editOne day, in a sleepy village with no electricity, the Electricity Department decided to put up electricity poles.

editThe villagers were excited.

editEvery day, a big pit was dug out for each pole.

editThe entire village would gather and watch.

editRopes were used to pull up the poles. The villagers helped lift the poles into the pits.

editEven the kids pulled the ropes with all their might. "HAYYIIISHHHHAAAAAA!"

editOnce the poles were up, the Electricity Department team vanished.

editEvery day, the villagers would wait for them to come back and finish their work. All they could talk about was how excited they were to get electricity.

editThe villagers began climbing up the poles. The poles gave them a perfect view of their surroundings and far away villages.

editDays passed, with no sign of the Electricity Department team.

editOne evening, a little child took a lantern from her house.🏠

editShe climbed up one of the poles and hung the lantern on top.

editEveryone noticed the lovely bright lantern on top of the pole.

editThe next evening, the villagers hung lanterns from all five poles.

editEvery day, lanterns were taken down,👎🙃 refueled, and hung back up again.

editThe villagers made a game of it and had lots of fun.

editThen, even without electricity, the nearby villages could spot this little village from afar at night.

editThey began calling it "The Village of Five Poles."