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The Hermit and His Padi seeds

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The Hermit and His Padi seeds

Many years ago, there lived a hermit in a forest of Sumatra. He did not grow food but depended on the jungle fruit to survive. Soon, there was a drought and all the plants and fruit trees in the jungle died.

The old man had nothing to eat now, so he turned to be a beggar. He went to a nearby village trying to get some food. At first, the villagers were happy to help him. However, when he came continually, they refused to give him food anymore. They told him to grow his own food.

One day, while the hermit was sitting in his hut, sad and hungry, he began to think about growing his own food. Just then, a boatman stopped by. The boatman took pity on the hermit and gave him some padi seeds.

Before the boatman went away, he said, “These seeds will grow and give you everlasting harvest if you work very hard. If you are tired of the work, the padi plants will turn into weeds.”

The old hermit worked hard to clear the land and sowed the seeds before the rains came. Strangely, after a short period of time, the padi was ready for harvesting. The old man got a lot of rice from the harvest. After each harvest, the plant grew back again right away. When the villagers heard about the hermit and his wonderful padi, they flocked to his padi-field and took home as much padi as they could.

One day, the hermit became so tired of harvesting the padi that he shouted, “Oh, stop growing, you wretched thing!” As soon as he had said that, the padi plants turned into weeds.

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The Fisherman

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The Fisherman

Once upon a time there was a fisherman armed with his fishing rod who would make his way every day from his village to the river bank. There he would wait patiently for the fish to bite. As soon as he had caught exactly here fish, he would leave the river and went his way slowly home to the cottage where he lived with his wife and son. This strange routine was much commented in the village. Then one day a tourist arrived and began to go for daily walks to the river bank. After a few days of watching the lone fisherman, he finally spoke to him.

“Excuse me, but i’ve been observing your unusual routine for several days. You always catch exactly three fish and then go away.”

“And why on earth should i want to wait around here after that?”

“For more fish to take the bait.”

“But I only need three fish. There are only three of us at home.”

“And you’ve never thought of trying to catch more fish?”

“What for?”

“To sell, so that you could buy nets and a fishing boat.”

“what for?:

“so that you can buy a bigger house and then may be another boat have people working for you.”

“so that you could have other things, be very rich and do all the thing you like doing.”

“The thing i like doing? But what i like doing is fishing!”.

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The Princess and The Sea Worms
The Wind and The Sun
NO TIME
The Hermit and His Padi seeds
The Fisherman
Please All and You Will Please None

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The Legend of the Mountain of Tangkuban Perahu
The Magic Box

Cheese Omelet

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Cheese Omelet

Ingredients :
a. 2 egg
b. 50 grams of cheese
c. ¼ cup of milk
d. 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
e. A pinch of salt some pepper

Crack the eggs into a bowl. Then, whisk the eggs with a fork until smooth. Add some milk and whisk well. After that, add some milk. Whisk well. Grate the cheese into the bowl and stir. Then, heat the oil in a frying pan. Pour the mixture into the frying pan. Turn the mixture (i.e. the omelet) with spatula when it browns. Cook both sides. After the omelet is cooked, place it on a plate and season it with salt and pepper. The cheese omelet is ready to be served.

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Please All and You Will Please None

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Please All and You Will Please None

A man and his soon were once going with their donkey to a market. As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said, “You fools! What is a donkey for but to ride upon?”

So, the man put the boy on the donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said, “see that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.”

So the man had his boy get off, and got on himself. But they hadn’t gone far when they passed two woman, one of whom said to the other, “Shame on that lazy lout to make his poor little son trudge along.”

The man didn’t know what to do, but at the last he took his boy up before him on the donkey. By this time, they had come to the town and passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The man said, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours, you and your hulking son?”

The man and boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to a bridge, when the donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the boy to drip his end of the pole. In the struggle the donkey feel over the bridge, an so did the man and the boy.

Finally and old man who had followed them said, “That will teach you. Please all and you will please none,”

See also :

The Fools on the Desert Three fools

The Princess and The Sea Worms

The Wind and The Sun

NO TIME

The Hermit and His Padi seeds

The Fisherman

Please All and You Will Please None

My post in Other blog

The Legend of the Mountain of Tangkuban Perahu

The Magic Box