This book was created and published on StoryJumper™

Publish your own children's book:

www.storyjumper.com

There was a rich devious landowner who used all
kind of tricks to exploit his servants and laborers.
He had a beautiful nubile daughter . Khoai lived as
a servant in this household from the time he was a
young boy. He had to work very hard. He is now in
his late teens. The landowner was afraid that Khoai
will leave the household and thus he would lose a
very hard working helper. So, one day he called
Khoai and told him:
“If you stayed in the household and work hard day
and night, I will give you my daughter in marriage.”
Khoai believed the landowner and was very happy.
He redoubled his efforts to win the heart of the
landowner. Three years have passed.

The daughter is now grown. In the region, there is this
very wealthy village chief, who eyed the daughter for
his son. So, the village chief came and ask for the hand
of the daughter. The landowner agreed and set out to
prepare for the wedding.
When Khoai realized that he has been taken advantage
of, he was mad and went to the landowner to complain.
He asked the landowner:
“You have promised your daughter to me. Why are you
going back on your promise now?”
The landowner did not like to be addressed in such a
manner. He was going to beat him, but taking another
look at the young man, he dared not. He told him instead
:

“My son, you are mistaken! My daughter is now of age and
the preparation for the wedding that I am undertaking now
is actually for you. However, if you want the wedding to take
place, you must accomplish the following task. You need to
find a bamboo with one hundred knots. Then you will need
to cut it up into chopsticks for the wedding feast. That is my
condition for giving you my daughter’s hand in marriage.”
Khoai again believed him and went up the forest in search
of the bamboo with 100 knots. He searched for days on
end and went from one end of the jungle to the other
without success. In despair he sat down in the jungle and
wept in despair.

Suddenly he saw an old cheery man with all white hair but
with rosy complexion. The old man approached him and asked:
“Son, why are you so sad?’.
Khoai told him his story. The old man told him:
“Go and cut 100 stems of bamboo and bring them back here”.
Khoai went out and brought back the bamboo that the old man
asked. The old man then gave the command
“Stick together! Stick together”

The bamboo sticks that were lying here and there on the
ground immediately came together all in a row to make a
bamboo with 100 knots. Khoai was filled with joy. He
wanted to thank the old man, but he has disappeared. He
realized that he has met Buddha. He set out to bring the
bamboo back. But there was no way for him to load this long
bamboo on his shoulder. He kept on running into other trees.
He sat down again in despair and wept. Immediately he saw
the old man reappear. Buddha asked him:
“Why do you weep?”
He explained his situation. Buddha pointed at the bamboo
and said
“Unstick! Unstick!”
and the bamboo came apart in 100 stems. And Buddha
disappeared. Khoai tied up the 100 bamboo stems and
proceeded to take them home.

When he arrived home, he found the two families preparing to
feast in the courtyard. The village chief family has come for the
wedding. Khoai was really mad and ran to the landowner to ask
for an explanation. The landowner told him
“I asked you to get me a bamboo with 100 knots, not 100 stems
of bamboo!”
Both family stopped their feasts and laughed derisively at Khoai,
and joked about his naivety. Khoai told the landowner that he has
the bamboo and the courtyard and the landowner should
come out and examine it. As the landowner approached the
pile of bamboo, Khoai said in a low voice “stick together!
stick together!”. Immediately the bamboo stems came together
and the landowner was also stuck at the end of the bamboo.
The landowner tried to pull himself away but failed. The future
in-laws came to his rescue. Khoai waited until the village chief
has touched the landowner before he said “stick together! stick
together!“. Immediately the village chief became

stuck to the landowner. The same fate happened
to the village chief’s son. The more they tried to
pull away, the harder and more painful they
became stuck. Both families were now in panic.
Nobody dared to pull the three men away any
longer nor joked about Khoai. They lined up and
asked him to pardon the 3 men stuck at the end
of the bamboo.

You've previewed 10 of 16 pages.

To read more:

Benefits:

Full access to our public library
Save favorite books
Interact with authors

DOWNLOAD
LIKE

(1)
COMMENT

()
SHARE
SAVE

BUY THIS BOOK (from $3.19+)

BUY THIS BOOK
(from $3.19+)
BUY THIS BOOK
(from $3.19+)
DOWNLOAD
LIKE (1)

Liked By

COMMENT ()
SHARE
SAVE
Report

Encourage this author

BUY
LIKE

(1)
COMMENT

()
SHARE

Excessive Violence
Harassment
Offensive Pictures
Spelling & Grammar Errors
Unfinished
Other Problem

"untitled"

Name: untitled
Author: tuoibacly

tuoibacly

There was a rich devious landowner who used all kind of tricks to exploit his servants and laborers. He had a beautiful nubile daughter . Khoai lived as a servant ...

(17 pages)

Privacy level: PUBLIC

2 reads 1 fan

Report