Wednesday, December 18, 2013

MORONAK MEADA (MOTHER’S DEATH)

Once upon the time, there was a couple: the husband, named Koliyak, was a District Chief and the wife was named Keo Kesey. They had a daughter named Kolkesey.

Nearby the District Chiefs house, there was a poor man with a son named Kodompikoma. When he became 16, Kodompi was handsome and attractive to many women. He fell in love with Kolkesey while he was waiting to chase the sparrows off the field. Since they were afraid that their parents on both sides would punish them, they eloped to live in a rural area named Kasey, which was a thieves' area.

When they arrived at that district, the thieves caught and tied up Kodompi. Seeing that, Kolkesey gave one gold ring to the District Chief and begged him to persuade the thieves to release her husband. The thieves released Kodompi since the District Chief claimed that he was a relative of his. The couple then asked the District Chief and his wife to ·be their god parents. The District Chief was so happy and loved Kodompi and Kolkesey as though he and his wife were their biological parents; he gave them properties and slaves.

They lived happily till the District Chief, their godfather, died. Kodompi then became a prominent person in the district, and he was titled, Admirable Tycoon Kodompi. They had a daughter named Komarey. When she reached 7 years old, there was a widow named Kaley with two daughters; the older sister was Chanty and the younger sister was Chantea Salini and Kaley had an older sister named Kaliniya. Since Admirable Kodompi was known for his great wealth, she wooed him till he fell in love with her, forgetting about his nice wife.

The admirable man took Kaley as his step-wife. It was not long after that they became poor, since Kaley manipulated Kolkesey so Kodompi subjected her to verbal and physical abuse every day. One day, Kodompi took Kolkesey along with him when he went to fish, and then he beat and pushed her into the water and died at that time. Then, she was born as a Damrey fish (a kind of freshwater fish).

Arriving home and not seeing her mother, the little girl cried and ran to the dock. She was told by an angel that her mother had been reborn as a Damrey fish. She called out to her mother. Then, her mother swam closer to her and told her the whole story. She sprinkled bran for the Damrey fish every day. From that day she was called Moronak Meada (mother’s death).

When Kaley realized this, she asked her daughters to use bran to trick the fish in order to catch and kill her. At that time, a female duck carried two pieces of scar in her beak to place it in front of the little girl. She knew they were her mother's scars and then she took them to bury. Then, they grew into two eggplant bushes. She visited and paid respect every day. Kaley knew about that and pulled the eggplant bushes down to the roots to be ground in a mortar.

At that time, a female cat carried two pieces of root in her mouth to the little girl. She then planted those roots. She prayed to her mother and they grew into a golden Roluos tree (a kind of thorny tree). Then, her mother was born as an angel to take care of that area Moronak Meada cleaned up the tree every day.

One day, King Preah Bat Vimul Thormareachea went walking. When it was hot, he went to rest under the pair of Roluos trees. Before he left, he asked for the owner of these extraordinary trees. He was told that they were Moronak Meada' s. He then asked for the trees from her. He ordered the solders to dig them up, but it was impossible. When Moronak Meada prayed, the trees soared and followed the king to the royal palace. Arriving at the place, the trees were still soaring. The king took Moronak Meada into the palace, and she prayed. Then, the trees came down, into a gold storage, known as gold royal plants.

The king married Moronak Meada to be his queen. He asked her about her background, and she told him everything. Later on, the king went hunting for elephants. When Kaley learned that the king went hunting for elephants, she was figuring out tricks to kill the queen Moronak Meada, by means of gathering firewood to cook a big pan of coconut oil and building a room and covering it with planks so that Moronak Meada would fall through the floor and into the pan. Then, she asked her two daughters to lie to her that her father was getting to his last breath and wished to see her.

The women in the palace paraded the queen Moronak Meada to her father's home. Before meeting the father, Kaley asked the queen to take off the outfit and get washed. When she entered the room to wash, she trod over the planks, falling into the pan of hot oil, and she died.

Kaley then took the jewelries to put on her daughter named Chan tea Saliny to replace the queen. The serving women did not take any notice and accompanied her to the palace. The pair of royal plants withered, and all the branches were broken. Three days later, the king returned to the royal palace. He had doubts, and was looking for an opportunity to look into the case.

Following the death of Moronak Meada whose bones were thrown away in the forest, an angel applied magic medicine to revive her. The angel told her that if she were human and returned to the palace, people would not believe her. She had to swallow magic medicine to become Sarika (a kind of black bird), and then enter the place. When she swallowed the medicine, she became Sarika and entered the palace.

Sarika told the king the whole story. The king loved her. He took a gold ring to be tied to her feet and put her in a cage in the royal palace. After Sarika prayed, the royal plants grew with leaves and fruits like before. The king asked the executioner to kill Chantea Salini and made her into a paste with her head in it; then, it was sent to the parents, telling them that their daughter sent it to them. Kodompi received the paste, put his hand into it and knew that their daughter was dead. Then, he immediately ran into the forest with his daughter and wife and lived there.

The king asked the nobleman to make a judgment on the case of grandma Ork who let the queen to be cheated and killed. Grandma Ork had a daughter named Chhantea, the lady-in-waiting of the king, who was expelled, resented that Sarika made the king kill her mother, and she was seeking revenge by killing Sarika.

Once Preah Bat Vimul Thormareachea went to crack down on the thieves in the rural area, leaving Sarika behind in the royal palace, Chhantea took the chance to enter the place and duped her to be killed by a female slave for food. The slave pulled out the feathers, And Sarika ran into the hole of a white rate. The white rat king Looked after her till her feathers grew full again.

The white rat king was irritated, then, went to bite Chhantea's nose, and she died. Sarika said goodbye to the white rat king. Then, she met a big snake that tried to bite her. However, she met a big marabou that bit and killed the snake.

After that, the Indra opened his magic eyes and saw Sarika (a· black bird). Then, he disguised himself as a big tiger, jumping upon a branch of Chrey (a kind of fig tree) and ate its fruit on a branch to the West; then, he became a bird. He jumped to eat the Chrey fruit on a branch to the North; then, he became a gold deer. The gold deer ate Chrey fruit on a branch to the South; then, he became a fine person with jewelries. Sarika saw all the stages and imitated him in all the orders; then, she became different figures. And at last, she became a lady. She picked Chrey fruits and packed it up. She then walked to meet a hermit. The hermit asked her all about her story and decided to raise her in his hermitage.

Later on, the hermit went back and saw a child born in a lotus flower. Then, he took her to be brought up and named her Botumkoma. The child grew up; she asked all about her [Moranak Meada] background. Botumkoma said goodbye to her mother and the hermit to search for her father, along with a royal ring tied to her mother leg when she was a black bird and the Chrey fruits. At that time, there was a gold deer king serving as her transport to look for her father.

When she met her father. The father came and made a parade to take the mother to the kingdom, the princess felt gratitude to the duck, cat and rat king; she gave food to those animals and donated her wealth to the poor. And she led a happy life ever after. 

The END

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