Skip to main content

Rock dog and two men

There, in a small village, standing by forest, where had two brothers. They both had their own family. Though they had been born and grown up in the same family, they were different. While the elder was rich, the younger was poor and while the elder was scrimp, the younger was kind treating others very well.
Time passed they had their own life and it seemed they had nothing to meet again till one day. 
One day, a beggar no one knew where he was came to the village. He made his way to gate of the elder’s house. At the first time the elder and his wife saw the beggar who was in torn corny clothes and dirty, his hands, his feet, his head, of course whole his body and things on his body so dirty, the traveling louses could be seen by anyone so that they turned cold their hearts turned into stone. They didn’t do anything even throwing him some words they made their way back into their home and unchained their evil dogs.
vietnamese fairy tales
The beggar dragged each step along road he crossed the younger’s house. That time, the younger and his wife was having dinner and what they had was only some porridge. The younger felt very sorry as he saw the beggar, an old poor man who seemed very hungry and tired. He went out, held the beggar’s hand and pulled him in. His wife gave the beggar one bowl of porridge.
“It’s not much”, said the wife, “but I think it will help you much”.
The beggar asked for the second bowl of porridge after he ate the first bowl. The wife helped him to have another bowl of porridge though there had no much. After the second bowl the beggar grabbed his stick and found the way to stand up.
“You both are kind”, said the beggar, “and worthy to have fortune. I know a place with a lot of treasures in that. Follow me we need to go in forest”.
They both looked at the other by a stupid way they didn’t believe in their ears that the beggar had to hurry them for few times. They followed the beggar deeply in forest then they climbed up a high mountain. At last, they came to stone steps. They followed stone steps which led to rock dog standing on a stone platform. The beggar walked toward and then poked on the dog's head. Suddenly, the rock dog opened its mouth.
“Here. Take whatever you want”, said the beggar.
They one more time looked at the other then found out the beggar had disappeared. The younger put his hand into rock dog’s mouth and started groping. Of course, he found something and when he pulled out they are gold bars twinkling. He and his wife took some, put in their pocket and then came back their home. They sold the gold and then bought nice house, fields and something like that. Their life now turned wealthy.
It didn’t need long time to spread out the news people suddenly turned rich. That news came to the the elder who made his way, after many years, to their home.
“You did change very much from the last time we met”, said the elder, “What does it come from, your fortune?”
In peace the younger told his brother whole about the beggar, the stone steps, the rock dog and things like that.
The elder and his wife didn’t miss any words they heard whole of what his young brother said.
“Oh! That beggar did ever go to our home wife.” said the elder, “We did behave so foolishly”.
From that time, the elder and his way always kept noticing on beggars. They hoped they could see again the beggar and have the fortune as his younger bother. They willingly came to street markets, villages to find the beggar. Besides, they hired people to keep watching anywhere but all of them and including the elder didn’t do much they couldn’t see the beggar at anywhere.
One day, the elder had business needing to go out and just got pass the gate he saw the beggar. That corny shabby clothes, that bamboo stick, that long white beard which indicated there was no one but the man, the fairy or god or something like that, he was finding. Hurriedly, he ran toward the man, greeted him politely and violently invited him to go in his home. When the beggar had been in his home, he hurried his servants to cook a meal. His servant slaughtered some cattle, cooked rice and made a great meal to treat their guest. When the meal was brought to, they waited the beggar finished it and then they both, the elder and his wife, approached the place where the beggar was sitting, kneeled.
“You did help a person to have his richness now. I and he are brothers. So, if you can help both of us, we will never forget your help always keeping our gratefulness”, said the elder.
The beggar nodded his head, very much.
“All right!” he said, “You follow me”.
Happily the elder and his wife brought big pocket and followed the beggar. They also came to the place where their younger brother and his wife had. The beggar poked on rock dog’s head few times and it opened his mouth. As fast as he could the elder put his hand into the rock dog’s mouth but as son as the dog shut it mouth and then the hand of the elder was stuck in that. He turned his head madly to every directions, found beggar to pray his help but he couldn’t the beggar had disappeared. I hope you can see his face. Though, his wife tried her best to help him pull out his hand, his hand was still stuck in the rock dog’s mouth.
“This is his punishment for what we have done”, said the elder in bad mood. He looked to his wife and then they both bursted into tears. Later, he said:
“Now I can’t die and also can’t pull out my hand. But, I need something to eat so you come home, cook something and bring it to me”, said the elder.
The wife made her way back home, cooked and brought the food to her husband. Day by day, she spent all time in day to cook and bring food to her husband. Rainy or shiny, cold or hot, she had never missed a day bringing food to husband. Three years passed many shoes, clothes had torn and of course all of their assets had gone.
“We fall in this situation because of my greed. All our things had gone and I can’t continue this life.” said the elder, “So, before I die, I want to have some fun with you, in this wild place. Come here!”
The wife felt shy but her husband insisted her much so she agreed. She made the way to stay next to her husband. And when her clothes just dropped on ground, the rock dog opened its mouth. You can’t believe but it laughed. While the elder at one pulled out his hand, the wife fast picked up her clothes and put in. They both, hurriedly, ran, got away the place not daring to look back or stop to make their clothes in their right place.
THE END
"Translator: 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:
List of Vietnamese fairy tales
Tale 177:  Plan to kill husband
Tale 178: Monk and shoemaker
Tale 180: Blind intelligent groom
Tale 181: Make princess speak
Tale 182: Bu and Ngoc
-----
Truyện cổ tích Việt nam (For people who can read Vietnamese)
Vietnamese historical stories (For people who love history)

Essential Reads: Engaging Books You Can't Miss!

Nhãn:

Comments

Post a Comment

BÀI ĐĂNG ĐƯỢC XEM NHIỀU

Thi Kinh Bodhisattva

A  person had been born times, lived other lives. Each time being born, the person was always a monk or a nut, lived with strong religious belief. She or he had passed nine lives but still   didn’t reach Nirvana. At the tenth, the person was reborn in the form of a girl. She was daughter of a normal family who lived in Cao Ly and her name was Thi Kinh. Thi Kinh was a calm, kind-hearted girl. She was the person who loved her mother and father, using to help them homework. When she grew up, he parent let her married with a student whose name’s Thien Si. Thien Si was born in normal family, not richer than her family but he was very hard in studying. Therefore, Thi Kinh had nothing more pleased than undertaking all homework for her husband to have time to study. One normal night, Thien Si sat on floor reading book while his wife, Thi Kinh, was staying by sewing. Front their face was only an oil lamp. Later, Thien Si felt tired, he laid down his head was on his wif...
Post a Comment
Read more

205. Quan Âm Thị Kính

Ngày xửa ngày xưa, có một người trải đã nhiều kiếp, kiếp nào từ bé đến lớn cũng giữ mình đức hạnh và thành bậc chân tu. Cứ luân hồi chuyển kiếp như vậy liên tiếp đến 9 lần, nhưng chưa kiếp nào được thành Phật. Đến kiếp thứ 10, Đức Thích Ca muốn thử lòng, bắt vào đầu thai làm con gái một nhà họ Mãng ở nước Cao Ly.  Họ Mãng đặt tên nàng là Thị Kính. Lớn lên, nàng tài sắc nết na lại hiếu thảo hết lòng. Khi đến tuổi lấy chồng, nàng được bố mẹ gả cho thư sinh Sùng Thiện Sĩ. Sùng Thiện Sĩ rất đẹp trai, chăm học. Hai vợ chồng thật là trai tài gái sắc ăn ở với nhau rất mực kính ái và hòa thuận. Một đêm, Thiện Sĩ ngồi đọc sách, Thị Kính ngồi may bên cạnh. Thiện Sĩ bỗng thấy mệt mỏi, bèn ngả lưng xuống giường, kê đầu lên gối vợ truyện trò rồi thiếp ngủ. Thi Kính thương chồng học mệt nên lặng yên cho chồng ngủ. Nàng ngắm nhìn khuôn mặt tuấn tú của chồng, bỗng nhận ra ở cằm chồng có một sợi râu mọc ngược. Sẵn con dao nhíp trong thúng khảo đựng đồ may, Thị Kính liền cầm lên kề vào cằm chồn...
Post a Comment
Read more

Bay Giao, Chin Quy

Once  upon a time, in  Cai - se   village lived two brothers one was Bay   Giao   and the other was Chin   Quy . Their parent had died when they were child leaving them some parts of field. They were beefy and also wanted to devote their power for their country. They heard that Binh dinh was land of martial arts so they sold their field, packed then went toward Binh dinh. They found to many masters and had no long time to be great on 18 skills of martial arts. They they said goodbye their teacher came toward castle. But meanwhile the country was peaceful that they didn't have any enemies so the king preferred mandarins than generals. Therefore,   they had to turn back their way to their village. They taught people martial arts to live but it didn’t help them have enough money to fill full their stomach. Having no choice, at last, they worked as thieves then changed into robbers. They robbed travelers but they onl...
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

Danh sách truyện cổ tích việt nam

Dưới  đây là những câu truyện cổ tích chắc có lẽ chỉ quen thuộc với mọi người. Bởi lẽ, ngày nay chúng ta đã quá quen với các phương tiện giải trí khác như smart phone, internet có thể dễ dàng cập nhật những bộ phim hay, trò chơi điện tử hấp dẫn. Những câu truyện cổ tích vì vậy không còn quá nhiều sức hấp dẫn đối với chúng ta. Tuy nhiên, mỗi câu chuyện ở đây đều mang trong mình một ý nghĩa riêng. Nếu bạn là người yêu thích những thứ liên quan tới văn hóa dân gian Việt nam; từng một lần ghé qua đây, hãy đọc những câu chuyện dưới đây và nhận lấy cho mình một ý nghĩa trong mỗi câu chuyện dưới đây.
1 comment
Read more

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...
Read more

Plan to kill husband

Once  upon a time, there had a couple who lived in a small village. The wife was not a faithful woman she had a lover not her husband. The woman and her lover wanted to come to the other without any balk that the more early the husband died the more they felt happy. Though, they didn’t dare to kill him. Every day, the woman brought small feast to a temple near that and begged the God to make her husband die. At last, the bad behavior of the woman came to her husband. He followed his wife few times but still didn’t catch them in time but the habit of her going to temple whenever she went back from market made him doubt. One day, he made the way in temple, hid himself after a statue and waited. As normal his wife went in and as usual she begged God to bring his wife away. The husband seemed not disappointed much he smiled because he got an idea. “Come home”, the husband change his voice, “kill a hen and cook soup. Your husband eat, he will die”. The holy voice spreading...
Post a Comment
Read more

The third wife of Cai Vang.

Once  upon a time, Hoang Van area was managed by a mandarin. People called him Cai Vang. When he was child, he picked up a pearl. That was a magical pearl. It helped him not to be harm by any arrow. All arrows turned to other direction when they flew nearly him. Cai Vang had brought the pearl with him every time since he got it. While the time he was mandarin, he used taxes for himself. Therefore, he was imprisoned and tortured. One day, soldiers escorted him cross a forest. When they spent very litte noticing on him, he ran. Soldiers chased after him and shot arrows toward him. Because of magical pearl, he could escape safely. From that time, Cai Vang grouped people and trained them. He planned to fight against the king. He called himself Thuong Cong. vietnamesefairytales.blogspot.com Cai Vang had three wifes. His third wife was great in martial arts though she was only 20 years old. Before he started to fight he called three wifes to come and ask: “I am now sitting ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Tam and Cam

Once upon a time, there had a little girl named Tam. Her mother died early so her father decided to remarry on purpose the stepmother would take care of his little daughter. The stepmother gave birth to a girl, named Cam after that. Then, her father died after few years. Tam had to live with her stepmother and her sister, Cam. Since the time, she was forced to work hard, all housework, while Cam had to do nothing. One day, the stepmother gave Tam and Cam each one a corf to caught fish. She promised that who caught full her corf would receive a piece of red silk. Tam and Cam went to field together. She was hard to catch fish while Cam only wondered around till afternoon and had nothing in her coft. Cam pointed at Tam’s coft and realised it is full, thinking seconds, she said gently: “sister Tam, your head is mud, you should wash it or mother will punish you” Belive Cam, Tam went to river nearly. She left her corf on the shore,  waded into water to wash. Cam, meanwhile, stayed on t...
Read more