“Oh yes!” replied Ma Blockhead, smiling.

“Who did it?”

“Well, his name is old blockhead” said ma blockhead shaking with laughter.

“No, no. That cannot be true. I repaired the house at the end of this road,” said old blockhead.

Ma Blockhead told him the real story.

“So all this while, I was repairing my own house!” exclaimed Old Blockhead, scratching his bald head.

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