It is told that one day before words existed, there was a small boy named Yes living in a small village inside a small kingdom. Yes was the best boy in the village in everything, and he was smarter than any other person in the village.
Yes had another brother named No. No was jealous of his brother Yes because he was better than him in everything. All the people of the village loved him because he always helped them, while No always refused to help the village people.
One day, the father of Yes and No, whose name was Hasan, had to travel far for a long time. Hasan owned three animals named Jack, X, and Yuke. He asked his sons Yes and No to care for the three animals and care for them well.
When the father traveled, Yes cared for the animals and tended to them as his father had asked him, while his brother No sat by the lake and did nothing. One day, Yes went to search for food for the animals. Before he left, he asked his brother No to tend the animals until he returned, but No did not care about his brother’s words and slept on the shore of the lake.
The king had a dedicated road inside the village that he would travel in his carriage. While No was asleep, the three animals moved and headed toward the king’s dedicated road. At the same time, the king came out to walk in his carriage. While he was walking on his way, he found the animals on the road. He tried to turn the carriage away so as not to collide with the animals, but the carriage overturned, and the king fell on the ground and felt pain.
The king felt anger and summoned the people of the village. He asked them who had left those animals walking on his dedicated road. Yes had returned from his search for food, and because he could not lie, he told the king the truth.
The king decided to send Yes and No to his fortress to work there as punishment for them leaving the animals on the road. Indeed, the two brothers went to work in the king’s fortress, and there was a lot of work in the fortress.
But with time, the king realized that No was useless, as he did not do any work, while Yes did all the work alone. One day, the king decided to hold a big party at the palace. Chefs came from all parts of the kingdom to present their dishes to the king to present at the party.
One of the chefs came with a delicious berry pie. The king loved it very much. Therefore, he asked Yes to take it from the chef and bring it into the palace. After a while, another chef came and brought a plate of green soup. The king did not like green soup, but he feared angering the people of the city if he refused to eat the soup.
The king thought and decided to send No to bring the soup from the chef, but No dropped the soup container from his hand, and it spilled on the ground. After that, the king remembered that if he loved something and wanted more of it, he says Yes, and if he hated something, he says No. From that day, the word Yes came to mean Yes, and the word No came to mean No. Yes and No lived in the kingdom with their cousins from “Please” and “Thank you,” but for those there is another story.
Translated from the story: The story of Yes and No