Khin Maung Toe (Moe Meik) - Indian Folk Tales (1)

Being a valuable friend

Once upon a time, there was a farmer named Belu. He was kind and generous. He worked hard. He lived alone in a small hut. He worked in the fields near his hut. His life was very simple, but he was happy.

One day, while walking through the fields, he saw a golden crab. The crab slowly ran to the side of the road in front of him. So the giant politely greeted him.

“Hello...Kanban, you seem to be lost. Tell me where you want to go. I can help.”

So the crab opened its eyes and replied in a low voice.

"Kind teacher, I would be very grateful if you could help me find my pond with a large rock in the middle."

"Oh... you're a long way from home, Crab," said the monster, picking up the crab to take it back to the pond it came from. The crab was startled. It cowered in its rock-hard shell, praying that it wouldn't become the farmer's dinner. But when it reached the pond, the farmer stopped and gently lowered it into the cool mud at the edge of the pond, before it could breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, kind teacher. One day I will be able to repay your kindness."

The crab said this, waved its hands in greeting, and disappeared under the water. From that day on, whenever the monster fished in the lake, the crab would sit by the water's edge and watch.

As time passed, the friendship between the two very different creatures grew stronger.

There was a pair of ugly and cunning black crows near this lake. The crow was called “Pretty”. She always gave orders to the crow. She tried to make it happen as she wanted. The crow “Atan” always obeyed. The crow was afraid of women. Pretty always ate the eyes of the dead animals she found. Because if she ate the eyes of the dead animals, she could see far away. It was believed that if she could see like that, she would become a great hunter like an eagle. Eagles fly high in the mountains and mountains in search of food.

One day. | The monster passed by the crow couple. So the crow, Pretty, studied the monster carefully.

"I will eat his eyeballs. Then I will become a great hunter and a great thinker," I told the crow.

The crow was very pitiful. He was shocked when he heard his mother's words. He was shocked.