Friday, April 5, 2013

Qui Jun and the Arrogant Wealthy Man



Once upon a time, there was a wealthy man called Shan who lived in a village in China. He was very popular. However, this made him very arrogant.
Qui Jun heard about his arrogance and wanted to teach Shan a lesson. He went to meet Shan. Dressed up as a commoner, he was ignored by Shan. Just then Shan's servant came with a message. "The son of an army officer is here to see you."
Shan said, "I will go and greet him"
Shan welcomed the son of the army officer respectfully.
After the army officer's son had left, Qui Jun asked Shan the reason for his two-faced attitude. "Why is it that you greeted the army officer's son so respectfully, yet behaved so arrogantly towards me?"
Shan had a quick reply, "Please don't get me wrong. For me greeting means not greeting, as not greeting means greeting."
Qui Jun understood Shan's mischief and hit him on his head with his stick.
"According to your logic, beating you means not beating you and not beating you means beating you. Therefore, I have to give you a beating," said Qui Jun.
Shan immediately realized the folly of his actions and started showing respect to everyone he met, irrespective of their status.


The Fake Grandmother





One day, Little Red Riding Hood's mother said, "Little, Grandma called me on the phone and said she didn't feel so well. Why don't you get your motorbike and bring her some fruit?"
"Oh, poor Grandma... Okay, Mother. I'LL go to her house right away," said Little Red Riding Hood.
"Be careful with the traffic, dear. And don't drive too fast," advised her mother.
"Okay!" answered Little Red Riding Hood.
As soon as she got to her grandma's house, she knocked on the door. "Knock... Knock...!"
"Come in," said the voice inside, "the door is open."
When Little Red Riding Hood walked into the bedroom, she saw an old lady Look so busy listening to rock music.
"Grandma? Wow! This is a surprise! I thought you hate rock music!' said Little Red Riding Hood.
"Oh please, dear. I have always listened to rock music even before your mother was born." said the old lady.
"But Grandma," said Little Red Riding Hood. "I didn't know you like reading comics!"
"Oh yes I do, I read a Lot of comics every day," muttered the old woman. "And Grandma," said Little Red Riding Hood. Are you eating chewing gums?" "Yes, I am," answered the old woman. "I love chewing gums, but I like little girls Like you better."
Suddenly, Little Red Riding Hood quickly took an aerosol out of her pocket and sprayed her until she fainted.
"I knew you were not Grandma."
Later, she found her grandmother trapped in the garage.
"Oh dear, thank God you're here," said Grandma "that burglar wanted to steal all my precious things."
"That's horrible, Grandma," said Little Red Riding Hood, putting the spray back into her pocket. "Let's call the police right away."

Terjemahan .......

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Mouse, Cat and a big pot of cheese




One night, the mouse and the cat found a big pot of cheese. They were so happy about it. They carefully kept the pot in the attic of the house next door.
The cat, however, was not a good friend. He wanted to have at the cheese for himself, and therefore, he tried to find the way to secretly eat the cheese.
So, he said to the kind-hearted mouse, "My friend, my nephew is sick. I have to go and visit him," he said sadly.
"I'm sorry to hear that, my friend. Yes, of course. I think you should go and visit him. I hope your nephew will get well soon," the mouse said.
After that, the cat quickly went to the attic and greedily ate the cheese. He ate one third of the cheese.
Three days later, the cat said to the mouse that he would visit his sister. He said that her sister had just got a new baby. Of course, the cat lied again because he went to eat the cheese in the attic. There was only a half of the cheese left.
Ten days went by and the cat wanted to eat the cheese again. So he went and talked to the mouse.
"I wanted to visit my old Grandma," the cat told the mouse. "Okay. Send my best regards to her, will you?" reply the mouse. Hurriedly, the cat ran to the attic. This time, the cat greedily ate up the rest of the cheese.
When the winter came, the mouse finally found out that there was no cheese left. He finally realized that the cat had tied to him all the time. The mouse was very disappointed and angry at the same time. He cried angrily, "You are not my best friend anymore!"