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Fabel Inggris - The rock and the weasel
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The rock and the weasel
Long
ago a weasel came to a forest near Phakchong. He saw many mice there. Weasels
like to eat mice, so the weasel decided to stay in the forest.
First,
the weasel found a place to sleep in a hole beneath a bush. The next day he walked
to the top of a small hill. On the hilltop was a rock. The weasel decided to
sit on the rock.
“Who’s
there? Asked the rock. “Whoever you are, don’t sit on me.”
“I’ll
sit here as long as I like,” said the weasel. “After all, you’re not going
anywhere.”
The
rock sighed, for there was nothing he could do. The weasel sat back on his hind
legs. He raised his forelegs in front of him, looked at the sky, and pretended
to pray. At sunset the weasel walked down the hill to his home. He did the same
thing the next day, and the next day, and the next day after that.
Soon
the mice became curious about the weasel. They watched him for several days.
Finally they chose one brave mouse to ask the weasel what he was doing. The
brave mouse climbed the hill.
“What
are you doing?” asked the mouse.
“I’m
praying,” replied the weasel.
The
mouse ran back down the hill. He told the other mice that the weasel was
praying. The mice decided that the weasel was a very great animal. They also
thought he must be a very good animal. That evening they waited for him at the
bottom of the hill.
“We
want to pay our respects’ to you,” said their leader.