The legend of the watermelon for iPad

The legend of watermelon for iPad - Interactive comics for kids

In the old days, during the 18th Hung King, King Hung adopted an orphan boy named Mai An Tiem. An Tiem was intelligent and straight-forward and didn't like flattery.

That's why the officials or flattery in the court hate him very much. One day, King Hung organized a feast for his followers. Important officials court each other flattering that everything in heaven and earth are by grace the king. An Tiem alone asserts that everything in the world is made by human hands. The officials attributed that An Tiem crime to the army and demanded that the king exiled An Tiem to a deserted island. King Hung listened to the mandarins and exiled An Tiem to the deserted island.

Arriving on a deserted island, An Tiem's ​​wife and children wept in fear, only An Tiem was calm because he thought that with his labor, he could not starve to death. As expected, with the hard work of the An Tiem family, they managed to build a house and have enough to eat.

One day, while An Tiem was working in the field, he picked up a strange particle dropped by birds in the sky. Thinking that the bird could eat, he could eat, so he brought the seeds home and planted. Soon after, An Tiem tree planted a green-yolk-green fruit, eaten cool and sweet.

Once, a merchant ship was hit by waves in An Tiem Island, he saved them and let them enjoy the fruit. They liked it very much, so when they moved, they exchanged a lot of goods for this new precious fruit, and since then they have come back many times to buy An Tiem's ​​fruits. Good news spread far, back to Van Lang country. King Hung heard the news, regretting so he sent a boat to pick up An Tiem. An Tiem returned to his homeland and taught the people how to grow this new fruit.

Up to now this fruit is still very popular under the name: watermelon or many places called Mai An Tiem melon.