Kalaw Soh - Stories written by Cho Cho Pin Ko (1)

Deer heart and child

Once upon a time, in the deep forest at the foot of Mya Sien Mountain, a famous bandit captain, "Bo Moe Thi" and his 20 disciples, were hiding. The deep forest at the foot of Mya Sien Mountain was very dense with trees and bushes, making it difficult to travel. Because there were so many high mountains and deep gorges, even hunters who grazed in the forest did not go there. And because there were thousands of poisonous snakes in the ravines full of thorns, not to mention people, even tigers and elephants avoided the deep forest at the foot of Mya Sien Mountain.

But the brave Bo Moethi and his group built small huts in the forest and lived in peace. The king's soldiers did not dare to go into such a deep forest, did they? The soldiers were not afraid of bandits, but they were afraid of snakes and tigers. Therefore, the soldiers wanted to arrest and suppress the bandits who were causing trouble to the people, but they did not dare to enter the forest, so they had to lie in wait for Bo Moethi and his group from a distance.

Bo Moet Thi's group often raids and attacks rural villages far from the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, where the king resides... They use weapons and bows and arrows to oppress the unarmed people.

One day, Bo Moe Thi and his bandits attacked a village at night on horseback. The villagers heard Bo Moe Thi's horse-riding bandits approaching the village and... "Bo Moe Thi, take everything you have, you'll lose your head!" and ran away in fear. Just hearing Bo Moe Thi's name made the villagers tremble with fear. They couldn't help but be afraid, Bo Moe Thi's three-handed long sword was so sharp. How sharp was it? Even coconut trees and palm trees as big as a man could be cut in half with his sword. Bo Moe Thi had such a terrifyingly sharp sword that no one, no child, or adult, could say, "Bo Moe Thi, hey!" and they were terrified.

That night, the bandits, led by Bo Moet Thi, climbed onto the houses in the village and searched for valuables. Since no one in the village had escaped, they could just pick out the valuables as they pleased. However, the village was large and populated, and there were not many valuables in the houses. How could they be found? The villagers, afraid of being robbed, hid their valuables in a safe place.

The veteran bandit captain, Bo Moethi, understood the villagers' cunning. When he couldn't get the valuable gold and silver they wanted, Bo Moethi became furious and angry.

"You very intelligent villagers, you must know about hail very well..." said the chief of hail, and ordered his disciple Kyaw to burn down the village that had deceived him.

"Hey... burn the entire village to ashes, don't leave even a single stump of a house unburned. Do you hear what I'm saying..."

As Bo Moethi's disciples were about to burn the altar, one of his disciples ran to Bo Moethi carrying a six-month-old baby boy in his arms.

"We found this child inside a house. It seems his parents ran away in fear and forgot about him," the student said, and Bo Moethi suddenly

He was happy. His wife and children had abandoned him since he became a bandit. He had long wanted a son.

"Ha...ha, it's a shame. This child is now my son."

"I'll adopt him. He narrowly escaped death when the fire was about to start, so I'll name this child 'Lucky.' He's my lucky son," said Bo Moet Thi, happily.

Thus, Khun Khun grew up healthy and strong among the bandits in the deep forest at the foot of the Emerald Mountain. Living among bad people and villains, Khun

When he saw Lucky catch and kill a baby rabbit, Bo Moe Thi would clap his hands and shout, “That’s good, my son, Lucky!” When Lucky scolded one of Bo Moe Thi’s disciples, he would laugh and say, “My son, Lucky, remember that.”

When he was ten years old, he would hunt rabbits, squirrels, and wild chickens with a bow, arrow, and dagger. If he could, he would roast the animals himself, just like a big bad guy would do. He would fish in the stream and eat the fish raw.

When Bo Moe Thi and his bandits went out to fight, Luck was not lucky. In the forest, he lived with Bo Moe Thi's trusted confidant, the wicked "Shang Ke". Shang Ke taught Luck all kinds of bad skills. The wild Luck became even wilder when he met with the big stone. He even addressed the 40-year-old big stone as if he were "you" and "me". Even though Luck was so wild, Bo Moe Thi did not discipline him at all. In addition to not disciplining him, he even encouraged Luck.

“My son... don’t be afraid of anyone. If you hit me once, I’ll hit you five times in return. If you try to hit me with your fist, you should hit me with your sword. If you have a spear, you should hit me with your spear. If you can’t, run away and shoot me with arrows from a distance. If you try to grab my hand, I’ll bite your hand with my teeth. Remember... my son.” Bo Moet Thi was training Khun to be more savage and cruel. He had a very bad plan.