06/08/2025
Tales time......
Tonight's village story Tales takes us to Sudan..... enjoy 🥰.
In the dry but dignified lands of northern Sudan, where the Blue nile splits the earth with grace and determination, lived an aged but spirited farmer named Hamed Osman. Hamed wasn’t the kind of man who chased after riches or titles. His pride lay in the dust beneath his fingernails, the calluses on his hands, and the rustle of crops swaying in the desert wind. In his village of Al Matamma he was simply known as “the man of the land.”
His journey began as a barefoot boy trailing his father to the fields before sunrise. He would carry water in clay pots, herd goats under the punishing sun, and listen closely as his father taught him the rhythm of the land: when to plant, how to read the skies, how to speak to animals not with words, but with presence. “The land remembers how you treat it,” his father would often say.
By the time Hamed became a man, Sudan had changed.
Droughts grew longer. Floods became fiercer. Political shifts left many smallholder farmers forgotten. But not Hamed. He stayed rooted. He adapted. He learned to harvest hope even in seasons of despair. His small piece of land, barely a few acres wide, became a quiet miracle always producing something, no matter how tough the year.
During the drought of 2005, many farms around his collapsed into dust. Wells ran dry. Crops failed. Livestock perished. The young fled to the cities, but Hamed old, determined, and sunburned dug deeper. Literally. With nothing but a hoe and stubborn faith, he deepened his well by hand, rationed water to his sheep, and planted drought-tolerant grains. He shared what he had with widows, helped rebuild fences for his neighbors, and used every spare coin to buy medicine for sick animals.
At night, while others complained, Hamed would sit outside his hut with a lantern, scribbling notes on animal illnesses, feed combinations, and seasonal rainfall. Uneducated in the modern sense, yet wise beyond textbooks, he became the village’s unofficial veterinarian, weather advisor, and agricultural counselor.
Years passed. His children, now grown and educated, returned with new ideas solar panels, improved goat breeds, mobile vet apps. But Hamed reminded them gently: “Tools are good, but it’s the heart that grows the farm.”
By the time Hamed reached his 70s, his story had become legend not because of grand awards or fame, but because of his unyielding resilience. Young farmers now walk with pride through his fields, taking notes, asking questions, and reminding each other, “If Baba Hamed could make it, so can we.”
To this day, when the sun sets over the Nile, casting long shadows over the land, villagers say the soil itself whispers Hamed’s name.
Moral...... True farming is more than planting seeds it’s planting strength, memory, and legacy. In a world rushing toward quick results, may we always remember the farmer who endures, adapts, and believes in tomorrow, even when today offers no promise. Because the land rewards not just the clever, but the committed.
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