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Honorable thief

Long time ago when the country was reigned by Thanh Tong Le in Thang long (the old name of Ha noi) lived a great thief whatever he wanted he could find the way to get it. He used to make mandarins and landlord afraid.   
Mandarins and landlord had gone to catch him but they couldn’t touch to him he appeared and also disappeared as a wind. So, people called him Quan “gio” with “gio” was his nickname it meant wind.
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One day which was near Tet holiday the king pretended as a poor student traveled to have sight about people’s lives. He came and knocked on Quan gio’s door in accidental. The king show him his proverty and said pitifully:
“I teach children in Dong xuan and have saved some money to bring to home to manage this Tet holiday. Unfortunately”, he creamed, “when I was on my way my money was stolen by theifs. Now I had no way to go. Please, let me stay in here for a night, dear you.”
Quan gio gave him sympathy. He said:
“I will help you some money.”
The king observed his shabby house then asked:
“Why can you help me if you are not better than me.”
“I don’t want keep secret with you I am Quan gio. Because you meet unfortunate I will manage to help you get something.”, replied Quan gio.
Then Quan gio asked the king to sit, he added: “You may not know that I only steal from rich people and mandarins who had made bad things to have your wealth and never touched my hand on things belong to good people though they were rich. Now my friend you can taled me a person who had made bad things to have wealth I will steal from the house.”
The king spent a little while thinking then he said:
“Ba Van who lives in the east of castle he has a large store and is very rich.”
“I know him he lend people money and get very high interest. But let him doing I will steal from him as he get much more money.”, said Quan gio
“I know a person who lives near that. He recently buys some field and many buffaloes. Do you think we can steal.”, ssaid the king.
“No. Don’t do that. He and his family have worked very hard to have that thing. You may not know they always come to field as sun not yet rises and only if sun has downed they come home to cook. So I think I know a person who is storage keeper and I know that he often steal from the storage.”, said Quan gio.
“Really?”, said the king suspiciously.
“I have getten my check. Every day he brings some from the storage and uses them to by houses, fields I think you can not count how much assets he has.”, said Quan gio.
They king can keeped himself not being curious to know how was Quan gio great in steal so he asked him to let he followed. Though Quan gio felt to be hesitant but the king insisted and then he agreed.
“I will find proofs that will proved that he has stolen from the storage before steal anything but you have to keep you to be silent”, said Quan gio.
Then they two nad their way toward the storage keeper house in the dark. Quan gio asked the king to wait him for unlocking the door then he hinted the king to com up. They sneaked into the house. Quan gio led them to a room which placed a coffer. Quan gio unlocked the coffer took out silver bars and gave the king.
“This is silver he just has stolen today and not yet uses. You take the silver to come home and have a great Tet holiday. Hurry up, now, before they find out. I have to stay here to clean all marks.”
The king saw silver bars and realized the symbor which was notched on each of bars indicated that silver bars belonged to him, the king. Now the king belived that what Quan gio had said was true he went out traight to castle and hid the silver. The next morning that was the first day of Te holiday all mandarins had to come and participated in party which was organized by the king. The king asked courtiers to call the storage keeper up and asked:
“A thief came to your house last night, didn’t he?”
The storage keeper didn’t answer so the king asked courtiers to bring the silver he had taken to him. He threw them down. The storage keeper couldn’t say any thing one more time. He kept his face opposite the ground and amitted his crime.
Quan gio now was invited in the castle. The king gave him a compliment and called him honorable thief.
THE END     
"Translated by Hung Nguyen"

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