Once upon a time there was a king. This king declared all over his country: “Anyone who tells such a lie that I say it is a lie, I will give them half of my kingdom.”
There came a shepherd and said: “Your majesty, my father had a cane and he could reach the stars in the sky with it.”
“There may be such a thing”, answered the king, “My grandfather had a pipe so long that he put one end in his mouth and lit it with the sun.”
The liar went out puzzled.
There came a tailor and said: “I am sorry for being late, my king, I was to come earlier. It rained a lot yesterday, lightning struck, the sky was ripped up, I had to go and mend it.”
“Well, good of you”, said the king, “But you didn’t mend it well. It rained a little this morning.”
This one went out too.
There came in a poor peasant with a pan under his arm.
“What do you want, man?”, asked the king.
“You owe me a pan full of gold, I have come for it”
“A pan full of gold?”, the king got surprised, “You are telling a lie. I don’t owe you any gold.”
“If I am telling a lie, then give me half of your kingdom”
“No, no, you are telling the truth”, the king changed his word.
“If I am telling the truth, give me a pan full of gold”
My friends sometimes tell a lie, but they often tell the truth.
My family always tell the truth.
Homeless dogs and cats are poor, and we have to feed them.
The bank owes my father one thousand Armenian drams.
Daniel has to do homework today.
Declare – հայտարարել
Shepherd – հովիվ
Your majesty – Ձերդ մեծություն
Cane – ձող, եղեգ
Reach – հասնել
Pipe – խողովակ
Puzzled – տարակուսած
Tailor – դերձակ
Struck – վնասված
Ripped up – պատռված
Mend – ուղղել
Peasant – գյուղացի
Pan – թավա
To be owe – պարտավոր լինել