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2023年10月12日星期四

Crow and donkey

 


Crow and donkey

 

The owner of the animal farm, Shan Weng, met Agudengba by chance and invited Agudengba to his home.

While Agudemba was chatting with the mountain man, crow Betty and a group of sparrows were eating fruits in the vegetable garden. Kali, the color-changing fox, saw this scene and reported it to Fu Niang, the wife of the mountain man.

Fu Niang picked up a broom and went to the vegetable garden, trying her best to drive away the sparrows and crows, but to no avail.

Agu Demba's donkey Ma Hu just watched what was happening in front of him quietly by the vegetable garden.

The color-changing fox Kali said to Fu Niang: "This donkey is a model of honesty. He neither steals nor is greedy. He doesn't even touch a vegetable leaf. Why don't you ask this donkey to help drive away these sparrows and crows and stop them?" Are these troublemakers that are harmful to birds?”

Fu Niang untied the donkey's rope and said to the donkey Mahu: "Please help me drive away these sparrows."

The donkey and Mahu roared at the sparrows and crows. This trick really worked. The sparrows and crows were so frightened that they all flew to the branches, and no one dared to go to the garden to eat vegetables.

The color-changing fox Kali smiled and said to Fu Niang: "Look, this donkey really scared these bad birds."

The smart crow Betty knew that this was a bad idea from the color-changing fox Kali, so she said to the sparrows: "The donkey can only roar, and he can't catch any birds. Let's play a game with the donkey."

Incited by Betty the crow, the sparrows flew down from the branches and scampered around the vegetable garden.

The donkey driving the birds raised its hooves and jumped up and down in the vegetable garden. The vegetables in the garden were trampled many times and became in pieces and all maimed.

The mountain man and Agudengba arrived. The mountain man saw that the fruits of his labor were wasted, and the huge loss made him sad. The mountain man took the broom from Fu Niang's hand and whipped the donkey Mahu's back to vent his unspeakable anger.

Agudemba stopped the old man: "Your vegetable garden has suffered a loss in revenue, and I know your anger. But how could your wife let a donkey help her guard the vegetable garden? I say this not to defend my donkey, donkey He made a mistake and should be punished. But sending a donkey to guard the vegetable garden is a real mistake."

Fu Niang quickly explained: "This is a bad idea from Kali, the perverted fox."

At this time, Kali, the color-changing fox, knew that something was wrong and had quietly slipped away.

Crow Betty and the group of sparrows sang on the branches:

 

The cunning fox is always smart,

A kind donkey will only obey.

 

We cannot distinguish between right and wrong,

Don't treat well-intentioned assistance as adding trouble.

 

Stupidity is a moral defect,

We should reflect on our mistakes.

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  1. Taking the legendary wise Agu Demba as the protagonist, I started to create the Chinese-English version of "Snow Land Fable" using the traditional fable creation method that combines poetry and prose. Writing fables makes me feel like a child again. Studying snowy culture is my prescription to prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

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