Maung Tig Thun - Stories of the Sun and the Moon

Buffalo princess

          Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful and kind queen. The king died and the queen became the queen. The queen ruled the country fairly and the people loved her.

          However, those who hated the Queen went to a wicked and evil person and asked him to transform the Queen into a buffalo.

          The evil person also transformed the Queen into a buffalo.

          Then the Queen thought sadly, "I will go away to a faraway place. How can the people of the country accept a buffalo as their queen? I do not want my daughters to be mistreated by wicked people."

          Thus, the queen took her three daughters and left the palace. The eldest princess was named "Rakmin", the second princess was named "Meiling" and the third princess was named "Shirin". The princesses did not know how much their mother, the queen, was grieving. They thought that their mother was joking by transforming herself into a buffalo to make them happy. At that time, people had the ability to transform themselves from human to animal. They could also transform themselves from animal to human. Magic was taught as a subject in schools.

          However, the Queen did not study magic at school. Instead, she studied history. She studied history and was able to rule her country well. However, the Queen did not know magic and could not prevent the evil spirits and thieves from harming her.

          The three princesses were very happy to be riding on the back of their mother, the buffalo. They admired the scenery of the surrounding fields, rivers, valleys, ravines, and hills.

          Soon the rain began to fall. Then they came to a small hut on the edge of the field. There was no one inside the hut. So they went inside and lay down to rest.

          Soon the princesses fell asleep. But the queen was not happy. She was thinking sadly about her life.

          The next morning, the old farmer who owned the hut returned to his hut. The old man asked the buffalo, "Now... explain to me who you are and where you came from?"

          The buffalo saw the farmer's kind face and explained everything that had happened. Then he said to the farmer:

          "Don't tell anyone that I am the Queen. I'm afraid some wicked people will come here and harm my children," she pleaded. "That's fine. Don't worry about it. Don't worry," the farmer replied.

          The farmer's name was "Pari." The farmer allowed the buffalo and the children to continue living in his hut. Then he told the buffalo, "About 40 days ago, I had a dream. The earth goddess told me and my family to build a new house and move in. She told me to leave this old hut and that special people would come and live in it."

          Hearing the farmer's words, the buffalo and the three princesses were very happy. They thanked the farmer. They were very happy to live in the hut.

          Every day, the buffalo leaves the house to work. He plows the fields. He also does various other jobs. The three little princesses also enjoy running around in the fields and playing. The villagers from the village do not come to the hut either. The farmer tells them about his dream. The villagers say, “We must help their family. But we cannot go near them.”

          The villagers felt very sorry for the buffalo. So they gave her jobs. They gave her food and beautiful clothes for her children as wages.

          And so, year after year passed. The three daughters of the great buffalo also grew up to be lovely young women. The princesses were beautiful. But they each had a bad temper. Their mother, the great buffalo, did not allow them to do any work.

          One day, three princes from another country came to their village. They were very happy when they saw a small hut on the edge of the field.

          “We will rest here,” said the eldest brother, “Az,” and ran to the tent. The two younger brothers, “Ming” and “Rach,” followed their brother. When they reached the tent, they found that there was no one inside. However, the princes were very surprised to see how clean and beautiful the tent was.

          The eldest brother, Az, looked around the tent and said, "I like this tent better than the palace."

          Then, younger brother Ming made a prediction, "Indeed, this hut must belong to the beautiful princesses."

          Then the younger brother said, “You can say that. That’s why the hut is so clean and beautiful.” The princes’ opinions were completely wrong. In fact, the princesses didn’t do any work. The mother buffalo did all the housework. The mother buffalo cleaned the house and kept the hut clean.

          The princes were tired from their journey and soon fell asleep. Soon the three princesses returned to their tent. They were very surprised to see the three young men sleeping in the tent. The princesses were looking at the princes intently. At that moment, the princes' eyes suddenly opened. They all met each other's eyes. The princes thought they were dreaming.

          His brother, Az,

          "Not a princess, bro..."

          " Even three"

          He said.

          Then the rat

          "I'm even worried about waking up."

          He said.

          When the princesses heard their words, Princess Lakmin smiled and said, "This is not a dream. You are in our tent. Who are you? Where did you come from? Tell us."

          He said..

          The princes and princesses talked and laughed endlessly. Soon, Prince Az and Princess Rekhmin, Prince Min and Princess Maylin, Prince Rach and Princess Shirin, fell in love with each other.

          Then the princes said to the princesses, "Sisters, come with us as your brothers' wives. Then you and your brothers will live happily ever after." And they took the princesses to their country.

          When the princesses heard the princes' words, they forgot their mother, the buffalo, and followed the princes. The princes and princesses chatted and laughed along the way.

          The guardian goddess of the world was watching the whole event. The goddess shook her head in sorrow.

          In the evening, the mother buffalo returned to her hut after finishing her work. She was covered in mud. She was tired, but she was happy to work. The villagers helped the buffalo with their work and gave her daughters beautiful gifts. The buffalo hurried to give the gifts to her daughters. When she arrived home, the buffalo said to her daughters, “Daughters, Rekmin, Maylin, and Thane, my mother has come home. She has brought beautiful gifts for my daughters.”

          But no sound came from inside the tent. There was no one inside either. The buffalo mother searched everywhere for her daughters, but she could not find them.

          At that time, the goddess who protects the world was sadly watching the buffalo's mourning procession.

          Finally, the buffalo saw the footprints of children in the mud. In addition, it saw the footprints of men's shoes, larger than the first ones, and the tracks of horses.

          Then the buffalo cried out in sorrow, "Those wicked people have taken my daughter away on a horse."

          Then the buffalo followed the horse's hooves. The footprints began to disappear where the ground became hard. But the buffalo did not give up. She continued walking, looking for her daughters.

          The buffalo continued its journey with its children. It crossed fields, rivers, mountains and valleys in search of its daughter. It was tiring and tiring. It missed food and drink and gradually became thin.

          However, he continues to travel and search for his daughters until he finds them.

          Finally, one morning, she happened to see her three daughters in a palace garden. They were married to princes and were enjoying themselves in a beautiful palace.

          The mother buffalo, seeing her daughters, shouted with joy, "Daughters, Rekmin, Maylin, and Shirin, mother is here!"

          When the gatekeepers heard the buffalo's voice, they looked at the buffalo and laughed.

          "These princesses are not your children. They are our princesses."

       "It is."

          They said.

          Then the princess said to the gatekeeper,

          "Tell that big buffalo to go away."         

          "I ordered," said Princess May.

          "This buffalo is a very stupid buffalo."

          He said.

          If there is a princess, she doesn't know what to do. The buffalo was very shocked when she heard what her daughters said.

          "Oh...children, my mother has come a long way to see you. She has brought beautiful gifts from her son to give to you."

          The buffalo said sadly.

          Rehman and Maylin

          "We are princesses. We don't want gifts from the jungle people. Get out of here."

          They drove away their mother buffalo.

          When the buffalo heard the words of her daughters, her heart sank.