Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Ass in the Lion's Skin - a Cambodian adaption

















Arthur Rackham illustration, 1912

By Khmer Democrat, Phnom Penh

A Cambodian adaption of Aesop's Fable via Wikipedia

An Ass [read, Hu-, oh, you know... ], having put on the lion's skin, amused himself by terrifying all the foolish animals. At last coming upon a Fox [read, Sam Rainsy], he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox [Sam Rainsy] no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, "I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray." The moral of the story is often quoted as Clothes may disguise a fool, but his words will give him away.

The lesson to be learned is equivalent to the Afghan proverb 'It is the same ass but with a new saddle', said of someone who has recently gained a high position undeservedly [read, hhhmmm in Cambodia, where do I begin, and do we have time for it...!??!].

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

What an ass of a story!! lol!! Another good one from Khmer Democrat!!

Anonymous said...

hehehehehehehehehe!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Ah Pler, this Ass must be more powerful than the lion in order to kill the lion and get his skin to make cloth.

Dam, jess eng uy kreng jess ke!

Don't think yourself too smart, may be someone is smarter than you.

Anonymous said...

What do you have 6:57 PM besides making an ass out of yoursell, huh? Dunkey Ass!

Anonymous said...

Wrong compareason.
Hun Sen is not the ass.
Sam Rainsy is not the fox.

Anonymous said...

If you like this kind of story in Khmer, you can read it in the blog:
cambodianchildren.blogspot.com
and follow the link located under the book titled: Reung L'beuk Ning Reung Nitean (Fables and Folk Tales).

Anonymous said...

6:57 PM is smartter than you Khmer democrat, next time find something more winner.

Anonymous said...

6:57!!! ass kill lion!!!?????

It drop by the hunter , fool!

Anonymous said...

Then the Ass killed the hunter and took the lion skin from him. So the Ass now is more powerful than the lion and the hunter :)))

Anonymous said...

The ass is still the ass!

Anonymous said...

9:53 PM, you stop and you would look less slow..

Anonymous said...

did you know sam rainy cried wolf all the time about cambodia! go figure! only ignorant individuals buy into that, really!

Anonymous said...

10:20! AND 11:13pM YOU MONKEY BRAIN, DON'T YOU SEE THE ASS HAVE NO HANDS! HOW CAN HE PUT ANY THING ON! lIKE AH KWACK CAN SEE ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY!

Anonymous said...

12:18 AM, you've proved again that you really are a retarded child, the ass killed the hunter with his rear legs..

Anonymous said...

12:43AM! you stupid head still don't know the ability of the hands ! How the ass's wearing it without HANDs? Just like how ah Kwack can proud of his PhD with out schoolling????

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Anonymous said...

KI Media, please block out 4:25 AM, as he cannot respect KI Media's code of civil language.

Hey 4:25, Fool, have someone read to you the moral of the story as you can't seem to understand: "Clothes may disguise a fool, but his words will give him away.".