Poem in Khmer by Sam Vichea (on the web at http://kamnapkumnou.blogspot.com)
Cartoons by Sacrava (on the web at http://katilauk.blogspot.com)
Cartoons by Sacrava (on the web at http://katilauk.blogspot.com)
Little Mutt’s tale: Once a dog, always a dog
02 September 2009
A Poem by Sam Vichea
Cartoon by Sacrava
Translation from Khmer by Translator Without Border
1- Once upon a time, there lived a pitiful mutt named Little Mutt. Little Mutt had to tirelessly search for food along the faraway countryside.
[Mutt: mixed-breed dog, a dog that has characteristics of two or more breeds. Source: Wikipedia]
2- Under the scorching sun, Little Mutt became angry as it became hungry. He then prayed to Indra.
3- “Lord Indra, please help me, let me change into the sun so that I may shine over the earth,” Little Mutt prayed.
4- ??? (Indra then exhausted Little Mutt’s wish.)
5- As Little Mutt was happily shining, dark clouds came and hid the sunshine. The sky became dark, but tirelessly, Little Mutt had another wish.
6- “This time, let me become clouds instead,” Little Mutt prayed while thinking that clouds could spread far and wide and they could even hide the sun.
7- Just then, Little Mutt became dark clouds which covered the entire sky. Darkness fell upon the earth, even the sunshine could not filter through the dark clouds.
8- Suddenly, the weather changed, strong winds blowing to the east blew away and dispersed all the clouds.
9- Now then, Little Mutt wanted to become the wind instead: “Let me become the stormy wind so that I may chastise and blow the earth.”
10 – As Little Mutt blew with rage over the world, there was a termite hill that remained still. Little Mutt was furious: “Ha! You are more powerful then the stormy wind,” Little Mutt muttered.
11- “I want to become a termite hill instead, may Buddha fulfill my wish! The termite hill is solid, it can never break up, not even the stormy wind can break it apart,” Little Mutt thought.
12- Little Mutt then became a termite hill, it remained still in blissful peace. Not even the wind can push it down to the ground.
13- Just then came a longhorn buffalo with itchy horns. As it saw the termite hill, it sped towards it to violently rub its itchy horns until the termite hill was shaken and damaged.
14- Little Mutt’s feeling was very hurt because, as a termite hill, he could not withstand the buffalo’s strength.
15- “Dear Tevoda (Angel)! I change my mind, please help me! Let me change again, let me become a strong buffalo instead.”
16- Little Mutt then became a large and strong buffalo. As it was filled with rage, it went around goring everything along its path, no matter how big any termite hill is, the buffalo destroyed it with its horns.
17- When night time came, the buffalo owner tied Little Mutt, the strong buffalo, to a tiny leather rope.
18- The buffalo’s feeling was very hurt, because, tiny as it may look, Little Mutt, the buffalo, could not shake it off itself no matter how hard it tried. Little Mutt’s feeling was very hurt by the leather rope.
19- By then, Little Mutt no longer wanted to be a buffalo, and he had a new idea. Immediately, he prayed to the Tevoda again, asking the angel to turn it into a leather rope.
20- As Little Mutt became a buffalo leather rope, it tied other animals without any mercy and Little Mutt was very happy to see its wish fulfilled.
21- Just then, a hungry dog was looking for something to eat when it came upon the buffalo leather rope. The hungry dog then chewed on the leather rope with great delight.
22- Little Mutt, the leather rope, became very hurt, it could not believe that the solid leather rope could break apart just because of a small dog. So Little Mutt said that it did not want to remain as a leather rope anymore.
23- Little Mutt then begged the Tevoda with an aching heart: “May you please help me till the end, let me become a dog back!”
24- Since then on, Little Mutt had no more wishes, as it becomes a mutt again, it repeated to itself: “A dog’s life is the best!”
25- The moral of the story, lest we forget: “Little Mutt’s ideas are not good! No matter how much it twists and turns, once a dog, always a dog.”
[Mutt: mixed-breed dog, a dog that has characteristics of two or more breeds. Source: Wikipedia]
2- Under the scorching sun, Little Mutt became angry as it became hungry. He then prayed to Indra.
3- “Lord Indra, please help me, let me change into the sun so that I may shine over the earth,” Little Mutt prayed.
4- ??? (Indra then exhausted Little Mutt’s wish.)
5- As Little Mutt was happily shining, dark clouds came and hid the sunshine. The sky became dark, but tirelessly, Little Mutt had another wish.
6- “This time, let me become clouds instead,” Little Mutt prayed while thinking that clouds could spread far and wide and they could even hide the sun.
7- Just then, Little Mutt became dark clouds which covered the entire sky. Darkness fell upon the earth, even the sunshine could not filter through the dark clouds.
8- Suddenly, the weather changed, strong winds blowing to the east blew away and dispersed all the clouds.
9- Now then, Little Mutt wanted to become the wind instead: “Let me become the stormy wind so that I may chastise and blow the earth.”
10 – As Little Mutt blew with rage over the world, there was a termite hill that remained still. Little Mutt was furious: “Ha! You are more powerful then the stormy wind,” Little Mutt muttered.
11- “I want to become a termite hill instead, may Buddha fulfill my wish! The termite hill is solid, it can never break up, not even the stormy wind can break it apart,” Little Mutt thought.
12- Little Mutt then became a termite hill, it remained still in blissful peace. Not even the wind can push it down to the ground.
13- Just then came a longhorn buffalo with itchy horns. As it saw the termite hill, it sped towards it to violently rub its itchy horns until the termite hill was shaken and damaged.
14- Little Mutt’s feeling was very hurt because, as a termite hill, he could not withstand the buffalo’s strength.
15- “Dear Tevoda (Angel)! I change my mind, please help me! Let me change again, let me become a strong buffalo instead.”
16- Little Mutt then became a large and strong buffalo. As it was filled with rage, it went around goring everything along its path, no matter how big any termite hill is, the buffalo destroyed it with its horns.
17- When night time came, the buffalo owner tied Little Mutt, the strong buffalo, to a tiny leather rope.
18- The buffalo’s feeling was very hurt, because, tiny as it may look, Little Mutt, the buffalo, could not shake it off itself no matter how hard it tried. Little Mutt’s feeling was very hurt by the leather rope.
19- By then, Little Mutt no longer wanted to be a buffalo, and he had a new idea. Immediately, he prayed to the Tevoda again, asking the angel to turn it into a leather rope.
20- As Little Mutt became a buffalo leather rope, it tied other animals without any mercy and Little Mutt was very happy to see its wish fulfilled.
21- Just then, a hungry dog was looking for something to eat when it came upon the buffalo leather rope. The hungry dog then chewed on the leather rope with great delight.
22- Little Mutt, the leather rope, became very hurt, it could not believe that the solid leather rope could break apart just because of a small dog. So Little Mutt said that it did not want to remain as a leather rope anymore.
23- Little Mutt then begged the Tevoda with an aching heart: “May you please help me till the end, let me become a dog back!”
24- Since then on, Little Mutt had no more wishes, as it becomes a mutt again, it repeated to itself: “A dog’s life is the best!”
25- The moral of the story, lest we forget: “Little Mutt’s ideas are not good! No matter how much it twists and turns, once a dog, always a dog.”
38 comments:
That's the past, but this day the medical techonology can cut and emplant the bone longer, if the Drs. want the midget dog has little longer legs.
Drs. in UK just did it successfully for a tennager who wanted to be a flight attendant, and the rule requires a perosn to have acertain height. Now after she is taller than before from the helps of the Drs. she got the job.
If you don't understand the moral behind the story, you then still see as a story about a little dog. But if you do understand the sotry, it is the analogy of the stupid leader!
Haha.. you two are smart. The 1st is smart and so are you 7.;29
Thanks KI-Media so much for bringing this good story. I love it. It describe perfectly about Mr. Xam Rainsy. Thanks again for the meaningful story.
This story from Gati Lok of Lok Oknha Sotanta Preychea In is refering comparably to the Khmer Stupid leader N. Sihanouk.
If Norodom Sihanouk is stupid as you claimed, all leaders who're friends with him are also stupid.
There are two people: the man who is a blabbermouth does nothing like you; and two the one who keeps trying either in the middle of storms or not like King Sihanouk.
Like an eerie midnight witch, you cannot move forward. Crap!!
there is a stupid leader and there are people who are trying to take advantage of that stupid leader.
935
If the elader you assumed to be stupid then why are you here looking for a curisng medal?
935
If the leader you assumed to be stupid then why are you here looking for a curisng medal?
bc that stupid leader had genetically transferred to you, and the khmer people would like to eradicate that stupid genetic linked.
This Chkae Toeu story, Hin Sthan or Sam Vichea is pin point the finger to Samdach Ov Sihanouk as "Chkae Toeu" who jump back and forth, finally Samdach Sihanouk is back to licks CPP toes.
1045/1046
You try too hard to pull him down while you are at the bottom or the lowest level.
The idiot who wrote this keeps the idiots like you busy and be knee jerks, while the wise guys are busy to improve for their country.
If you are so smart you wouldn't be looking for cursing medal online?
And don't speak for the Khmer people, speak for your idiot gangsters.
People please, Don't mind krom ah kanhchass jkourt ah kantoeu Hin Sithan a former Khmer Rouge propon Siam.
It is all they knows how. their stupidest old fart can do nothing but barking with the shit book and poems.
Cambodia had only stupid generation like krom ah kanhchass kantoeu Hin Sithan. Now we won't allow these old shit farts like ah Hin Sithan=Sam Vichea, Guechsè, KC, Ly Ngoc Yiep and their stupid clowns destroy khmer country again.
Ah kantoeu Hin Sithan=ah Sam Vichea nov Tacoma, ah Yim Guechsè nov Germany,Ah KC nov Minessota, Ah youn Ly Ngoc Yiep nov Long Beach, ah Ku roub nov Australia, anh skorl kbal ah h'eing tieng oss nung!.
Pi anh:
Ah Hok nov sangkè
What's up, bellboy!
Look, who's talking! Trying to talk intelligent defending that mther fcker, spineless genes!
" . . . while the wise guys are busy to improve for their country."
It would be sound more appropriate if you were to state, "while the bottom-feeding like yourself and the rest of the crooks of yours are busy sucking innocent khmer blood."
Glad to know that you're enjoying coming online and trying to snatch my "cursing medal"!
Mi Sompoeung, Ni yeay Lop, Lob!
Oh, by the way, i don't like to jerk my knees for nothing. But I do sure love to squirt mine on your fcking face.
C-ya Kampuchea! Holla, China!
Wow! Stupid genetic linked?
Someone who uses these kind of words without giving reasons why, that person is a demon.
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You are here online cursing while the wise guys working. If you are so smart you wouldn't be here cursing, you should be there and do something that could help the country. If they are corrupted and so are you. You corruped the cyberspace.
and i may add that, someone who has a very limited understanding of what's "stupid gentic lined" is even more stupidest demon.
This space is for leaving your comment after you have read the article(s) - good/bad, objective and/or subjectives. This is not the blog that you would write the article or book, dumb ass!
That's exactly i'm talking about "stupid genetic linked". It's you, too!
Mi Doss Koy, Pi Mok!
it's is in fact, you're also so smart that you have to be part of the corrupted cyberspace!
that's so incredible, with these Sva Wat phnom! Every word coming out from their mouths is all boasting about "sitting on the basket and trying to lift their own weights".
Stupid, generations after generations!
Wow! Excellent rebuttal with your signature "Mi Doss Koy, Pi Mok!" even more attractive.
Keep up, we need more Cambodians can rebut beautifuly lik yourself.
1150
I didn't accuse anyone of corruption, you did it so I respond. If Sva WatPnhom is rational not irrational like you, I take that compliments.
And what is your generation?
of all the reasonable arguments, I have come to amazed with your intelligence, "Excellent rebuttal with your signature". Very limited!
If that is very attractive to you, you should have seen the innocent khmer ladies with the "acid attacked". You should be amazed and proud of your strong man, PM Hun Sen.
Since you so attractive to my signature, here is another one.
Burt Kdoer Anh, pleam!
Wow! No I am not gay, I have a nice gf. You may want to post the picture of your kdor, I'm sure many will respond to your ad.
Keep up!
definitely, very limited intelligent!
It's limited intelligence not "ent".
Wow! We do have englaise gramar taecher onlink to. i thing one above coment mispeled "kdor" to!
xang que
12;33pm.
"Kdor or Kdoer" is written in romanized Khmer (Latin alphabets), but they are not Khmer alphabets.
If the person writes Khmer alphabets, then you can criticise him or her.
From Thana:
Dear, all local and oversea Cambodians,
As we are all Cambodians, pls do not waste our time anymore to criticise each other and fight only with our own people perself.
As Cambodians, we all must be proud and optimistic due to the fact that Camboida is one of the wonderful nation in the world in terms of culture, tradition, honest, patience, hard work, bravery, ....etc.
Therefore, if you agreed with me, pls let me say that from now on, we should put our interests in front firs and clearly classify them into priorities as best idea/suggestion/recommondation options for taking considerations as referent inputs in the agenda of current and future policy spaces:
1- As Khmer/Cambodians, we should unite as one voice to fight against foreign encrouchment/agression/interests;
2- As Khmer/Cambodians, we should stop criticise individual person, we should not name and colour each other;
3- As Khmer/Cambodians, we should express opinions in a manner of morality, respect to the press code. And judgement/assessment shoud be besed on data collection, survey, research, proof......etc.
Of course, even some circumstances, prerogative way of thinking may be used. However, sometime I would suggest that it should not be used and based too much on what we think perself rather than what we present as a majority/common think or perecption;
From Thana: Continue…………
4- As Khmer/Cambodians, we should only publish or disseminate information that would deem to be not useful and valuable to the interests of public, local, oversea patriots, and foreingers. Information provided should not be a such of felse or exxagerated information that would lead to conflict of interests between supporters and oppositors. Aand especially; as the result, it also misleads to the public and perceptions of foreigners because such wrong news may turn out into foreiners's wrong judgements, then lead to exsposure of bad images about Cambodia (we made and created ourself). Consequency, we lose opportunities, chances, interests, and ......etc., and then foreign countries may look down us and take opportunities/chances from our weekness; and
5- As Khmer/Cambodians, we must commit ourself and ready to devote our resouces (capital, finance, material, intellecual/brain, encouragement, motivation....etc)., and sacrify of our lifes to our nation and people. Frankly speaking, I am very impressive as I seen some of friends have done very good comments and suggestion about how to improve domecracy, defend the country's interests, deal with poverty alliviation such as ideas of transfering money back home to help families, relatives or country, express opinions to defend our nation from foreign aggression, and advise the government,......etc. However, I am very sad, while I see only small number of people always have negative and black or dark views about Cambodia that those will never be helpful to our country and people at all.By the way, since I rarely seen, may I suggest and encourage all of u to provide or share your encoutered experience about how to improve economy, trade, negotiation skills, social issues....etc, in which those ideas,sugguestions/recommondations/inputs would help Cambodia alot in general.
In conlusion, as we are now living in this modernized society, hi-technololy, free and fair trade/competition,nondiscrimination,....etc., we should stop expessing unimportant, felse, exxagerated and useless news/information that would mislead and then indirect or direct impacts to people and society, in particularly; our current chilrend or next young generation or even our Cambodian people as a whole. Incorrect news/information leads to big misleadings or misunderstandings. Therefore, negative impacts will be as follows:
- Conflict of interests;
- Creating gap, diversion, then it becomes difficulty/burdensome to break difference;
- Less chance to achieve common interest/goal/vision, then hard to get win-win solution; and
- Increase expusure of bad images about our country, then our people and country is in the position of losing, not foreign countries.
From Thana
Sorry, due to the technical problem and time constraint, u may see one of my previous posting is missing some words. However, the above text is came with an edition.
%:56
RU Phay Siphan , a Parrot of CPP ?
Who does control Tonle Sap ?
Who is the King of Angkor ?
Why is Cambodia for sale ?
Why are so many Viets In Cambodia ?
Little Mutt: sniff, sniff, sniff.
Lord Indra: What's wrong?
Little Mutt: I'm scared to dead.
Lord Indra: Why?
Little Mutt: 'Cause I'm all
alone in China.
Lord Indra: You abandoned your
country.
Little Mutt: I have no choice.
Lord Indra: I don't care.
12:24 AM, That's the good one!
12;24am. You have a lot of imaginations insulting King Sihanouk.
You just keep imagining at the back seat and relaxing, because the one who drives knows which way he wants to go following the map.
What a pity!!!
3:05 AM,
Sihanouk is a criminal, and commited crime against humanity, he should be testified at ECCC for his inviolvement in khmer killing Fields.
Sihanouk is a piece of Shit , and had no honor at all to khmer next generation.s.
Hi Vietnamese 5;03 am.
I am one of new generation. I respect my King. Don't try to spin when your Viets are invadidng my country for 500 years.
Yah 5:09 AM,
Your ex-king had been born in year of DOG, and he behaved like a Little Mutt damned dog of Lok Sotonta Preychera In in Gatilok.
Do you have brain to analyse from wrong and rigth???
His Trasak Dynasty did not, will not learn to be his own master , but only a puppet of Yuon or Seam Ach Kri. His ancestors sold one or two provinces to Thai or Vietnam for exchanging for his puppet monkey throne, and never never never thinking about his own subjects or Cambodia al all.
Good then you should apply for his job and do better. Barking online won't make you a better person, but an evil.
6;22am.
Good then you should apply for the King's job and do better. Barking online won't make you a better person, but an evil.
What 's wrong with you who want to be a fucking King Kong?
And barking online is what online for!!!! And make you pained
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