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GIỠ HAO JRANG chapter 3

BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong kept crying and wriggling as a worm.
“How’d you dare? Dare to cut my longan tree? Dare to steal my longans”, he roared, “If you wan, you have to ask me and letting you or not is my decision”.
Then, hundreds of people, thousand of people started speaking:
“No village here, no field here, there are only trees and mountains. We think it’s a wild longan tree and of course, it’s really a wild longan tree. It’s born and grew up itself no one planted and took care of”.
BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong turned angry, again.
“Bastard, all of you, the thieves who stole my longans”, roared BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong, “Now, you dare to say that. Right! if you want to die, I will help tearing your bodies in pieces”.
Hundreds of people, thousands of people staring shaking, again.
DamBik, DamVingBingKlan, DamDokGleTreVet who were shuddering as others showed up from crowd.
“We all come here to take and pick up longans which drop on ground. Though we are the most reckless people, we don’t dare to cut you longan tree”, they said, “All this things are things GiỡTuKrong did”.
That time, GiỡTuKrong was moving down.
“Fuck you!” roared GiỡTuKrong, “DamBik, DamVingBingKlan, DamDokGleTreVet, your are foolish and raffish. You were that people who came here with girls to take longans but all you were too dud to climb up the tree and so that the girls had to go back to call DamPhan, GiỡHreng and me to help them”.
“Because of me, DamPhan, and GiỡHreng you had the dilicous longans to eat”, GiỡTuKrong added, “You and people like you, don’t put on loincloth and had better all you dress as women. You all only make honor of turned worse”.
“This is wild longan tree”, GiỡTuKrong continued, “It’s born, grew up and bore longans itself. Sure, BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong want a fighting. Let’s start. I’m GiỡTuKrong, have never scare anyone. If I die on ground, my body will feed beasts and birds here. if I die in water, my body will be food for fish which live in”. Then GiỡTuKrong turned to people.
“If anyone scared BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong and want to follow him, raise your hand”, said GiỡTuKrong.
DamBik, DamVingBingKlan, DamDokGleTreVet raised their hands. Some of men, women, elders and children because of scaring BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong also raised their hands.
Then, GiỡTuKrong asked:
“Who will you follow, DamPhan, GiỡHreng, MaKlen, MaJong?”
All of them replied immediately:
“Though our heads fall down, though our flesh’s rotten, we onl follow you GiỡTuKrong.”
Hundreds of beautiful girls, thousands of beautiful girls also said the same words.
“We wouldn’t have had longans to eat if DamPhan, GiỡHreng and GiỡTuKrong had not helped. So, we all will stand on DamPhan, GiỡHreng and GiỡTuKrong’s side”, said the beautiful girls.
Then, GiỡTuKrong talked to people.
“Now, all people who follow BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong, stands on a side and the others who follow me, stand on the other side”. GiỡTuKrong turned to the beautiful girls and said: “Hey girls! You chose to stand on my side. You all can come home, bring the rattan baskets full of ripe longans to your father, your mother, elders in village and many of others to eat. We will stay here fighting with BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong and people following him.”
The beautiful girls turned around they left, went toward their homes; though, they all filled full their brain by thoughts about DamPhan, GiỡHreng and GiỡTuKrong.
While, BiaBơngBơh, BiaSơngLong, SowdrăngMatAnar, three of beautiful girls said:
“We don’t wanna come back home. We will stay here, with you. We can’t let you here and fight with them alone. Though we will die or live we will stay here as MaKlen and MaJong.”
“Don’t,” said GiỡTuKrong, “You have to come back only that make your grandparents, your parents and all your relatives feel peace. If we want, we will call you”.
Then the beatifull girls brought the rattan baskets on their back turned around and found the way to their homes. GiỡTuKrong turend to DamPhan, GiỡHreng, MaKlen, MaJong and said:
“DamPhan, GiỡHreng, you two will fight with people following BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong. I and MaKlen, MaJong will try to fight with him”.
Then the fighting between GiỡTuKrong, MaKlen, MaJong and BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong; DamPhan, GiỡHreng and DamBik, DamVingBingKlan, DamDokGleTreVet started.
The fighting took place in long time. They wrestled, caught and tied the others. They cut the others by their swords. Day by day, night by night, the fight still continued. They fought in sea then fought in sky. Sometime, GiỡTuKrong and his fellows had advantage but sometime they lost. The fighting continued taking place long and long and no one knew how many days had passed no one could figure out.
DamPhan, GiỡHreng took out kives which had brass hilt and silver blade, curved and long as like rainbow and chased after DamBik, DamVingBingKlan, DamDokGleTreVet. They cut toward them and the others who followed BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong that made people scrared. They screamed, cried, ran and hide themselves in anywhere they found in the forest. That made the frorest turned noisy. Many of children, old women, old men cried they begged DamPhan, GiỡHreng to forgive them that they could come back homes and lived with their families.

After killing DamBik, DamVingBingKlan, DamDokGleTreVet people followed BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong, DamPhan, GiỡHreng let people brought their baskets, came back their homes then they brought their knives and their shields flew toward where the others were and continued the fighting with BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong. They fought whole day without resting. 

"Translater: Hung Nguyen"
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