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The generals of heaven

In Ly dynasty, the recent king had a travel around his country. When he came to Doai area he saw two gigantic men emerged from a giant stone cave each of them shouldered a large stone but they they seemed not to feel hard. Curious, the king called them to come and ask.
“Where were you born?, asked   the king.
“We were born at this mountain”, said one of them.
“What are your abilities?”, said the king.
“We are great in wrestling.”, said one of them again. 
Then the king brought them to the castle with him. The king let them to wrestle with others but none could be their rival. Whoever who had fought with them had very little negligence they immediately get their bone broken. Others because of that avoid fighting with them.
The king, in other side, was very pleasant when he had them become his guards and he named them Do Nghe and Do Voi. Do Nghe and Do Voi didn’t like to put on clothes as others. Although it was hot or cold they only wore a loin-cloth as they had done and even the king didn’t make them put on clothes. Some time the king had to go to other provinces he asked them to guard the castle. Two gigantic body – man had stood out side for dozen of days. Though the sun burn them, rain made them wet they stood still and very marvelous that they had never been ill. Because of that people called them the general of heaven.
During war years, they had many merits. Whenever the enemies saw two generals who only wore a loin-cloth, an iron had and took a rod running toward the crowd they seemed to lose their pugnacity. Enemies had cut into their bodies many times but that only made their swords broken Do Voi, Do Nghe had had not any hurt in their body.     
But the more favorite from the king the more jealous from courties. Besides, they used talked what they thought truly though that think made others in adverse cases. Of course, they also had people who respected them.
The king meanwhile was a Buddhist devotee and used to build bells, statues, temples but that didn’t make him satisfied. Therefore, the king ordered to build a tower that he stood at the tower and could see every thing over around the castle. The tower was very massive and many people had to come and serve. One day, when people were pulling up a stone column, suddenly the rope was broken and the column fell down onto people standing under and made them died. Do Voi and Do Nghe sprinted to took up the column and set it away.
“Buddha only makes people more difficult”, they complained.
But that words came into a courtier a person very hated them and the courtier said the king that thing.
“More favorite you, my king, give them more insolent they are. If you don’t punish them you, my king, will have bad thing”, said the courtier.
The next morning, they were escorted to the place to behead them but executioners had found many ways to harm them they didn’t have any hurt. Then they used horses to tear them but horses couldn’t run. They all were too tired, shook their head. At last, a courtier said the king to sharpen piece of bamboo then used the piece of bamboo pricked to their ass up to the mouths. Of course they died but they had cursed bad courtiers until they died.
People rumored that they had talked to the courtier the way to kill them. 
THE END
"Translated by Hung Nguyen"

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