The story of the buffalo and the donkey in One Thousand and One Nights

At that time, it was said that there was a businessman who was not only good at doing business, but also understood the languages ??of birds and animals. He lives in the countryside with his wife and children, and has a donkey and a buffalo at home.

One day, the buffalo came to the donkey's stable and saw that the donkey was clean and spotless. He was lying there resting, looking very at ease. There was still a fine guillotine in the trough. Fine grass and cooked chaff are provided for it to enjoy at any time. Sometimes when the owner goes out to do errands, he pulls the donkey out and rides it for a while. He often comes back soon, and the donkey goes to sleep again. The treatment enjoyed by the donkey makes the buffalo envious.

The buffalo wanted to chat with the donkey, and the buffalo said: "You are so free, and the master is so kind to you. Look, there are finely shredded grass and cooked chaff in the stable; When the master sometimes uses you, he just rides you outside for a while and then comes back. You are not like me who is busy all day long, working in the fields from dawn to dusk, and then returning home. You have to pull the mill and grind the mill, and you don't have a moment to spare. How can you be so free and comfortable!"

The donkey listened to the buffalo and gave it advice, saying: "Listen to me, you can be hired by the master. When the farmer takes you to the field and puts a yoke on you for you to plow, you jump as hard as you can to prevent him from getting on the yoke. When he can't help you and takes you home and gives you fodder, don't eat either. Pretend to be sick and tired. If you insist on refusing to eat for three days, you can get rid of labor and live a stable and leisurely life. "

Conversation between buffalo and donkey, donkey to buffalo. The idea came out just enough for the businessman to hear it clearly.

That night, when the farmer gave the buffalo fodder, the buffalo ate very little. Early the next morning, the farmer took out the cow and plowed in the field. The buffalo seemed restless and refused to let the farmer put a yoke on it. It was unsteady and listless. The farmer felt compassion for the buffalo and sighed:

"This buffalo has been overworked and is no longer capable of doing its job." The farmer reported the buffalo's inability to farm to the businessman: "Master, the buffalo died last night. No matter how much fodder he ate, he was unable to work in the field today. Now he is lying half-dead in the stable, unable to work. "

After hearing the farmer's statement, the businessman understood the real reason. He said, "Well, let's let the donkey plow the land instead of the buffalo." The farmer accepted the order and took the donkey to work in the field. The donkey plowed all day and came back in the evening, exhausted. The buffalo was grateful to the donkey for doing the plowing for him, and allowed him to lie comfortably in the stable all day. But the donkey regretted it endlessly.

In the early morning of the next day, the farmer still led the donkey to the fields to cultivate, and did not come back until the evening. His shoulders were worn out and his whole body was sore from exhaustion. Seeing this, the buffalo was grateful and heartbroken to the donkey.

The donkey was not willing to farm for the buffalo. After thinking about it, he said to the buffalo: "It seems that I will continue to work like this, because I heard from the owner that if the buffalo lies down like this, there will be no work." If you can't do it, then you have to give it to the butcher to kill it and cut its skin into pieces. What should I do, buffalo? I'm really worried about you. Anyway, I should tell you. I have told you everything, you can find a way to survive on your own. "

The buffalo believed the donkey's words and was immediately surprised. He thanked the donkey profusely for his timely guidance and helped himself. Protection from suffering and death. What the donkey said to the buffalo was also heard by the merchant.

The next morning, the businessman and his wife went to the donkey stable together. When the buffalo saw its owner arriving, it immediately looked full of energy and flicked its tail. Moving the cow's hooves. When the businessman saw the buffalo acting uncharacteristically, he understood the mystery and found it very funny. He couldn't help but laugh out loud. He laughed so hard that he almost fell to the ground. His wife felt puzzled and asked him: "You are fine, why are you laughing so hard all of a sudden?"

The businessman said: "I am laughing like this because I discovered a secret thing. But I You can't tell anyone, because these are the words of a bird and an animal. Once the secret is revealed, my life will be over." My wife felt more and more strange and asked, "What does this have to do with your life? I have to do this today." I ask you to tell me the reason for your laughter! If you don't tell me, it only means that you are laughing at me."

At my wife's insistent request. After much entanglement, the businessman thought about it and finally decided to reveal the truth.

He asked his son to call in the judge and witnesses. He would write the will in public, then reveal the secret and die. The reason why he did this was that he would rather sacrifice his own life than let his wife be wronged. She was his uncle's daughter (Uncle's daughter: Arabs are influenced by traditional customs, and many people practice consanguineous marriage.) and the mother of his children. He lived to be one hundred and twenty years old, and he and his wife lived together throughout their lives. My wife has never said otherwise. Been wronged.

The judge and witnesses came, as did relatives, friends and neighbors. The businessman explained his situation in public, stating that as long as he revealed the language of birds and beasts, his life would end immediately. When his relatives and friends heard this, they felt sorry for him and advised his wife: "Just give up this request, lest your husband and the father of the children die like this." However, his wife was angry and insisted: "I Never give up, no matter what, he has to tell this secret!"

Because of her stubbornness, her relatives and friends had no choice but to look at each other, speechless. Seeing that the matter was irreversible, the businessman had no choice but to stand up, leave his relatives and friends, and go to bathe (bathing: Islam stipulates that Muslims must maintain religious ritual cleanliness, including purifying the whole body before being buried after death), preparing to come back and leak the secret and die. . He has a dog at home. One rooster and fifty hens. When he passed the chicken shed, he heard the guard dog saying to the rooster in a reproachful tone: "The master is about to die, how can you still be so happy?!"

The rooster asked in confusion. : "What's going on?" The dog told the story of what happened in the owner's home. The rooster listened and said: "Oh, the master is too simple-minded. Unlike me, I have fifty wives. I can get close to whoever I like. But our master only has one wife, can't he control her?" Why didn't he break a few mulberry branches, lock her in the house, beat her severely, and force her to admit her mistake and stop threatening him!"

The businessman listened to Ji Yu. The dog's conversation felt reasonable, so he broke off some mulberry branches and hid them in the house. He called his wife into the house and said to her: "Okay, I will tell you the secret right now, and then die in the house, don't let anyone else see it." The wife believed it. The businessman locked the door, took out a mulberry branch, and beat her. When the wife saw that the businessman was really angry, she had to admit her mistake. Begging for mercy, he said: "I regret it, don't hit me again!"

The businessman forgave his wife, and the old couple reconciled. Relatives and friends were also happy for their reconciliation and wished them a happy marriage.

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Story summary:

A centenarian man, he can understand the words of birds and beasts. He kept a donkey and a buffalo on his estate. Buffaloes are led by farmers to work in the fields every day, while donkeys only occasionally carry their owners out for fun. The buffalo envied the donkey. The donkey looked at the pitiful buffalo and gave the buffalo an idea. He asked the buffalo to pretend to be sick so that it would not have to work in the fields. But these words were heard by the centenarian. The next day the buffalo pretended to be sick, so the old man asked the farmer to take the donkey to work in the fields.

The donkey was exhausted after working for two days and couldn’t express its suffering, so he came up with a plan. He said that when the owner said that the buffalo was not getting better, he would sell it to the butcher and kill him. . After hearing this, the buffalo turned pale with fright. After thanking the donkey, he hurriedly ate and drank. The next day, he stood in front of his master full of energy. The old man burst out laughing when he saw this scene.

Principle: Helping others is a good thing, but you must help in the right place. You cannot teach others to lie. If you harm others, you will also harm yourself. If you have any difficulties, tell us and we can solve them together. Don't be opportunistic.