Long time ago, there lived a newly-wed couple in a far-flung village. Hearing that vacancies were announced in the capital, the wife wished that her husband got a job there. She gave her husband all the money they saved up, yet it could not cover his travel and food expenses. So, she pawned her rice field for a loan she pledged to repay within a year.
With adequate money, the husband left the village to seek employment. After traveling for a few days, he arrived in a province. There a restaurant with disco club and beautiful girls opened to heat people from distant villages. As darkness covered the evening, the man entered the restaurant for dinner and 1 night accommodation. A group of people there was announcing that "Is here anybody else who could make this girl laugh?"
Astonishingly, the man walked toward the girl sitting with naughty face. The man approached and said, "I could make her laugh." The man tried to tell a variety of jokes, yet she kept unhappy. Then he put out a clasp of coins before her, she kept not smiling, however. The an kept offering a clasp after clasp of coins, and the girl laugh only when nothing had left in his pocket. Witnessing her laugh, the group of men shouted, "Excellent! You are a great man."
All men walked out of the scene, as the man was sitting painfully since he was cheated out of his money for a blink of an eye. Not knowing what to do while feeling terribly hurt, he ran out to jump into a river in an attempt to make a suicide.
A female ghost was then sitting on the riverside, spending her free time there on fishing. Her fishing line caught the man. The ghost swiftly pulled the man to land. She felt extremely pity for the man and sought solutions to revive him.
She chant incantations to build a grand palace and took him there. Reviving after unconsciousness, he was in a room with a beautiful girl taking care of him, and then said, "Hmm! Where am I? Who are you?" she replied, "I saw you was drowning, so I took you' to rest in my house here for the fear that you would encounter vicious animal."
The man fell in love with the female ghost and lived with her, forgetting his poor wife living in their remote village. Three months later, she got pregnant. The female ghost loved him dearly, satisfying all of his desires, and even disclosed him of where she kept silver and gold. A year later on, she gave birth to a lovely son. Afterwards, the man had a treacherous mind, wishing to return to his homeland, as he thought that it was a good opportunity to get both the son and properties.
One night when her wife slept like a log, he left the house, bringing along with him all properties and leaving her living in the forest alone; he hoped that he would meet his beloved wife and had money to pay off his outstanding debts. He had planned for a better life in the future.
Narrating of his wife, on the other hand, she lived alone in their native village since he left her a year ago without sending any information. She lived in almost extreme poverty state since her land and house were confiscated. She felt hurt both mentally and physically, and passed away eventually.
As he arrived home, he saw his wife greeting him warmly. He gave money to and apologized to her for his leaving for such a long time. His wife did not scold him for anything, and paid attention to him by arranging delicious food and comfortable sleeping bed for him. During the night, she felt happiest ever and wished that the night would not pass; she slept well. But, he did not sleep as he felt pity for his ghost wife in the forest after meeting his first wife.
During the midnight, he started to smell badly and felt uncomfortably, so he turned to ask his wife about the causes. Then he saw his wife’s flesh was decomposing with full of thousands of worms. He took his son and ran away out of the house till early morning when he met an elderly couple was on their ox cart on their way to collect firewood.
He consequently asked the couple about his wife. The old man told the man that, "Don't you know that your wife died for a long time ago and, since then, no body dared to approach your house." Hearing that his wife had passed away, the man felt extremely sorry for having not built a happy life with her together. He decided to take his son back to the forest to seek his ghost wife.
Talking about the female ghost, after she knew that her husband had taken her son and properties away, she kept crying continually as she lost her beloved husband and son. She shouted across the mountains and forest, but her dreams remained not be achieved. So, she finally decided to leave the house forever. As for her husband, when he arrived at where once being his home, he saw only grass field and a message written on a banana leave that "You will never see me for this life even if you wished."
Then he took his son walking across the forest to fetch his wife, and met a hermit. The hermit asked, "Where are you going, man?" The man replied with tears that "Hermit, I also don't know where I'm going, and I knew only that I am seeking wife. Please help me!" The hermit closed his eyes for a while before told him that "Hmm! Poor man! Your wife's not a human being; she's a ghost head in this forest. Now she had no any karma with you." Hearing that his wife was a ghost, he felt unbelievable and had nothing to say. He then proposed to live and serve the hermit in a bid to do good deeds for next life.
"Money Does Not Completely Guarantee Happiness"
- THE END -
With adequate money, the husband left the village to seek employment. After traveling for a few days, he arrived in a province. There a restaurant with disco club and beautiful girls opened to heat people from distant villages. As darkness covered the evening, the man entered the restaurant for dinner and 1 night accommodation. A group of people there was announcing that "Is here anybody else who could make this girl laugh?"
Astonishingly, the man walked toward the girl sitting with naughty face. The man approached and said, "I could make her laugh." The man tried to tell a variety of jokes, yet she kept unhappy. Then he put out a clasp of coins before her, she kept not smiling, however. The an kept offering a clasp after clasp of coins, and the girl laugh only when nothing had left in his pocket. Witnessing her laugh, the group of men shouted, "Excellent! You are a great man."
All men walked out of the scene, as the man was sitting painfully since he was cheated out of his money for a blink of an eye. Not knowing what to do while feeling terribly hurt, he ran out to jump into a river in an attempt to make a suicide.
A female ghost was then sitting on the riverside, spending her free time there on fishing. Her fishing line caught the man. The ghost swiftly pulled the man to land. She felt extremely pity for the man and sought solutions to revive him.
She chant incantations to build a grand palace and took him there. Reviving after unconsciousness, he was in a room with a beautiful girl taking care of him, and then said, "Hmm! Where am I? Who are you?" she replied, "I saw you was drowning, so I took you' to rest in my house here for the fear that you would encounter vicious animal."
The man fell in love with the female ghost and lived with her, forgetting his poor wife living in their remote village. Three months later, she got pregnant. The female ghost loved him dearly, satisfying all of his desires, and even disclosed him of where she kept silver and gold. A year later on, she gave birth to a lovely son. Afterwards, the man had a treacherous mind, wishing to return to his homeland, as he thought that it was a good opportunity to get both the son and properties.
One night when her wife slept like a log, he left the house, bringing along with him all properties and leaving her living in the forest alone; he hoped that he would meet his beloved wife and had money to pay off his outstanding debts. He had planned for a better life in the future.
Narrating of his wife, on the other hand, she lived alone in their native village since he left her a year ago without sending any information. She lived in almost extreme poverty state since her land and house were confiscated. She felt hurt both mentally and physically, and passed away eventually.
As he arrived home, he saw his wife greeting him warmly. He gave money to and apologized to her for his leaving for such a long time. His wife did not scold him for anything, and paid attention to him by arranging delicious food and comfortable sleeping bed for him. During the night, she felt happiest ever and wished that the night would not pass; she slept well. But, he did not sleep as he felt pity for his ghost wife in the forest after meeting his first wife.
During the midnight, he started to smell badly and felt uncomfortably, so he turned to ask his wife about the causes. Then he saw his wife’s flesh was decomposing with full of thousands of worms. He took his son and ran away out of the house till early morning when he met an elderly couple was on their ox cart on their way to collect firewood.
He consequently asked the couple about his wife. The old man told the man that, "Don't you know that your wife died for a long time ago and, since then, no body dared to approach your house." Hearing that his wife had passed away, the man felt extremely sorry for having not built a happy life with her together. He decided to take his son back to the forest to seek his ghost wife.
Talking about the female ghost, after she knew that her husband had taken her son and properties away, she kept crying continually as she lost her beloved husband and son. She shouted across the mountains and forest, but her dreams remained not be achieved. So, she finally decided to leave the house forever. As for her husband, when he arrived at where once being his home, he saw only grass field and a message written on a banana leave that "You will never see me for this life even if you wished."
Then he took his son walking across the forest to fetch his wife, and met a hermit. The hermit asked, "Where are you going, man?" The man replied with tears that "Hermit, I also don't know where I'm going, and I knew only that I am seeking wife. Please help me!" The hermit closed his eyes for a while before told him that "Hmm! Poor man! Your wife's not a human being; she's a ghost head in this forest. Now she had no any karma with you." Hearing that his wife was a ghost, he felt unbelievable and had nothing to say. He then proposed to live and serve the hermit in a bid to do good deeds for next life.
"Money Does Not Completely Guarantee Happiness"
- THE END -
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