Singer was a Polish-born, Yiddish writer, but lived in the United States since 1935 till his death. A journalist and writer, Singer writes in Yiddish, originally the language of Eastern European Jewish communities. His well-known novels such as The family Moscat (1950), The Slave (1963), as well as his collections of short stories such as Gimpel the Fool (1957) and A Friend of Kafka (1970) have all been translated into English. Singer wrote mostly about the lives of Polish Jews in different periods of history. His colorful, realistic stories are based on the folklore tradition of the Slav-Yiddish narrative prose. Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.
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Atzel was a young boy, as on of a rich man Kadish. Aksah was an orphan girl who lived in a household of Kadish. Atzel and Aksah were very close, and everybody knew that one day, they"d get marry. Suddenly, Atzel became ill. His illness was very odd; he imagined that he was dead. Actually he was very lazy and didn't like responsibilities and he knew that in paradise everything is easy. If he were dead he wouldn't have to do anything. No one could cure him, or convince him that he is alive. In the end, his father asked Dr. Yoetz for help. He told him that he could cure Atzel if they do anything Dr. Yoetz asks them to do. They redecorated Atzel's room to make it look like he's in paradise. Servants were dressed white and had wings on their back, so they looked like angels. They put candles all over the room. Atzel had to eat the same food every day, drink the same drink, and do absolutely NOTHING. As the days passed by, Atzel got tired of living like that, all alone and doing nothing. He yearned to see his family and Aksah. The eight day, when his family saw that he was cured, one of the angels (servant) told Atzel that there has been a mistake and that he isn't dead. He was very happy when he saw his family and Aksah. Atzel and Aksah got married and lived happily ever after .
