Comenius 2011-2013, project: An extra place at table or know each other through food", Comenius activity: National legend connected to food, presentation prepared Comenius team from Apsiou School i Cyprus, Coordinator: Vassilis Papastavrou

1. CYPRUS
National legend connected to food
Comenius activity
Project: An extra place at table or know
each other through food
2013

2. The hunter and the goose

3. • Once upon a time a hunter had to present
on a trial at the city of Varosha
(Ammochostos). He took his gun with
him, so as to hunt on his way to Varosha. In
a little while he saw a goose and he shot it.
When he arrived at Varosha, he looked for
a good chef and he said.

4. - "Please get this goose, cook it well and I will
pay you whatever you want".
- "Okay," said the chef and the hunter left.

5. While the judge was
passing from there with
his slave he smelt the
divine aroma of the
cooked goose coming
from the chef’s kitchen.
- "Oh my God! What a
nice smell! The chef is
cooking a great food
today. Go to see what
food is this!, he said to
the slave, "

8. - "Do not be afraid, because
I am the judge. Birds fly don’t
they? Tell him that it flied
away. Without loosing any
time the judge grabbed the
goose and left.

9. After a while
the hunter
came and told
to the chef: "I
came to take
me my food. Is
it cooked?".
- The chef was
terrified but he
replied: "We
have various
foods, what
do you want?"

10. - "Don’t play fool. Did not I give you my goose so as
to cook it?", asked the hunter.
- "Ah! Unfortunately your goose as it is a bird, flied
to the sky and left. „
- "Are you kidding me, replied the angry hunter.

11. The chef insisted that the cooked food turned alive
and flied away. The hunter became furious and
started to run after the chef with a fork so as to bit
him. When they were running they stumbled upon a
pregnant woman and she felt down losing her baby.
But they kept running.

12. While the chef was running he saw a minare
(Muslim tower) and he started climbing up
the stairs. The hunter was constantly behind
him. As they were running, the hunter
pushed Hodja (Muslim priest) and felt down
form the tall Minare landing on a man and
both were killed. They kept running until
they climbed down the stairs. After a lot of
running they end up to the judge.

14. Meanwhile all the rest that were hurt by the
hunter and the chef came in court.
- "Your Honor, says the man of the woman who
lost the baby, this man went over to my wife
and she lost the baby."
- "Ah, says the judge, if you have a complain
take this man to your house to make her
another baby".
- "No, no, he replied, I have no complaints".

15. Then the brother of the man killed by the fall of Hodja
came.
- "Your Honor, he says, they pushed Hodja and he felt
down from the minare and killed my brother '
- "Oh, he says, if you have any complain I will put this
man downstairs the Minare and you can climb up and
fall down so as to kill him and have your revenge”.
- "No, no, he replied, I have no complaints".

16. SO in that way everybody left and the judge
was the only one who enjoyed the fantastic
food. Sometimes people are willing to do
anything, good or bad, so as to eat a delicious
food!!!

18. Thank you for watching
National Cypriot legend was pepared by:
Comenius team from Apsiou School
Coordinator: Vassilis Papastavrou