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2023年11月1日星期三

Lao Niu leads the way

 


Lao Niu leads the way

 

 

An unprecedented mad cow disease plague has made the world panic. Mad cows have been hunted down all over the global village, and even those that are not sick have been killed.

After the little bull "Kaul" knew that he would also be sent to the slaughterhouse to be slaughtered, maybe the little bull Kaur was afraid of contracting mad cow disease, or maybe he was afraid of being slaughtered by humans, so he quietly ran away from home. But the little bull Kaul didn't want to live in the forest. He didn't want to transform into a bison.

The rational little bull Kaur unconsciously came to a prairie where there was a large herd of cattle. It's full of sunshine, a beautiful and peaceful place. The young bull Kaul saw an old cow lying under a big tree, and he slowly walked towards the old cow.

The old cow asked the young bull Kaul: Where are you from? Where are you going?

The young bull Kaul frankly told the old cow about his experience, and asked the old cow: "You are not infected with mad cow disease here?"

Lao Niu said: "No. The world is so big, there are always safe and healthy places."

The old cow told the young bull Kaul: "I am the oldest cow in Xizhou, and everyone calls me Master Niu. I have been living in various ranches in Xizhou. The owner of the ranch is Fried, who is a very kind man. I was a strong stud bull when I was young, and now I'm old, but instead of sending me to the slaughterhouse, Fried, the ranch owner, sent me to India, where I could live a life of ease without having to do any work."

It turns out that the owner of the ranch, Fried, comes from a noble family and has a family emblem. Fried's ancestors were originally farmers. Later, he started his own ranch. Fried's great-grandfather started from scratch and founded the first livestock farm in the local area. By the time of his death, the Freed family had become one of the largest ranchers in the area. By Fried's grandfather's generation, they not only expanded and increased the property left by his great-grandfather, but also greatly improved the family's prestige and social status. His grandfather had been appointed as a local official and was one of the founders of the local parish. By the time of Fried's father's generation, the scale of the ranch had been further expanded, and a dairy farm and dairy processing plant were established in other places. The Fried family successfully transformed from ranchers to big capitalists and owned large tracts of land locally. Fried is the eldest son in the family. As a descendant of aristocrats and capitalists, he was born with a golden key and was destined to never be poor in his life.

Mr. Niu said: "When Fried was in school, he was both good in character and academics. It shouldn't be a problem to get a doctorate. But his father wanted to train him to be a qualified heir to inherit his pastoral and business empire. Therefore, Fred Before Reed graduated from middle school, his father arranged for him to study business in the family business. Fried's father was a Jew and a capitalist, and he wanted to train him to be a person like himself. But from his teenage years, Fried's father was a Jew and a capitalist. Reed showed sympathy for workers and disliked doing business, so the relationship between father and son was not very good."

The little bull Kaul learned something else from Master Niu's narrative: Fried was assigned to be the general manager of a dairy processing plant opened by his father in another place. But Fried didn't like making money or enjoying himself. He didn't believe in God and stayed with those workers all day long. He knew that almost all of these workers were against the capitalists. Because they pay so much and earn so little.

Mr. Niu said: "Fried has been thinking about why workers work so hard but earn so little, and capitalists don't have to do any manual labor, but have so much wealth." The little bull Kaul was silent.

Mr. Niu said to the little bull again: Fried was not only opposed to letting workers work as cows and horses, but he was also full of sympathy and love for cows and horses. Fried asked me to take my cattle family to live in India. He told me that India is a paradise for cattle because Indians regard cattle as gods.

Under the persuasion of Master Niu, the young bull Kaur decided to go to India to live with Master Niu and his descendants.

The herd happily accepted the young bull into their group. They danced together, and Mr. Niu took the lead in singing the "Song of No Complaints":

 

The difference between poor and rich,

Not just the amount of wealth,

What’s more worth thinking about is:

Why do poor people become poor?

Why do rich people become rich?

God doesn’t seem to have a clear answer.

 

There are also rich people who are unkind because of their wealth.

There are also extremely vicious people who have no money.

Rich people are often never satisfied.

People who have no money often complain about it.

 

When will you be satisfied?

Only when you are content can you always be happy.

Stop complaining that you are inferior to others,

There are many who are not as good as me;

Stop boasting that you are a capable person;

People better than me can be found everywhere.

 

If I were not left here,

Take a step forward and go somewhere else.

Holy places have gods to help them,

There are always more good people than evil people.

1 条评论:

  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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