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2024年1月7日星期日

The Revenge of the Little Prince

The Revenge of the Little Prince


 

Girl Dawa accompanied Mr. Agudenba to the "Little Buddha" hotel at the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar. The owner of the hotel, Mr. Amon, told them the story of the origin of the hotel's name.

Mr. Amon pointed to the statue of the child enshrined in the hotel and said with a smile: This child is the little Bodhisattva. He was once the prince of Paranai. He led the army to defeat the enemy army that invaded the city of Paranai.

Mr. Amon said to Mr. Agudemba and Miss Dawa:

At that time, the king of Paranai faced an enemy invasion. After escaping from the city, he built a wooden house by a river, where the king and queen lived.

The prince of the king of Paranai defeated the invading enemy army. The prince came here to take the king and queen back to the city, but the king did not want to return to the city. He said to the prince: You have regained the lost land through military means. I am very happy. Happy. But you should also learn to govern the country. I am already old. I can quietly cultivate myself here for a while. When you manage the country well, I will return to the city to retire.

The prince could not persuade the king, so he returned to the city and concentrated on managing the country.

However, the queen, who accompanied the king to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, soon became pregnant. During the day, the king and the priest went to the forest to find food and gathered wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, leaving the attendants at home to take care of the queen. The queen was very dissatisfied with this kind of life. She was unwilling to give up life in the royal city and chose to live in the mountains and forests.

In order to change her destiny, the queen colluded with the king's attendants. They kept going back and forth, and they fell in love with each other as time went by. Soon she did something deviant. The queen wanted to use this attendant to rebel and return to the royal city.

One day, the queen said to the attendant: Once the king knows about us, neither you nor I will survive. So what should we do? Kill him? Ah, kill him? Yes, when he goes to take a bath, he always asks you to help him get his sword and clothes. In this way, you can take advantage of him when he is not prepared, chop off his head with your sword, chop his body into several pieces, and bury him in the ground.

The attendant who wanted to leave the forest and return to the royal city said: This is a good idea. In order to keep the secret between us, I think this is the only way.

A few days later, the king and the priest went to gather wild fruits. The priest came to the pond and climbed up a tree to pick the fruit. At this time, the king wanted to take a bath, so he asked his attendants to come to the pond with their swords and clothes.

When the king was taking a bath, the attendant took him by surprise, drew his sword, and chopped off his head with one blow.

At this time, the priest was picking fruits not far away. He heard the noise and looked over and saw the attendants killing the king. He was so frightened that he hurriedly got into a bush and hid inside. He saw the attendants cutting the king's body into several pieces and burying them in the soil, and then returned.

After the attendants left, the priest climbed out of the bushes. He witnessed the attendant killing the king and was afraid that he would be killed as well, so he pretended to be blind and returned to the wooden house.

When the attendant saw him, he asked: High Priest, what's wrong with you?

The priest pretended not to recognize the attendant and said: King, my eyes were blinded by touch. I was picking fruits in the forest, and the saliva of a poisonous snake dripped into my eyes. Now I'm poisoned by the snake's poison and I can't see anything!

The attendant thought to himself: This guy doesn't know what I do, he thinks I am the king! I'll just keep him, he may be of some use in the future. Therefore, he comforted the priest and said: High priest, don't worry, the queen and I will take care of you. After he had finished speaking, he gave the priest much fruit.

From then on, the attendants went out to gather fruits every day and brought them back to the queen and the priests.

One night, the queen and her attendants were sleeping together. The queen asked her attendants: When you killed the king, no one saw it, right?

Attendant: Don’t worry, no one will see it.

The two of them were talking, thinking that the priest was not awake yet. In fact, the priest had woken up long ago and heard their conversation clearly.

Soon, the queen gave birth to a son. The priest decided to stay and protect the little prince. The priest has been using various methods to educate the little prince and let him learn various knowledge.

The little prince grew up day by day, and when he reached the age of sixteen, he had become an adult.

The queen said to the attendant: The little prince has grown up. We should take him back to the city and let him take over the throne and become the king. We can't always live in these deep mountains and old forests.

The priest knew the plans of the queen and her attendants.

One day, the priest asked the little prince to hold a stick and lead him to the pond. When he got there, the priest suddenly opened his eyes, looked around, and saw that no one was there, so he told the little prince about the attendant who had conspired with the queen, killed the king, and pretended to be the king.

With that said, the priest pulled out the king's bones and clothes from the ground. He said to the little prince: This is your father's body.

The little prince woke up from a dream and was furious. He was about to go back to find the queen and her attendants for revenge.

The priest dissuaded him and said: My son, please don't be impulsive. You should retaliate with tooth, right here in the pond, and deal with him the way the attendants dealt with your father.

Then the priest spent several days teaching the prince how to use the sword.

Everything was ready. One day, the little prince took the sword and clothes and said to the attendant: It's very hot, let's go take a bath!

The attendant readily agreed and went to the bath with the little prince. When the attendant went into the water to take a bath, the little prince held the sword in his right hand and grabbed his neck with his left hand, saying: You once killed my father here, and now I will kill you to pay for my father's life.

After the little prince said this, he cut off the attendant's head with a sword. After the little prince buried the body, he washed his sword, took a bath, and returned to the wooden house. He told the priest how he had killed the attendant, and had the queen arrested. Finally he said to the priest: Let's go back to the city of Parana now!

After arriving in the city of Parana, the prince made his little brother the prince. After the prince ascended to the kingdom of heaven, he passed the throne to the little prince. The little prince became the king. He was diligent in state affairs and considerate of the people, and the country of Parana was well governed.

After Mr. Amon finished telling this story to Miss Dawa and Agudengba, he sang a song "Father's Love is Like a Mountain" in which the little prince commemorated his father:

 

The mottled moon shadow reflects on the lotus pond

I deeply remember my father

I can't describe him with words

He is a kind old man

 

In order to give the country a benefactor

Father gave up the throne

Cultivate your children to be independent

To better serve the people in the future

 

He lived a miserable life in seclusion in the mountains and forests

But he endured the humiliation and never complained.

Educate children with silent language

Don’t fight for fame and fortune in the future

 

Behind good people there are always evil people

Murdering those who seize power will inevitably lead to evil consequences

The little prince successfully avenged his father

Succession to the throne, protecting the family, defending the country and enriching the people

 

The evil of human nature will be condemned by everyone

The goodness of human nature will be praised by heaven and earth

A father's love is like a mountain, and it will never be possible to repay his kindness.

Every filial son has a good father

 


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 fableskes me feel like a child again. Studying snowy culture is my prescription to prevent Alzheimer’s di masease.

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