Sabtu, 17 November 2012
Once
upon a time, there was a king of mice. He lived inside a banyan tree in a
forest. He loved the tree as his home. He lived there happily.
One
day, a poor man wanted to cut down the banyan tree. The king of the
mice was frightened so he asked the woodcutter to leave the tree
standing. In result, he would give the woodcutter a gold every day. The
woodcutter agreed.
Every
evening, the king of the mice gave a piece of gold to the woodcutter. The gold
was taken out from the roots of the banyan tree. The woodcutter was happy and
took the gold home.
After
a few days, the woodcutter's wife asked him, “Where does the gold come from?”
So he replied, “The king of the mice gives me the golds from under the roots of
the tree.” “Oh, you are stupid!” his wife said and suggested. “Why don’t you
cut down the tree and take the golds all away?” The woodcutter would do as his
wife said.
The
following day, the woodcutter cut down the banyan tree. Unfortunately, he did
not find any gold there instead the king of the mice had run away and crept up
to the woodcutter’s house. The king of the mice took back all the golds.
