Tale and Mythology

Dinh Phuong Nguyen lived in Thanh Hoa. He was knows as a good man who considered friendship much more rarely than money and course, he was rich that he had beautiful house with nice gardens around, large fertile fields which provided him much more rice he and his family needed and servants who lived in his house served his family. He never refused anyone who asked his help and so that he used to give people money as they came and borrowed him. Dinh Phuong had an old friend whose name’s Binh Cung Tran. Binh Cung was a trader he bought and sold wood. That job helped him have enough money for his family, five people but recent times he failed and his money went away a little and a little till whole it vanished. After that his fields, his gardens also followed his money to others’s hands, creditors. That breaking seemed to be a shock with him that he got ill and had no choice but to become a debtor to get money for his medicine. He and his family were in misery when creditors came and as

Tung, Truc, Mai were students who came from other areas but they studied the same teacher. They all were born in normal families. Honestly, their parents were poor but they wanted their sons to have chance changing their fates by studying. The days they lived away from their homes made them be best friends. And they had a promise that anyone of them who had success would help the others to have success. After the time studying, they separated. Tung still kept learning. He’s smart but poor so he followed a teacher as a servant so that he could have both money and chance to study. The teacher taught him carefully because he realized he’s good in learning. After few years, he passed competitions and became a mandarin who worked in capital. His life changed he lived in wealth and power. But, he still remembered his friends, remembered about their promise. He took few days off and found the way to meet his friends. He feared that going with soldiers would annoy people so he went alone w

That time, East Sea was where unexpected storms often appeared. Whenever the unexpected storms came, they drowned all fishing boats which were distant from shore, ruined roofs standing by shore and they always took off a lot of people’s lives. When the storms left, there were screams, cries of people who lost their fathers, their husbands or their sons. Besides, things what helped them they was boats, fishing net, and others had been sunk into water. The lives of survivors turned poorer for many years. People could build their houses away from shore but that didn’t mean they could know about unexpected storms. Each year passed and more people were killed. People in the place had never stopped dropping tears they cried, begged and also cursed gods because they believed that gods had forgotten and led them in dangerous things. But not. One day, Buddha who sat on a five-color-cloud flew cross there and heard cries. He stopped, bent down and observed whole the area. He realized that a lo

Thi was a daughter of a wealthy businessman. She grew up in watchful caring of her parent. Her life was rounded by jewelries, nice clothes and people who were ready to serve her. Her father gave her everything she needed. Therefore, she had never walked out from her home. One day, when she was staying on her family’s tower, seeing scenery. She watched people below go cross there place and suddenly, she saw young man on a horse was looking at her. She shyly walked backwards to hide herself from the eyes. The young man was Quoc Hoa, the son of Ly family. He was a student and his father was an army leader who was responsible for protecting one gate of citadel. Quoc Hoa seemed to drop his soul at somewhere the time he met Thi. He fell in love and wanted to meet her but he knew it’s not easy to meet her because Thi lived in a mansion was was covered by high wall and was protected by guards. Though, he believed that he could meet her one day. He wandered and searched for things about th

Once upon a time, there had a woman who was known as wife of King Due Tong Tran. She’s Bich Chau Nguyen Thi. Bich Chau was beautiful, knowledge and brave that no concubine in harem could compare with her. Therefore, she was early loved by the king and often helped him do his work. Due Tong wasn’t a good king honestly, he’s bad but he always believed praises his courtiers gave them. He’s too proud to realize that the praises’s just lies. Bich Chau was one of people who felt worry that the inheritance of Tran family would be ruined by him. Therefore, she wrote a list which listed ten things the king should changed and gave him but he was too busy in drinking and playing so that he did not pay attention to that. He besides trusted a courtier’s words and he himself planned to lead soldiers fought against invaders. “Stupid! He will bring himself in danger”, she thought, “He never knows what he can do and just believe in what others say”. So that, she sent a text which explained real poin

A person had been born times, lived other lives. Each time being born, the person was always a monk or a nut, lived with strong religious belief. She or he had passed nine lives but still   didn’t reach Nirvana. At the tenth, the person was reborn in the form of a girl. She was daughter of a normal family who lived in Cao Ly and her name was Thi Kinh. Thi Kinh was a calm, kind-hearted girl. She was the person who loved her mother and father, using to help them homework. When she grew up, he parent let her married with a student whose name’s Thien Si. Thien Si was born in normal family, not richer than her family but he was very hard in studying. Therefore, Thi Kinh had nothing more pleased than undertaking all homework for her husband to have time to study. One normal night, Thien Si sat on floor reading book while his wife, Thi Kinh, was staying by sewing. Front their face was only an oil lamp. Later, Thien Si felt tired, he laid down his head was on his wife’s thigh. They had a co

He was son of a fisher who had nice voice. He lived with his father in a hut next to a river. They had a boat which helped them move on river. Everyday, he and his father brought fishing nets, rowed along the river and dropped them into river to catch fish. He used to sing when he was working. Honestly, he liked to sing. His singing spread largely it not only came to people who lived along the river but also went to the sleeping princess who lived in the castle on bottom of the sea. The princess was attracted by the singing. She woke up and found it. Everyday, she changed into a fish, swam around the boat to hear the boy singing. One day, she was caught in fishing net. The fisher had her when he pulled up the net. What he caught was a nice fish with red scales. He put the fish in water tank under boat floor and intended to give it to his son to feed but he forgot. Few days staying the tank without food, the princess was hungry and tired. Fortunately, the boy suddenly poured rice down

Dao was a student handsome, intelligent but poor. He followed a class in the next village but he was often absent because he had to worked, getting money to live. His life seemed not easy. Though others sneered him, he didn’t stop his studying and had followed for five years. His lover a beautiful girl lived in the village he studied at. She was born in wealthy family. She and he had been loving for few years and had thought about getting married. Later, he sent a matchmaker to the girl’s house and asked her parent to marry with her but they refused. “He can’t arrange the food for himself”, cried her mother, “To get married with him my daughter only makes him poorer”. “He’s intelligent. I’m sure he can change his fate”, convinced the matchmaker. “Right”, said her father, “I only speak one time. Talk him whenever he can carry my daughter on a beautiful horse wagon, I will let them get married”. The matchmaker came back, told him their words that made him feel both angry and ashame

A poor student had old parent to take care of. He worked as a child teacher to have money. Later, a landlord invited him to his house and opened a class for him to teach. It’s so lucky because he could teach the children in daytime and practised in nighttime. It’s very kind of the landlord to let him stay in a building which stood in his back garden, very quiet and airy. Besides food the landlord provided him every day, he was given money from people who had their children following his class.   The landlord had a daughter who was old enough to marry. And when the student came, a love started blooming in their hearts. The girl used to find the way to meet him though meeting a boy in their time was forbidden if she was not allowed by her parent. So that their love grew up in secret, turned much strong each time they met. But, she was so scared that her parent would be angry if they knew about that so she didn’t talk to them. Their loved continued few years till a day. A landlord i

There was a country area where a student named Si lived. His father had died so he lived with his mother who old. It was pretty hard that he both took care of his mother and worked. Si wanted to marry with someone that she could look after his mother but girls didn’t want him because he’s poor. Consequently, she lived alone, worked as a woodcutter to live. Every day, he woke up much more early than others, walked to forest, cut wood and brought it to street, sold it. He come back home at afternoon. That moment, he had time to look at his books, tried to study something. Day by day, he did the things, hoping that one day when the king opened competition he would be the person written his name on the golden list. Of course, people who had names on golden list were people who passed the contests and would be a mandarin serving the king. That year, the king opened competition. All students in the country in hurry went toward capital to the competition. Si also wanted to go that was hi

It was so dark and rainy, a grasshopper trembling because of cold was finding a place to hide itself from rain but it was too dark for it to find one. At last, it made its way climbing up a tree. “I only can do this. Hope I could find somewhere  above”, it thought.  I climbed higher and higher. Later, it went in sparrow nest warm and dry. “Who?” said the sparrow mother, “Who go in my house? Carefully! Don’t hurt my children”. “That I am” said the grasshopper, trembling, “grasshopper. Let me stay here a night it is so cold. I promise I will go away in next morning”. “My house is so small it is not enough space for you to stay in”, said the sparrow mother, “Go away”. “Pleassse! I can’t move. Just need a place to lay my back on”, insisted the grasshopper. “OK, but you have to stay outside and take care of your legs not to hurt my children”, said sparrow mother, pitying the grasshopper. The grasshopper helped itself have a place by little sparrows it shank its claws against its bo

Once upon a time, in northern area of the country appeared a beautiful girl and her name was Xuan Huong. Xuan Huong white skin, beautiful face and crystal eyes. Her father was a teacher who taught her much so that she could read and write though she was not one of people who were born in mandarin, noble and rich families the people were allowed to come to school and study. When she was twelve years old, her father died, left her and her mother. When she was fifteen years old, she asked her mother to come and study in the class of a teacher who lived in their village and her mother agreed. Nhu Mai was son of a mandarin who was one of headers of the province. Nhu Mai was a handsome man with white skin and beautiful face and he gentle as girls. Nhu Mai was very intelligent and was trying study hard to have his name in golden list which wrote names of people   who passed talent selection competition of the king. One time, Nhu Mai had a day off, he and his servant strolled. They walked c

Once upon a time, farmer couple was very old but they hadn’t given birth to a child. They used to beg God to give them a child but it seemed their begging didn’t come to God. One day, the husband came back from field and saw two strange eggs which were blue and as big as golf balls. The husband brought the eggs to home and let his wife see. Later, he planned to jettison them but the wife prevented him. “Don’t”, she said, “I want to know what will break out from those eggs”. The she placed the eggs next to their fireplace. Few days later, something started breaking eggshells. “Come on! Look, they started breaking out”, said the wife to her husband who was hurrying in from outside. “Omg! Pretty”, said the wife, looking warmly on two blue baby snakes which were blinking at them. “Disgusting!” said the husband, “Had better we kill them before they can grow up and harm us”. “It’s so cruel husband”, said the wife, “Look! So sweet”, she looked at the snake which was rubbing its head on

Long time ago, in a distant area a rich man gave birth to four daughters. They all grew up in beautiful girls that no one in there could compare with them. Their parent wished all of them could marry with normal people and lived normal lives but they all wanted to marry with princes. “Stop your dream, daughters. How can you stand by prices while there had many beautiful royal girls surrounding them”, their parent told them whenever they squealed that they only married with princes. Their parent did convince them many time but they didn’t change their minds. At last, their parent gave up they gave each girl a silver bar and said: “Go away and find your grooms”. They took the silver bars and set off. They found the way to castle. The second day on their way, they went along edge of forest. It was getting dark but it seemed no one lived near there. They continued going and fortunately, they met a country woman. “Where are you going girls?” said the woman. “We are going to castle