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The Devil and the Man

Chinese folktale

By planckPublished 2 years ago 4 min read

A long time ago, there was a brave and clever Dong family descendant called Aning. One time he went out on a long trip to do some work, and as he walked and walked, he felt lonely alone, and thought it would be good to have a companion. Unexpectedly this idea was known by a devil, shifted into a man. So they traveled together.

As they walked, the devil's feet hurt, so he came up with the idea of letting Aning carry him on his back. The devil said, "If we walk like this, we won't be able to walk for two more days, so let's carry each other on our backs."

Aning agreed and asked the devil, "Then who will carry who first?"

The devil said, "Let's put it this way: whichever one is younger will carry the older one first."

A long time ago, there was a brave and clever Dong family descendant called Aning. One time he went out on a long trip to do some work, and as he walked and walked, he felt lonely alone, and thought it would be good to have a companion. Unexpectedly this idea was known by a devil, shifted into a man. So they traveled together.

As they walked, the devil's feet hurt, so he came up with the idea of letting Aning carry him on his back. The devil said, "If we walk like this, we won't be able to walk for two more days, so let's carry each other on our backs."

Aning agreed and asked the devil, "Then who will carry who first?"

The devil said, "Let's put it this way: whichever one is younger will carry the older one first."

Aning knew that the devil was trying to play tricks to catch himself, and after some thought, he said to the devil, "You brought it up first, so you'll report your age first."

The devil said, "I was born when there were no people in the world, and I am the earliest person to be born under the sky."

When Aning heard the devil say this, he cursed in his heart: this devil, do you want to make it difficult for me? As soon as the devil finished speaking, Aning let out a loud cry. The devil was puzzled. He asked, "What are you crying about?" Aning did not answer, and the more he cried, the more sad, the devil was anxious, said, "What are you crying, say ah!"

Aning then slowly said, "Hey, it's hard to tell ah, precisely the day you were born, my cubs died, and now listen to you say so, and evoked my sadness."

Devil open-mouthed and tongue-tied, only to admit defeat, the first back Aning walk.

Walking, the devil more and more think more regret, the more think more annoyed. Thought: I must not ask people to take advantage of. So he said to Aning: "We originally did not make it clear. How far should we carry it? There must be a rule of engagement."

Aning thought for a moment and said, "We didn't make it clear, so it's hard to decide now. In this case, I will sing a song on your back, and when I finish singing, I will carry it again."

After a break, the devil got the idea and said, "What in the world are you most afraid of!"

Ah Ning knew that the devil was hitting on him again. So he put the plan into action and said, "There are two things I am most afraid of, one is a person made of glutinous rice poop, and the other is a stewed chicken."

The devil was pleased to hear this and thought, "These two things are not easy to handle! When I have brought them to scare him away, I won't have to carry him again tomorrow."

At night, while the people were sleeping, the devil went and stole the sticky rice and cooked chicken and put them next to Ning. Then he woke Ah Ning up and said, "Look, what's around you!"

Ah Ning woke up and was overjoyed to see the sticky rice pudding and the stewed chicken, but pretended to be surprised and cried out, "Yikes! Oh no, that scared me to death!" Said grabbed the patties and stewed chicken to eat, three times five to two a few big mouthfuls eat a clean, fill his stomach.

The devil froze, puzzled and asked, "Aren't you most afraid of these two things? How to swallow it all?"

Aning said, "I'm afraid of them, and I'm not afraid of swallowing them."

The devil had a hard time saying anything.

  The next day, Aning again want the devil to carry, the devil has no choice but to carry the man to continue to walk, the man is still singing his yo yo yi ......

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