Truyện 55. Yết Kiêu

Ngày xưa có một người tên là Yết Kiêu ở làng Hạ-bì làm nghề đánh cá.
Một hôm, ông ta đi dọc theo bờ biển về làng bỗng thấy trên bãi có hai con trâu đang ghì sừng húc nhau dưới bóng trăng khuya. Sẵn đòn ống, ông cầm xông lại phang mạnh mấy cái vào mình chúng nó. Tự dưng hai con trâu chạy xuống biển rồi biến mất. Ông rất kinh ngạc đoán biết là trâu thần. Khi nhìn lại đòn ống thì thấy có mấy sợi lông. Ông cầm lấy và nuốt đi. Từ đó sức khỏe của Yết Kiêu vượt hẳn mọi người, không một ai dám đương địch. Đặc biệt là có tài lội nước. Mỗi lần ông lặn xuống biển bắt cá, người ta cứ tưởng như ông đi trên đất liền. Nhiều khi ông sống ở dưới nước luôn sáu bảy ngày mới lên.
Hồi ấy có quân giặc ở nước ngoài sang cướp nước ta. Chúng cho một trăm chiếc tàu lớn tiến vào cửa biển Vạn-ninh vây bọc, bắt tất cả thuyền bè, đốt phá chài lưới. Đi đến đâu, chúng cướp của giết người gây tang tóc khắp mọi vùng duyên hải. Chiến thuyền nhà vua ra đối địch bị giặc đánh đắm mất cả. Nhà vua rất lo sợ, sai rao trong thiên hạ ai có cách gì lui được giặc dữ sẽ phong cho quyền cao chức trọng.
Yết Kiêu bèn tìm đến tâu vua rằng: "Tôi tuy tài hèn sức yếu nhưng cũng quyết cho lũ chúng nó vào bụng cá". Vua hỏi: - "Nhà ngươi cần bao nhiêu người'? bao nhiêu thuyền bè?" - "Tâu bệ hạ - ông đáp - chỉ một mình tôi cũng có thể đương được với chúng nó". Nhà vua mừng lắm, liền phong cho ông làm Đô thống cầm thủy quân đánh giặc.
Ông đến Vạn-ninh cho quân sĩ nghỉ ngơi, chỉ bảo họ sắm cho mình một cái khoan, một cái búa. Đoạn, một mình ông lặn xuống đáy biển đi ra chỗ tàu giặc. Ông tìm đến đáy tàu vừa khoan, vừa đục. Ông làm rất lẹ và im lặng, tàu giặc cứ đắm hết chiếc này đến chiếc khác. Trong một hôm, chúng bị đắm luôn một lúc hơn hai mươi chiếc. Thấy thế, quân giặc hoảng loạn cả lên. Chúng sai những tên quân có tài bơi lặn lặn xuống nước do thám. Mấy tên quân đó tìm mãi mới thấy Yết Kiêu đang khoan một chiếc tàu. Bọn chúng xông lại nhưng chúng đâu có phải là địch thủ của ông, cho nên cuối cùng ông không để cho một đứa nào trở về.
Quân giặc vô cùng sợ hãi. Mãi về sau tên tướng giặc đem một cái ống dòm thủy tinh có phép nhìn được thấu qua nước đến đáy biển. Chúng thấy ông đi lại thoăn thoắt như đi trên bộ. Chúng bèn đem cái vó bằng sắt nhân lúc ông đang mải đục một chiếc tàu, buông xuống chụp lấy ông. Nhờ thế chúng bắt sống được Yết Kiêu. Lập tức chúng tra khảo ông: "Trong nước mày những người lặn như mày có bao nhiêu người?".
Ông bảo chúng: "Không kể những người đi lại dưới nước suốt 10 ngày không lên, còn như hạng ta thì một trăm chiếc tàu của chúng bay cũng không thể chở hết. Hiện giờ ở dưới đó hết lớp này xuống lại lớp kia lên không mấy khi vắng người".
Nghe nói thế, bọn giặc kinh sợ cuối cùng chúng dỗ dành: "Mày muốn tốt phải đưa chúng tao đi bắt sẽ có hậu thưởng, bằng không thì sẽ giết chết".
"Được, theo ta, ta chỉ cho!".
Quân giặc tưởng thật, bắt ông cùng với mười tên quân đem vó sắt ngồi trên thuyền nhỏ ra biển dò tìm. Thừa lúc chúng vô ý, ông nhảy tòm xuống nước trốn đi. Chúng nó trông nhau ngơ ngác. Bấy giờ quân giặc đã bị thiệt hại khá nặng, lại nghe Yết Kiêu nói nước Nam có nhiều người tài lặn nên cuối cùng chúng đành phải quay tàu trở về không dám quấy nhiễu nữa.
Nhà vua mừng quá, khen ngợi Yết Kiêu vô cùng, phong ông làm đại vương. Sau khi ông mất, mọi người nhớ ơn lập đền thờ ở cửa Vạn-ninh và ở nhiều cửa biển khác.

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List of Vietnamese fairy tales

Vietnamese fairy tales includes many stories as Tam and Cam; So Dua; Hundred – knot- bamboo tree... which were spread in folk. Each stories has its own meaning. I think I can not translate exactly each word into english but I will try my best to convey its meaning to you. Hope you like them!

My Chau and Trong Thuy

Once upon a time, there had a king, named An Duong Vuong. After many years fighting, he get a large area. The king planed to build a castle but whenever it had been built as tall as a men’s height then it was ruined. The king was unhappy. Therefore, the king had made an altar to pray God for few days until an early morning, a old man from seaside went to talk him God Turtle was going come to help him. The king was very happy and forced soldiers to wait on the seaside. The next day, in the water appeared a big gold turles toward seaside. The soldiers invited God Turtle to set sat on a big gold platter and brought to the king. The God Turtle told the king that the castle couldn’t have finished because of demons. God Turtle helped the king to kill the demons so all demons was killed. Besides, the God Turtle help the king design a castle look like a seashell with many gate levels. Half a month later, the castle had been finished. The king was very pleased but a little worry. He a...

Idiot

Once upon a time, there was an idiot whose name was Ngoc. Ngoc had a wife who didn’t like him to stay home and do nothing. One day, when they were sitting by the other, his wife told: “Husband you can’t continue doing nothing. You must find a job to do if you want to live with me in long time” “Do what?” said Ngoc, “I don’t know write or read and besides, not smart as others so what can I do?” “Do business”, said his wife. “Business? What?” said Ngoc. “All things which bring to you benefit”, said his wife, “Firstly, you can buy and sell chickens and ducks. Later, you can buy and sell wood”. Few days later, Ngoc brought money and set off. He remembered his wife’s saying so that he found the way to trade ducks. He didn’t need long time to find what he need. He saw ducks they were about dozen of ducks swimming in the lake which was by his way but they were wild ducks and he didn’t know that so he walked to find the owner of the ducks. He saw some children near that....

The liar Cuội

A boy named Cuoi had lost his parent when he was child he lived with his uncle and aunt. He was co clever but used to lie and he always had his fun whenever people had been cheated. A landlord had heard about him but he didn’t think that he could lie him so he called him came and asked. “I hear you are very well in cheat. Now I sit at here, if you can make me go to the door I will give you this pocket of coins. People here will be witnesses for my words.”, said the landlord. Cuoi expressed as if he was feeling embarrassed. “You have prepared before you sit here so I can not make you go to the door. Now if you stand at the door I can make you come in.”, said Cuoi. The landlord thought what Cuoi had said was true so he stood up and sprinted to the door. But when he came to the door he saw Cuoi was laughing and clapping his hand. “I’ve cheated you.”, said Cuoi. The landlord lost for words and was forced to give him the pocket of coins. vietnamesefairytales.blogspot.co...

Story 12: General Thuong Kiet Ly

His birth name is Tuan Ngo, an offspring of Quyen Ngo. He was borned in 1019 at Thai Hoa ward, Thang Long (now Hanoi). When he was child, he early showed brave and martial spirit what were inherited from his family who had been generals, dedicating to Ly dynasty. His father, An Ngu Ngo was also one of them he was a great general. When he was 13 years old, he lost his father and was taken care by his aunt and her husband. Tuan Ngo was taught by Cong An Ly, a royal great teacher at that time. His teacher complimented that he had talent but he headed to be a general instead of a mandarin. Therefore, he studied literature in daytime and research art of warfare in night time. When he was enough 18 years old, he opened a martial class. People coming and studying were crowded. The news came to the recent king who summoned him to castle and conferred him to be a low martial mandarin. Two years later, he became the king’s guard staying by the king entire day. That time, the king realize...

The Tale of the Hundred - knot Bamboo tree

Once upon a time, there had a boy who was poor, had no field. Therefore, he found the way to work for a landlord. He was healthy, worked hard and great in working so the landlord wanted him to work for him long time without any pay. One day, he called the boy to come. "You are honest and healthy. If you agree to work for me in three years without pay, I will let you marry with my only daughter after that." The boy agreed. He believed completely. He worked very hard, help the landlord turn richer that he could build more houses, buy more fields and cattles. Then, time passed. Three years nearly crossed, the boy always remembered his master's promise while his master, the landlord didn't want to do his promise. He in secret had found another boy for his daughter, a son of another landlord in that area. Therefore, what he need was a reason to refuse the boy. One day, he called the boy to come. "You have worked very hard for three years, waken early, slept late....

Bài 1.5: Cách sử dụng at, on, in cho thời gian, ngày, tháng, năm, mùa.

Chào các bạn! Bởi vì mình có hay dich truyện và một vài thứ linh tinh khác nên thường bắt gặp ngày, tháng năm. Thật ra khôngkhó để sử dụng đúng nhưng mỗi lần cần đến mình lại phải tra lại tra cứu. Điều đó rất mất thời gian nên hôm nay mình viết một bài liên quan đến at, on, in + thời gian để giúp bạn nào chưa biết và giúp chính mình nhớ được cách sử dụng của các giới từ at, on, in và dạng thời gian được theo sau giới từ đó.

Thanh Giong

Once upon a time, a woman was old but she had not given birth a child. One day, when she went to her field, she saw a stranger footsore on the ground. The big footsore made her surprise and said: “omg, this footsore is so big” the she put her foot into the footsore. More 9 months later, she gave birth to a little boy named Giong. The boy was extraordinary that he was over three years old but had not spoken. He only knew lying and smiling. vietnamesefairytales.blogspot.com That year, the enemies they were known An planed to attack the country of the boy. They were merciless. Wherever they had gone, houses were ruined, fields were fired, people were killed. The sight behind them is mess of corpse and blood and ashes.The King was worry he forced his servants to look for person who could fight against the enemies. One day, a servent went to Giong’s village while the woman was holding the boy in her arms, she said sadly that: “Giong, I wonder that when you hav...

Story 3. Cong Uan Ly moved the capital

In days of spring, 1010 Thai To Ly king and some courtiers went to his hometown on a ship. They went from Hoa Lu capital (Ninh Binh province) to Co Phap (now, Bac ninh province) on a ship. The king had delight as he saw the country seemed to change better. Fields were green and were going to give great harvests. Whenever, the ship arrived to a port, the king stopped to go on ground and had sightseeing and asked people about their lives. When the ship came to “Đông Bộ Đầu” port which was outside of Dai La citadel, the ship stopped, the king went on and realized Dai La was crowded place with convenient transportation. Dai La had been headquater of government when the country had been dominated by another country. Its name had been Tong Binh, had been rebuilt and repaired many times. Especially, it was repaired carefully when Cao Bien was the manager (See more about CaoBien here ). The visit gave the king a deep thinking. Though the king had left Dai La and came to his ho...

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