Skip to main content

The Tale of Catfish

Once upon a time, a young monk had led a religious life for 3 years he knew all Buddhist scriptures and was good preacher but he had never become a Buddha. Therefore, he decided go to “Tay Truc” where Buddhas lived to ask them how to become a Buddha.
The way from where he lived to where Buddhas lived was very dangerous, distant and each more step as more dangerous but he did give up, still went up to Tay Truc. The journey had taken 50 day, he had been lost may times, been fevered few times but he had been always given help. He went up whenever he had been cured.
One day, when he had just landed his feet in forest, the sun had set. He tried to find a place to rest. Fortunately, he found out a home in middle of forest. Knock on the door, he saw an old woman appear. He planned to request for rest but she waved her hand and said: “Go away! Go away! If my son come, you will be killed.”
cá he

“I have been exhausted and can move any more. If you don’t let me come in, I only can lie at front of your home” he said
“God, my son is half-evil. He will eat you if he saw you so you have to move, moving” she said
The monk threw his luggage on the ground and lay. The woman did know what to do but pulling him into a tunnel inside the house and requested to keep silent then she covered him by wood. Hours later, her half evil son came home with a deer on a hand and a knife on the other. He snorted and said “I smell meat”
“It is on your hand, yet” she said
“Not it, I smell human-meat” he said
He threw the deer and found around. Minutes later, he found out the monk. He pulled the monk out of the tunnel.He roared at the monk “Where do you go”
The monk replied”I am going to Tay Truc to meet Buddha”, replied the monk
“What for” said the half-evil.
The monk said them about his journey; how long and how far had he gone; how many difficult things he had passed and showed you how much he want to meet Buddhas. When they had heard, they were completely moving. They cried and felt sorry to what they had done. The monk added that they would become better if they changed. His knife dropped on ground, and his venomous face had relived.
The next morning, before the monk left, they gave him many food and water, went with him cross a mountain. At last the half-evil said:”What should I dedicate to Buddha?”
“Your heart is enough” said the monk
Misunderstand, the half-evil grabbed his knife, cut his stomach and took out his heart, gave to the monk and said: “please, give it to Buddhas”
The monk was confused but he couldn’t refuse. At last, he received the heart, bowed his head then he walked up. Few days later, the monk went out the forest cross a large swamp. Although the swamp very beautiful but he felt unhappy because of the spoiled heart’s smell. He thought if he brought the heart, no restaurant let him get in so he threw the spoiled down the swamp on the next day. 
At last, he had arrived Tay Truc, he kneeled front entrance of chancel and asked to Buddhas who was sitting upon the chancel. From chancel, a voice echoed down that he lacked one gift for becoming a Buddha. He looked up and saw two people as the half-evil and his mother. He realized that he had lacked of honesty, thoroughness so he couldn’t be a Buddha. Feeling ashamed, he came to where he had thrown the heart and tried to find it in the water. Only found out it and gift to Buddha he must not feel ashamed front the mother of half-evil. He had been swimming until he became a catfish. Do you realise its head like the bald head of the monk?
THE END
"Translated by Hung Nguyen"

Book Introductions

1. Complete Collection of Vietnamese Fairy Tales - A Treasury of Legends and Folklore

Discover over 240 enchanting Vietnamese fairy tales, translated into English and beautifully illustrated. This collection is a treasure trove of legends and folklore that reflect Vietnam's rich cultural heritage. Available as an ebook on: Kobo, Apple Books

2. Vietnamese Fairy Tales - Stories in English and Vietnamese

This bilingual collection features 162 Vietnamese fairy tales in both English and Vietnamese, with stunning illustrations. Ideal for language learners and cultural enthusiasts. Available as an ebook on: Kobo, Apple Books

3. The Treasury of Fables

An enchanting collection of timeless fables, written in English and beautifully illustrated. Perfect for all ages, these stories offer valuable moral lessons. Available as an ebook on: Kobo, Apple Books

Read more:
Tale 13. Why the “Tachypleus Tridentatus” always live with another?
Tale 14. Why Geese never eat Shrimps or Why Crabs always take sands
Tale 15. Crow and Peacock
Tale 10. The Tale of Ngu Hanh moutain
Tale 11. The tale of monkey
List of Vietnamese fairy tales
-----
Truyện cổ tích Việt nam (For people who can read Vietnamese)
Vietnamese historical stories (For people who love history)
Nhãn:

BÀI ĐĂNG ĐƯỢC XEM NHIỀU

The tale of waiting - husband stone

Once  upon a time, a couple had born two children one boy and one girl. The boy was 11 years old and his sister was 6 years old. Everyday when the couple went to farm to work they always asked the boy to take care of his sister. His mother usually added: “Don’t make your sister cry. Your father will punish you if you do.” vietnamesefairytales.blogspot.com Everyday, the boy and the girl played in their garden together or play with your friend around their house. Until they were bored they stopped playing to eat some sugar canes. The boy used to take a knife to cut sugar canes.     One day, when the boy took the knife cut a sugar cane but the blade flew toward his sister’s head although the hilt was in his hand. The girl was fainting immediately, blood poured from her head. The boy was very scared he thought he had made a very serious mistake. He believed that his father would kill him. Therefore, he left his home and went away. He went to hide himself fr...
Read more

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!
1 comment
Read more

So dua - Coconut boy

Once upon a time, there in a village had a couple who worked as servants for a landlord. Although they were over fifty years old, they had ever not had a child. They were sad about that, but they had never given up to dream about a child. One day, it's a very hot day, when the wife was working in the field and felt very thirsty. She seeked for water, but she didn't see any but a little water in a skull which was in a hole beside an ancient tree. She had no choice but to drink it. Right the moment she drank, the feeling of cold water running from her throat to her stomach made her felt very comfortable. As a magic, she was pregnant after that short time. Then, the husband died before he got the happiness looking his child be born. After nine months and ten days, the wife gave birth a son but he didn't look like any child on the world. He had no feet, no leg, and even no body. He just had a head with full of eyes, nose, ear, hair and mouth on it. He didn't ugly but was ...
Read more

Thuong Luong

Thuong Luong was common name of creatures which are in people’s imagines. They are distant relatives of dragons. While dragons are worshiped as gods, the gods ruled rivers and sea and the gods can make rains, Thuong Luong is not respected as dragons that the creatures are too amorous, combative, wild, and have bad behaviors. All most of them like to harm people.
3 comments
Read more

Cruel-second mother

A  man had two wives and each wife gave birth to a son, Linh and Lang. Linh was child of the first wife and Lang was child of the other. Linh’s mother died early left him staying with father, the second mother and Lang. Lang was older than Ling five years old and treated Linh as his same mother brother but his mother didn’t thought that she hated Linh. When Linh grew up, his father let him to study in school because he was son of the first wife while Lang followed his father, worked on their field. Unfortunately, his father died, left assets which were accumulated in three generations, vast field, red roof house with large gardens around, ponds will full of fish. Although the second wife still treated Linh normal as if he was her son but in fact she implicitly planned to harm him to usurp asset because the fate of women, not first wife, and their children just inherited very little. One day, the second wife requested Lang and Linh to go to market to buy fire-wood. Before th...
Post a Comment
Read more

226. Tình bạn tri âm của Bá Nha vàTử Kỳ

Cách đây đến mấy ngàn năm, vào thời Xuân thu Chiến quốc, đất nước Trung Hoa bị chia năm xẻ bảy, Tề, Ngụy, Sở,... Trong thời buổi loạn ly ấy, có những nhân tài muốn nhân cơ hội để phát huy khả năng của mình, nhưng cũng có người vì chán cảnh thế nhân đau khổ nên tìm nơi xa lánh, ẩn cư. Lúc đó, ở nước Tề, có một vị tướng quốc tên là Du Bá Nha. Ông là một người có tài tế thế ấn bang, một tay giúp Tề Vương củng cố và xây dựng đất nước Trung Hoa trở thành nước lớn lúc bấy giờ. Và ít ai biết rằng Du Bá Nha còn là một trong những kỳ nhân về đàn. Cây đàn của ông là một trong những báu vật đương thời. Điều đặc biệt ở chỗ, cây đàn của ông được làm bằng cây ngô đồng. Từ loại gỗ đặc biệt được dùng để làm nhạc cụ ấy, người ta đã công phu chọn một cây ưng ý nhất trong cả ngàn cây. Phần ngọn được bỏ đi, vì gỗ non sẽ làm tiếng đàn quá trong trẻo và non nớt. Phần gốc cũng không dùng, vì gỗ quá già, tiếng đàn sẽ bị đục, không hay. Họ chỉ giữ lại phần giữa để làm đàn cho Bá Nha. Trong những năm thán...
Post a Comment
Read more

Cat and mouse

Ngoc  Hoang was king who ruled in heaven. As other kings, he had stores which storied all treasures belonging to him. The stores needed a person to manage them. Thu was one of gods living in heaven, clear and hard work. Therefore, Ngoc Hoang entrusted the job, taking care of the   stores, to Thu. Ngoc Hoang gave him keys and said: “Though all things in heaven are unlimited, we shouldn’t waste them. Therefore, I need a person to manage them. That is you. You don’t need to report to me daily. Twice a year are enough”, said Ngoc Hoang. “Follow your words, my king”, said Thu. Thu happily received his new position. Few years later, Thu did his duty well he set things at their places, didn’t wasted anything. Ngoc Hoang was very satisfied but nothing could keep its initial state pass time. Because things which belonged to Ngoc Hoang were very great none could count or measure, Thu thought about stealing. “Only a little could be enough for my family to live till the...
1 comment
Read more

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...
Read more

Bài 1.6: Động từ “to be”.

Động từ “to be” là một động từ đặc biệt và gần như có nhiều dạng thức nhất trong nhóm động từ. Vì vây, để giải thích rõ ràng ý nghĩa và các sử dụng động từ “to be” là một vấn đề khá phức tạp. Mình sẽ có gắng giải thích một cách dễ hiểu nhất cho các bạn.
Post a Comment
Read more