Skip to main content

3. Devil in vase

Once upon a time, there had a woodcutter who lived in a small village at the edge of a forest. He was a hard-working man working from the sunrise to sundown, but it didn’t bring to him much money. He had a son. He gave him much love and didn’t want he would have a life as a woodcutter.
“Son”, he said, “I have saved a little money. This is all my effort. My son, you take it, try to get a career. When I am old and can’t work, that’s the time you have to take care of me”.
The son took the money and set off. Firstly, he came to a school and stayed at there a time. He studied very hard and teachers were also satisfied about him. Later, he came to other schools to continue his studying but the money his father gave him had gone before he finished it. He was forced to come back home
vietnamese fairy tales
“I can’t give you any more”, said the woodcutter, “Prices are rising and I can’t buy anything more but bread”.
“Dad, don’t worry”, said the son, “I will manage”.
When the woodcutter prepared to go to forest, the son asked him to go with.
“Dad, I will go with you. I will help you”, said the son.
“Oh my son”, said the woodcutter, “This is a hard work. If you aren’t accustomed to it, you can’t do. Besides, I have only an ax”.
“We will borrow one from our neighbor”, said the son, “and when we have enough money, we will give it back and buy a new other”.
The woodcutter went to his neigbor’s home and borrowed an ax. The next early morning, he and his son went to forest together. The son happily helped his father. Though that was a hard work, he seemed not to feel tired. Instead, he felt happy. Then, the sun went on top.
“We will rest awhile, son”, said the woodcutter, “Come on and get your serving. We will back to work after resting”.
The son took his serving.
“Dad, I don’t feel tired. I will go around when you stay here”, said the son.
“You proud”, the woodcutter grumbled, “Then, you won’t force yourself to move. Come here and rest”.
Though, the son didn’t stay, he went. He went to deep forest with bread on his hand, happily. He saw an ancient oak. The oak had to have lived for hundreds of years. it had a gigantic trunk that six people couldn’t cover it by their arms. Huge branches and leaves left a gigantic shadow on ground. The son didn’t see the top of the oak it must be very high. He stopped at the oak.
“Must have many birds here”, he thought.
He planned to climb but he heard some whispering voices echoed to his ears.
“Help me! help me out here”
He stopped, looked around but he didn’t see anyone.
“Where are you?” he asked.
“I’m here, under ground by the oak”, said the voice.
He spent time dug around the oak. At last, he found out a crystal vase which was put on a hole by the root. The held up the vase, let sunlight lighted it. There’s a frog which was jumping in it.
“Help me! Help me out the thing!” prayed the frog continuously.
He didn’t think much and immediately found the way to help the poor frog. He opened the stopper. A cloud of mist poured out from the vase. It spread out widen then gathered. The mist transformed into a jinee, a gigantic evil god. The jinee had a felon face with blood eyes, fierce red hair, upgrow eyebrow and thick curly beard. His body was as big as a tower and high as half the oak he was standing by.
“Do you know what you will get if you rescue me?” he said, laughing. His voices were like thunders.
“I don’t know”, replied the son. There had no fear in his voice.
“I will smash your head”, roared the jinee.
“Why did not say me?” said the son, “I would you stay still in the place.” “But, you can’t smash my head. This is not the thing you can manage.”
“I can’t manage. Why I can’t manage?” laughed the jinee cruelly, “That’s thing you thought. Do you know why I was locked in? Because, I am good, uhu?”, laughed again, “Idiot! I am not any good. I am Macgaya powerful and sinister. Staying in the vase is the punishment for me because of doing sinister things. I will break your neck, the neck of the person who rescues me that’s what I did say”.
“Don’t rush”, said the son gently, “I know a jinee never betrays his saying. But, aren’t you a jinee? I don’t know. Aren’t you did come out from the vase? I also don’t see it. You are a jinee or you are only a liar? Unless you can come back in the vase, I believe what you said is true then I will let you kill me without any complain”.
“It’s so easy” said the jinee arrogantly.
His body got smaller and smaller. At last, his body turned small enough to pass the mouth of vase. The son immediately got that chance putting the stopper on the vase. He brought the vase having the jinee in back to where it had stayed. He he turned back walking toward where his father was.
“Please, let me out. Please, help me”, screamed the jinee.
“No”, said the son shortly, “I will never do the stupid thing tiwce”.  
“Please, if you free me, I will help you be rich”, insisted the jinee.
“Don’t try to lie me”, said the son, “I know you will do as like the fist time I free you”.
“Don’t waste the chance”, insisted the jinee, “I promise I will never harm you any litter but to gift you wealthy”.
“It's worthy to risk” the son thought, “He maybe give me the wealthy or he also can do as the first time”.
He pulled the stopper out. The jinee got out. He turned bigger till he reached his gigantic size. The jinee bent down and give him a piece of silk. The silk had two colors on its two-sides. One was red and the other was yellow.
“If you use the red side rubs on injury, it will be cured immediately,” said the jinee, “and the yellow side will change any iron into silver if you rub on it.”
“I will try it”, said the son. He took the ax and did a big wound on a trunk nearly. He rubbed the red side on the wound and then after seconds, the wound closed and was cured as though it had never existed.
“You’re right”, said the son.
The jinee thanked the son for freeing him and the son thanked the jinee for the gift. After that, they parted. The son came back to his father.
“Where did you go?” asked his father angrily, “You did forget to work. I did say you couldn’t do this work”
“Dad, please, keep calm”, said the son, “I will work harder”.
“Harder”, roared his father angrier.
The son rubbed the ax he took by the silk. The iron ax was changed into silver ax at one. He raised the ax highly and chopped strongly on a trunk.
“Look! The blade ax is broken”, he said, “it’s too bad”.
“See what did you do?” screamed his father, “How can we have money to pay for it? That’s what you can help me son?”
“Not being too angry”, he said, “I will pay it”
“You pay?” roared his father angrily, “You have money? You don’t have any one coins but the money I give you. You don’t have any thing but the stupid head”.
Minutes later, while his father was working, he said:
“Stop working dad. We should take a rest.”
“What?” said his father, “You think I will give up as you. I have work and you, you can come home now”
“Dad, I can’t come back home. This’s the first time I come here”, he said.
His father stopped. They went home.
“Sell the ax”, said the father, “Then I will find some money to pay for our neigbor”.
The son brought the ax to a jewelery shop in city. The owner of that shop weighed his ax.
“I don’t have enough money here”, said the owner.
“How much do you have?” he said.
“Three fourths”, said the owner.
“Alright!” he said, “You can give me the rest later”.
The owner gave him much money. He took the money then went straight home.
“Dad, I have money. You go to our neighbor and ask him how much is his ax”, he said.
“I knew how much it is”, said his father, “six coins”.
“We should give him double of it”, he said, “I got a lot of money”. He showed his father the much money that his father had never seen in his life. “You will live in wealthy with this money”, he added.
“Alassss!” his father screamed, “How can you have it”.
He told him whole the thing. He gave his father almost of the money. He got a little from it, came back school. Years later, his name was spread out largely. He was known as a doctor who could cure every disease.

THE END

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
1. Blue-flame lamp
2. Birth and death
3: Devil in vase   
4. Three soldiers and devil
5. Puppet wanna become a human.
6. Blue rose

Essential Reads: Engaging Books You Can't Miss!

Nhãn:

Comments

Post a Comment

BÀI ĐĂNG ĐƯỢC XEM NHIỀU

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

Bài 14: Danh từ đếm được số ít và số nhiều và quy tắc thêm chuyển từ danh từ đếm được số ít sang số nhiều.

      Như chúng ta đã biết danh từ thường phân thành nhiều loại nhưng về mặt ngữ pháp bạn chỉ cần biết danh từ gồm hai loại: danh từ đếm được và danh từ không đếm được. Về cơ bản mình sẽ nói qua một chút về danh từ đếm được và danh từ không đếm được vì bài này chủ yếu xoay quanh danh từ đếm được. Về bản chất danh từ đếm được là những từ bạn có thể kiểm soát nó bằng mặt số lượng tức là bạn có thể đếm 1, 2, 3 cái gì đó và nó có sự phân biệt giữa số ít (một) và số nhiều (hơn một) của loại từ này trong ngữ pháp của câu. Ví dụ: I have  bananas và  I have  a banana  có sự khác biệt rõ ràng, bạn có nhận thất mạo từ  “a”  ở trước banana không? Thêm nữa Bananas  are  yellow và a banana  is  yellow bạn có nhận thấy động từ đi kèm có sự khác biệt không; danh từ số nhiều sẽ tương đương vói ư chỉ ngữ they và danh từ số ít sẽ tương đương vói it. Cơ bản là thế. Còn về danh không đếm được thì bạn phải cân, đo, đong như những...
3 comments
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

Truyện 127. Người dì ghẻ ác nghiệt

Ngày xưa, có một người đàn ông hai vợ, người vợ cả chết sớm để lại một đứa con trai còn bé tên là Văn Linh. Người vợ lẽ cũng sinh được một đứa con trai khác tên là Văn Lang. Văn Lang hơn Văn Linh những năm tuổi, nhưng hai anh em chơi với nhau thân thiết hơn cả anh em cùng một mẹ. Những khi Văn Linh bị trẻ con lối xóm ăn hiếp, Văn Lang lập tức bênh vực. Nhưng Văn Lang không biết rằng mẹ chàng trai lại coi Văn Linh như kẻ thù. Văn Linh ngày một lớn khôn, người bố cho chàng theo nghiệp sách đèn. Còn Văn Lang thì từ lâu đã theo bố tập quen nghề trông coi cày cấy. Nhà họ vốn có của ăn của để. Cả một tư cơ đồ sộ chắt chiu đã vài ba đời được gần vài chục mẫu ruộng và một mẫu vườn, có nhà ngói cây mít, thuộc vào loại khá nhất trong vùng. Đột nhiên người bố ốm nặng rồi qua đời. Người dì ghẻ ngoài mặt thì đối đãi với Văn Linh ngọt ngào tử tế nhưng trong bụng muốn nhổ cái gai trước mắt. Là con đích, Văn Linh sẽ được gần như toàn bộ tài sản. Còn mẹ con Văn Lang thì nh...
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

Truyện 120. Người thợ săn và mụ chằng

Ngày xưa có một người thợ săn trẻ tuổi. Như lệ thường, một hôm anh vào rừng sâu săn thú. Mải đuổi theo một con hươu, không ngờ anh lạc vào một nơi chân mình chưa bước tới bao giờ. Đói và mệt, anh cố tìm đường trở ra. Nhưng anh càng đi lại càng lạc. Cho đến lúc vạch cây rẽ lá lần xuống khe để tìm nước uống, anh mới trông thấy một ngôi nhà bên bờ suối. Mừng quá, anh tiến đến gọi cửa xin nghỉ chân. Một cô gái từ trong nhà bước ra. Cô có vẻ mừng khi nhìn thấy chàng trẻ tuổi. Cô mời anh vào nhà và không giấu giếm ý nghĩ của mình là từ lâu vẫn muốn kiếm một người bạn trai, nay được gặp anh, cô rất vui lòng. Thấy anh đói, cô dọn thức ăn cho anh ăn. Tuy nghi hoặc, nhưng người thợ săn vẫn ăn uống thỏa sức, ăn xong, cô gái nói: - Bây giờ anh hãy theo tôi để đưa đi giấu ở một nơi kẻo nguy hiểm đến tính mạng? Người thợ săn ngạc nhiên, hỏi: - Tại sao lại nguy? Đáp: - Ôi! Anh không biết ư? Mẹ tôi là mụ Chằng, ăn thịt người không tanh. Hôm nay...
Post a Comment
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

215. Lạc Long Quân Và Âu Cơ

Cách đây lâu đời lắm, ở Lĩnh Nam có một thủ lĩnh tên là Lộc Tục, hiệu là Kinh Dương Vương, sức khoẻ tuyệt trần, lại có tài đi lại dưới nước như đi trên cạn. Một hôm, Kinh Dương Vương đi chơi hồ Ðộng Ðình, gặp Long Nữ là con gái Long Vương, hai người kết thành vợ chồng và ít lâu sau sinh được một trai, đặt tên là Sùng Lâm. Lớn lên Sùng làm rất khoẻ, một tay có thể nhấc bổng lên cao tảng đá hai người ôm. Cũng như cha, Sùng Lâm có tài đi lại dưới nước như đi trên cạn. Khi nối nghiệp cha, chàng lấy hiệu là Lạc Long Quân.  Lúc bấy giờ ở đất Lĩnh Nam còn hoang vu, không một nơi nào yên ổn, Lạc Long Quân quyết chí đi du ngoạn khắp nơi. Ðến vùng bờ biển Ðông Nam, Lạc Long Quân gặp một con cá rất lớn. Con cá này đã sống từ lâu đời, mình dài hơn năm mươi trượng, đuôi như cánh buồm, miệng có thể nuốt chửng mười người một lúc. Khi nó bơi thì sóng nổi ngất trời, thuyền bè qua lại đề bị nó nhận chìm, người trên thuyền đều bị nó nuốt sống. Dân chài rất sợ con quái vật ấy. Họ gọi nó là Ngư ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Dull boy or not

Ngoc  was a young man. He was not intelligent as others. Honestly, he’s rather dull. When his mother and father were alive, they managed him to marry with a girl in this village. After that, they died leaving him and his wife their house with a garden and few fields. His wife didn’t like like he was too dull with her. Therefore, she planned to get married with other. As son as Ngoc’s parent died she left making her way to her parent’s house. She’s still young and beautiful. So that, a teacher who had his wife died wanted to marry with her. She brought presents to her parent and her parent because of greed received the presents and hurried him to prepare for the wedding. On other side, Ngoc knew that but he couldn’t convince his wife back home. Besides, he was not enough smart to accuse and his relatives was too. Therefore, he ignored it, the complex thing. Day and day passed no one having kindness helped him. He also didn’t do anything. At last, a neighbor came and informed...
Post a Comment
Read more