The strategy of escape from death.(part 2)

Soon, the villagers who could hear the noise got up. They carried the weapons such as bow and arrow, wood, some rock and anything they could grab.

They surrounded the date plum tree, wishing to gave the monkeys the lesson because they dared to steal the date plums in the night.
One man said that" Well, they all come here. Get down now, monkeys. I'll cut you one by one."
Another man asked the first man that " How can you cut them? You only have a rock not a knife. How can you cut them by a rock."
He answered that " Come on, I just make a comparison. Do you get it? A comparison!! You know?"

Each of 80,000 monkeys was very frightened of death. So they were panicky and didn't know what to do.

A female monkey said that "Oh boy! Oh boy! What are we going to do? We're going to die."
One of the monkeys said that " Right. We should be careless. We enjoy eating too much."

When the great monkey saw that the monkeys were very frightened, he found the way to calm them so that they wouldn't be too scared and die of the heart attack.
The great monkey consoled the monkeys and told that "Don't be frightened, guys. There're many things that humans need to do. Let them stand over there and wait. If we don't go down, they can't climb up. Keep eating the plums. Just wait for a while. Soon humans will do something else."

When he saw that the monkeys'feeling was getting better, the great monkey told them to count the monkey
in the crowd whether they were. But after counting, there was one missing from the crowd.
A monkey said that " One of us is missing. It's Senaka. Why is he absent?"
The second monkey said that " What!! Senaka, the great monkey's nephew? Where is he going?"
Another monkey said that " Well...Well...Could he be caught by humans? I'm so worried about him."
The second monkey complained that " And still you can eat. It's really touching."

The great monkey knew that Senaka's absence didn't caused by being caught. He firmly believed that soon Sanaka would find the way to help them.
The great monkey said that " Don't be scared. Though Senaka isn't here. I believe it doesn't mean that he was caught. Let's wait for a while. I think Senaka can find the way to help us."

One of the monkeys asked the great monkey that " Is that true, Master? I'm so scared that I can't do anything. Yum, yum."
Another monkey ridiculed that " Are you really scared? You almost eat the plums on the tree up."

Senaka, the great monkey's nephew didn't accompany with the crowd of monkeys. Actually, Senaka was sleeping while the monkeys were going to the village. When he got up, he was very surprised that he couldn't see other monkeys in the woods.
Senaka said to himself that" Umm... (Yawn). Hey! Where have all the monkeys gone?   Why is the forest so quiet today? What happened?"

Senaka tried to find the clue that told him where his monkey friends had gone. Finally, he found several footprints heading for the abandoned village. Senaka realize at the time that the crowd of monkeys went there to get the date plums.

Senaka thought that" Umm.. looking at the footprints, I guess my friends must go to the village to eat the date plums. I'd better catch them up. I enjoy sleeping too much. I don't know if the plums are gone now."
Senaka followed the footprints until he arrived at the village. When he saw many villagers carrying the weapons stood around the date plum tree, he realized that there must be something bad happening to his friends.

Senaka knew that " No way. If I let it go on like this, my friends must be killed by humans. I have to find the way to distract their attention so that my friends on the tree will be to run away . Let's put it this way."

Senaka grabbed  baby cloth that was hung around there and put it on in order to disguise as a boy. He walked into a house where an old lady was sitting and spinning cotton string.

Senaka was dressed in child clothes as speak to the old lady that " Granny, it's very dark outside. I want to go to the toilet. Could I borrow you torch?"
She said " Yes, of course, boy. It's right there. Take it and give me back later."

When he got the torch. Senaka ran to the house that located windward and then used that torch to start the fire at the roof of that house. The wind that blew helped the fire rage faster. It burnt the house so fast.

When the villagers who standing around the date plum tree saw it, they left the crowd of monkeys and helped put out the fire abruptly.

A man shouted that " Hurry, guys. Fire! Let's put it out. Otherwise, it'll burns down the whole village. Leave the monkeys alone. Let's put out the fire first."

When the people left to put out the fire, the crowd of monkeys took the chance to run away from the date plum tree. Each of them didn't forget to take a date plum in order to give it to Senaka for he came to help them.

A monkey said that" Hurry up. Let's go now before they finish putting out the fire."
Some female monkey said that "We really have to thank Senaka. We'd better take some date plums with us and give them to him."

All of the monkeys talked together happily that " Alright. Alright.... Hey, hey. You'd better swallow it before you talk. You're really something. You stuffed yourself like that, yet you still didn't stop eating."

The strategy of escape from death.(part 1)

Once upon a time, there was the great monkey who had 80,000 followers, they all lived in the fertile forest.

Next to the forest, there was a rural village. This village was sometimes occupied by people, but sometimes it wasn't. On the lawn at the center of the village, there was a date plum tree. It branched out widely and yielded delicious fruits.

Monkeys always came to eat those date plums when there was no one living in the village.

One of monkeys said that" These plums are so delicious, I can't stop eating them. Yum,yum. This is the golden chance. When humans aren't in like this, we have to stuff ourselves."
Some monkey said that "Just eat them up. If they come back, we'll be doomed."

But soon, when the date plum tree yielded its fruits, the village was occupied by people. They built the house and grew a lot of giant reeds. After the monkeys hadn't eaten the date plum for a while, they craved for it. But they didn't know if the people came back to the village or not.

The first monkey said that" Well, I'd say it's time the date plum tree is yielding its fruits. I really crave for it, I want to go back to the village and get the fruits."
Another monkey warned that " If you go back there carelessly and confront humans, we'll be hapless. Let's say, we should send a spy to check if there're any humans living in the village."
The first monkey agreed that " Um... That's a good idea. I'll do it. In this crowd, I can run fastest. I can surely save myself. You, guys wait here."
Other monkey said that " Alright, it's in your hand now."

When that monkey arrived at the village, he found that the date plum tree yielded a lot of fruits as they expected. Anyway, the problem was that abandoned village which they came to get the date plums happily now was occupied by a lot of people.
The spy monkey said to himself that " Damn! Humans come back to the village already. Well, I wish I could burn it to drive them away."

When the spy monkey came back to the crowd, he hurriedly told it to the others. After the monkeys heard of it, they were very regretful  that they couldn't go in and get the fruits though there were a lot of them.
One of the monkeys said that" Damn! It's so boring. What are going to do now? Will we let those plums rotten without doing anything? I don't care I would die for it. I'd say we'd better sneak into the village and get the fruits.
Another monkey warned that" Don't be hasty. I think we should seek advice from the great monkey what we should do."

The great monkey was very smart. After he listened to the story, he carefully considered and then he asked the spy monkey that " When you went there to take a look, were there any men in there?
The spy monkey answered that "Yes, there were , Master."
The great monkey said that " I see. Well, then I'd say we shouldn't go there. Those humans are very tricky. If we go there, it'll be harmful to all of us."
Some monkey offered that" Let's put it this way, Master. How about sneaking into the village while they are sleeping?
The great monkey agreed that "I agree with you. Tonight when they fall asleep, we take a chance to get into the village and get the date plums."

The monkeys agreed to do what the great monkey suggested. They left the forest and waited on the rock not far from the village. They waited until humans fall asleep.
The great monkey said that "Let's wait here until they fall asleep and then go down to get the plums."

Some monkey complained that " I'm so hungry. When will they all fall asleep? They're up so late. Aren't they afraid of the blacked eye?"

After they waited until the sun set and were certain that everyone went to bed, the great monkey let the crowd swarm to get the plums. The monkeys ate those plums happily because they had waited all day.
A monkey said "Um...It's so delicious. I'd better get some back to eat in the woods."
Another monkey teased  that" Is he a monkey or a pig? He's so greedy."

Suddenly, an unexpected  thing happened. While the monkeys were eating the plums happily, there was a man going out to find a place to loosen the bowl. The monkey didn't realize at all that there was a man coming out of the house, because they kept eating the plums and neglected everything.

The man said to himself that" Ouch! Why does it come out in the middle of the night? I'm scared of the ghost. Alright, this place is suitable. It's perfect."

Suddenly, the man saw many monkeys eat the plums on the tree .
He thought  that " Hey! It's monkey. Whoa! they're ten thousands of them. They sneak in and get the date plums , don't they? Tut! How dare?"
Then he shouted that " Guys!! Get up. There're monkeys stealing our date plums. Get up!!"

A female monkey said that " Oh boy! Someone see us. We're a dead meat."

Some monkey said that" What should we do? We'll all surely die."

But some monkeys don't know what happened, just eat only, and kept saying " Yum,yum."

One of the monkeys warned his friends that " You're the best. We'll all die in any minute but you can eat like nothing happens."

The story of diligence and effort ( part 2)

The merchant, the leader of the caravan, was wise and thorough. He surveyed to find the way out.
The merchant thought that " I can't give up my diligence. My men will certainly die. I have to be patient. There's always hope. An industrious man never loses hope."

The merchant didn't frustrated even though they lost. They committed to resolve the problem.

The merchant surveyed the route with his effort. He saw something and said that" Over there. There's a cluster of grass, there must be water under the sand ." He shouted to his men that " Hey! You guys, come over there." One of his men asked that " Where? Master. I lost my strength. Don't you tell me to walk forward without destination."

The merchant tried to explore and find grass and ensuring that there must be water below.

The merchant replied that " No. I don't. I found the source of water. You bring some hoes and spades. Hurry up. We're gonna have some water to drink soon."

The merchant told his men to help dig for water.

With their great pleasure, all of his men helped each other dig for water under the sand.
Someone grumbled that " Tired and thirsty. I can't stand it anymore."
Another one repeated that " I' tired too. We kept digging for a long time but we can't find any water."
Other one said that " No matter how deep we dig, we find only sand."

The men helped dig the grass but they have met with disappointment.

When they couldn't find any water, they lost their hope. Besides, finding a pack of rock at the bottom made them more disheartened.

The merchant told himself that " Everyone loses their heart. No way. I can't be like them. I must try to exploit until I find water."

The merchant never lost his hope. He laid down with his ear on the pack of rock and listened to the sound carefully.He heard certain sound and believed that the sound below is the sound of the water. He said that "That's right. It's the sound of a stream."
He called his men and said that " Hey! help me dig over here .There must be some water."
The merchant's follower said that " Right away, Boss. I still have some strength. There you go."

His gigantic follower pounded on the rock a few times, it was tumbled down. The water sprang up and became a big fountain. The caravan was glad as they were dead and reborn again.
They are happy and shouted that " Hoorey! Finally, I found water."
Someone said to the merchant that " We all survive because of your effort."

The water was used for drinking. cooking, while waiting to travel at night.

The water beneath the sand prolonged everyone's life and gave back the strength to cook until they could set off  again.
The merchant said to his men that " You should keep in mind that there's always hope for everyone who's not lazy."

When the moon raised to the deep blue sky on that night, the merchant led his caravan to the destination safely.
One man shouted happily that " We're arriving the town."

This tale teaches that :-
Anyone who is not lazy and keep digging into the sand can find water beneath the sand in the open space.
Compared to a priest who fills diligence and effort also find the peace in his mind.

The story of diligence and effort. (part 1)

In the former time, there was a Benaresian merchant who always freighted the goods abroad.

Once the merchant had to lead his caravan across the desert which was 60 leagues far. It's a very long way this time.

It's far and hot crossing the desert. It surely caused more trouble. 

On that journey they had to pass the very hot desert. So they stop at daytime and proceeded at night.

One of the men  in caravan said that " The sun is rising. We'd better stop before getting burnt."

The merchant ordered his men to rest during daytime because the sun and the sand is very hot.

The merchant said to everybody that " Stop, everyone. Stop over here.We'll rest until the moon rises, then we move on."

A man said that " Now I can take a break. I walked all night. I'd better sleep. So sleepy."

One of the men said to another that " How can you fall asleep so easily? You stop and sleep in the next minute. Get up and eat first."

The merchant who was the leader of their caravan always stopped to let his men and the cattle rest. Until it was only 1 league or 16 kilometers left, then they would pass the desert.

When they stopped, everyone was not  impertinent. They ate and drank all of their provisions.

One man said happily that " I'm so happy. Let's eat them all . Tomorrow we'll be in town."

Another man said that " Right. Eat'em all up. It holds us down. We'll arrive there soon. we're gonna find something delicious in town."

Other man said that " I'm too full to get up."

At dusk, the merchant and his wagon train was ready to leave.

When it was the time to set off, the navigator rode his cart in front of  the caravan. Everyone followed him. They could find the direction by looking at the stars.

The merchant said to the men that " Everyone, get yourself ready. Let's go further."

Someone in caravan shouted that " Hey, ho! Let's go. We'll get there soon."

Another one said that " I'm still full. I ate too much. I'd rather sleep in the cart."

The navigator was asleep in the wagon train was traveling.

The cool breeze of the desert at night and the creak of the wheels of carts was like a lullaby. It lulled the navigator to fall asleep. 

The navigator muttered that " It's breezy and the air is fine."

One of the men warned the navigator that "Don't sleep, old man. I don't know the way."

The navigator said that " Just go, straight on. I'll tell you the direction."

The wagon train walked  back to the original place. It was not known and noticed.

According to what happened, the merchant's caravan, in steady of reaching to the destination, get lost and kept coming back to the same place  without someone realizing that.

Someone in caravan complained that " When will we arrive? I'm so tired."

Another one who heard ,said that " Come on. Don't be grouchy. We'll reach there soon, I guess."

Other one added that " Right. Don't be too fussy. keep going on."

When the caravan realized that  they were lost, it was too late. The further they proceeded, the stronger the sun shined.

The merchant began to realized that was lost. He felt so bad. And he knew that the foodstuffs are used up.

One of the men in caravan complained that " I'm thirsty and hungry. Hungry, hungry,....."

Another one warned that " Don't be fussy. The more you talk, the more you get hungry. We shouldn't eat them all last night."

The story of pooling efforts to protect the danger (part 2)

When the hunter arrived, he only found a turtle lying with no strength left.

The hunter said that" Hey! I set the trap for a doe, but I get a turtle. Well, fine. I don't come here for nothing. They said the turtle's meat can make us having a long life. I'd better try it." The hunter wrapped the turtle with cloth and hung it because he saw the doe who came back to decoy him at that moment.

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The doe shouted that " Hunter, I'm here. You want to eat me, don't you? Follow me."
The Hunter said that " Hey! It's a doe. Hoorey! Today I'll have both turtle and doe. Yummy! Wait here.Turtle. I'll come back to cook you. Let me catch the doe first."

When the doe ran away, the hunter chased after into the overgrown forest. Meanwhile the barn owl bird appeared to tell the turtle to prepare himself.
The bird said to the turtle " Turtle, prepare yourself. Soon the doe will come back and unwrap the cloth. Now he's seducing the hunter to go into the woods."
Turtle said " Alright, I'll go into the water as fast as I can."
The bird asked the turtle that " How's your mouth? Is it alright now?"
The turtle answered that " It's getting better. I don't know how many teeth are left?"

When the sun rose, the doe could trick the hunter to go far away from them. Then he came back and set the turtle free.
The doe told the turtle that "Come down ,Turtle. Thank you so much. If you don't gnawed the rope and if the bird doesn't stall for time. I'll be a piece of steak now."
The turtle said that " I thank you and the bird for coming back to help me."
The bird said to the turtle that " That's fine. Anyway, you should go back to the water. The doe and I will hide ourselves in the woods also. When the hunter leaves, we come out to see each other again."
The turtle said that " Okay, everyone."

The time passed until it was almost noon. The hunter finally could find the way out to that place. When he arrived at the tree that he hung the turtle up, he saw nothing. So he picked up the ragged rope and the empty cloth and went back disappointedly.

The hunter grumbled that " I'm so pissed off. I can't believe that those animals can pool the efforts together.
I shouldn't fall into their trap. I'm so hungry. I'll go back and eat some veggies  and dip. Next time I'll get them. I'll eat them all. Wait and see."

When the danger passed, the three friends came out and lived their lives naturally without carelessness. When there was any fear threatening to one of them, the other two animals would always work together save him from that fear. This was the way they did until they all passed away.

The story of pooling efforts to protect the danger (part 1)

Once upon a time, in the forest,  there was a little pond surrounding with the groves and the hollows in the tree trunk. Within a hollow, there was a nest of barn owl bird. The pond was the habitat of a turtle, and in the groves around, there was a doe dwelling. The three animals were best friends.They always took care of each other.

The bird greeted everyone that " Good morning, Turtle, Doe"
Turtle said that " Good morning, Bird. Your voice wake me up every morning"
Doe said " Right. If I didn't hear your voice, it would be a quiet morning."
Bird concluded that " Well, I'm here to wake everyone."

Once there was a hunter passing by and seeing the doe's footprint, so he set the trap according to what he had learnt.

The hunter said to himself  " Hungry, hungry. I haven't eaten anything since morning. Today  I must catch at least 5 animals and I'll eat them all."

In the late night, it was the time that  the doe must walk by the place that the hunter had set the trap. Finally, the trap worked, the doe's ankle was fastened tightly by the snare.

Doe cried loudly " Help me! I'm on the hunter's trap, help me!"

The doe cried for help just once.

The bird and the turtle hastily came to him and helped him eagerly.

The turtle said " Doe don't worry. I'm a turtle. I have sharp teeth. I keep gnawing soon the rope will be torn."

The bird said " Right. Don't worry , Doe. I'll stall the hunter for time."

Doe said that " Thank you both of you."

While the barn owl bird was flying to the hunter's house, the turtle gnawed the rope diligently.

The turtle said " Ouch! What kind of rope is it? It's tough. Luckily, my teeth are sharp or it wouldn't be torn."

When the time passed , Turtle said " Well, my mouth is fatigued."

Doe said with concern that " Hang on, Turtle. I know that you gnaw the rope until your mouth is hurt"

The turtle said " That's ok. I'm fine."

The hunter's house in the wood wasn't far from the place that the doe was trapped. Every time he set the trap, he always got up and check the animals where he had set the trap. But tonight , if he opened the door,
he would be attacked by the barn owl bird at once.

The bird said " Man counts me as a bad omen. Tonight you'll be truly unlucky, Hunter. Prepare yourself. I won't let you check your trap easily."

When a jungle fowl cooed for the first time, the hunter got up and opened the door to come out.

Bird said again that " Aha! you come out, the cruel hunter. You must see the bird of bad luck. Prepare yourself. "

Bird said to  Hunter that " Hunter, try my peaking. Here's for you."
Hunter cried that " Ouch, it's hurt! What's this? The barn owl bird . Bad luck in the morning."

Many of the hunters believed that if the barn owl bird got in the way, they must change the route because it counted as one of the jinx.  

So the hunter changed the way by going out at the back door.
The hunter speaked with upset that " Well, I come out at the back. That evil bird waits for me again. Hm....I should wait until it leaves. Why is it so confused this morning? I'm such an unlucky man."

The bird poked that " See, come out! Do you fear me?"

The barn owl bird waited until she was sure that the hunter wouldn't come out before the sun rose. After that, she flew back to send a message to her friends, the doe and the turtle.

He sits in his hut like this, he must decide not to go out.   

The bird thought that " That's good. I'd better go and tell the turtle and the doe. I don't know if he has already torn the rope up."

At that time, it was almost dawn but the rope still wasn't torn up, eventhough the turtle's every tooth was loose and his mouth was covered with blood.

The turtle said to the doe that " Be patient, fella. Just hurry up. The hunter with his spear is coming this way."

The doe asked that " Is he coming?"

The turtle suppressed his pain and used his remaining teeth to gnaw the rope  until it was almost torn up, so the doe could pull the rope sharply and tore it up."

The doe said " Thank you, Bird , Turtle. I'm free. The rope is torn up. Let's go before the hunter gets here."

The turtle exhaustedly said that " You and the bird can go first. I'm too exhausted."

The bird said " Well then, we should go first, Doe. We'll come back to help him later."