Posted by admin at 2005, October 18, 2:43 PM
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One day when Cuoi was supposed to be tending the buffalo of a rich farmer, he decided he would rather play. So, he went into the forest, and lay down beneath a banyan tree. Soon, he heard a whimpering noise. He stood and walked toward the sound. He pushed aside some leaves and spotted four tiger cubs lying there.Cuoi tickled the cubs and picked one up to pet it. Then Cuoi heard the tigress returning. Frantic, he dropped the cub to the ground, which it hit with a thud. When the tigress found her injured cub, she walked to a small banyan sapling growing close to the tree in which he hid. She bit off several leaves, chewed on them, and placed them inside the cub's mouth.Cuoi watched as the lifeless cub opened his eyes, and within a few minutes, got up and began to run about. Cuoi felt relieve ...
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Posted by admin at 2005, October 17, 11:03 PM
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A long time ago there was a king and queen who said every day, "Ah, if only we had a child," but they never had one. And finally the queen had a little girl who was so pretty that the king could not contain his joy, and ordered a great feast. When it came to an end, thirteen wise women came to bestow magical gifts upon the baby. When eleven of them had made their promises, suddenly the thirteenth came in. She wished to avenge herself for not having been invited, and she cried with a loud voice, "The king's daughter shall, in her fifteenth year, prick herself with a spindle, and fall down dead." They were all shocked, but the twelfth, whose good wish still remained unspoken, came forward, and as she could not undo the evil sentence, but only soften it, she said, "It shall not be death ...
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Posted by admin at 2005, October 17, 10:59 PM
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Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree and relax before continuing the race. He soon fell asleep. The tortoise overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the champion. The hare woke up and realized that he'd lost the race. The moral - "Slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with." The story doesn't end here, it continues as follows: The hare was disappointed at losing the race. He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident and lazy. S ...
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Posted by admin at 2005, October 17, 10:54 PM
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There is a bird that lays no eggs and has no young. It was here when the world began and is still living today, in a faraway desert. It is the Phoenix, the bird of fire. One day in the beginning of time, the sun looked down and saw a large bird with shimmering feathers. They were red and gold δΈ€ bright and dazzling like the sun itself. The sun called out, "Glorious Phoenix, you shall be my bird and live forever!" The Phoenix was overjoyed to hear these words. It lifted its head and sang, "Sun, glorious sun, I shall sing my songs for you alone!" But the Phoenix was not happy for long. Poor bird. Its feathers were far too beautiful. Men, women and children were always chasing it and trying to trap it. They wanted to have some of those beautiful, shiny feathers for themselves. "I cannot ...
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Posted by admin at 2005, October 17, 10:51 PM
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There was a wonderful old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects ... One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon. He decided to take the cocoon home to watch its beautiful transformation from a little cocoon to a beautiful butterfly. He gently placed the cocoon on his kitchen table and watched over it for days. One day the cocoon started to move. It moved frantically! The old man felt sorry for the little butterfly inside. He watched it struggle and struggle! Finally the old man rushed to its aid with a scalpel and gently slit the cocoon so the butterfly could emerge. Just one slice was all it took, and the butterfly broke free from its cocoon only to wilt over in a completely motionless state. The old man did not know what to think. Had he acciden ...
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