The Story of the Magic Purse
Retold by Alisha Allen, Kera Rolando, Craig Stark
And Lisa Woolard
An Irish man named Laddy Laddikins sets off on his morning walk to the corner pub. As he walks, a Leprechaun appears. The Leprechaun talks with Laddy for a while and then says he must leave. As he begins to leave, Laddy notices a shiny, golden purse in the Leprechaun’s hands. Laddy says: “Ay lad, whatcha got in your hands?” “This is just a simple purse Laddy.” Replies Leppy the Leprechaun. “I keep it for me lucky charms!” When Leppy shows Laddy the purse, Laddy sees only one coin. Leppy turns to leave when Laddy puts the coin in his pocket. To Laddy’s surprise, Leppy pulls another coin out of the purse. Suddenly Laddy Shouts: “Saints and Begora! That there’s a magic purse!” Laddy immediately grabs the purse and runs off. Leppy, with a grinning smirk and a gleam in his eye says: “Ay Laddy, now you’re in for it me boy!” With a shrug of his shoulders, Leppy was gone!
Laddy walks into the Irish pub thinking he’s the richest man in the world now! “Ale’s on me lads!” The bartender- who has an unusual gleam in his eye- says “Ay Laddy! Drinks on you!” What Laddy failed to realize was that the bartender had an unusual purse around his waist!
Drinks have been drunk and it’s time to close. The Bartender hands Leppy the tab and then says: “Pay up Laddy! Pub’s closin!” With a flick of his writs, Laddy reaches in and pulls out a gold coin… Then as he reaches back in, he seems to panic a bit as he just pulls out a lump of lint. “Mother Theresa of Calcutta! There’s nothing in me purse!” The next think you know, Laddy’s sitting in the courtroom as the Judge exclaims: “Laddy, provide proof that the purse you have is magic, and you’ll be a free man. If you can’t prove it, then it’s 30 years of hard labor!” As Laddy tries and tries to make the purse pull out another coin, the judge- with a grinning smirk- says: “ Ay, ya had your chance Laddy, now you’ll have to pay off that tab with honest work me boy!” Just then, with a shrug of his shoulders, the judge disappeared. Laddy was stuck doing hard labor of cutting rock.
Moral: Looks can be deceiving!
