Monday, June 2, 2014

THE GRATITUDE OF BAMBOO

In the week of one holiday, Sok asked his parents to visit his grandfather's home at the rice field. With very busy, the parents of Sok allowed him to go alone. With very imploring and because of Sok said with promising to respect the word of his parents.

But before he left, mother gave more advising, must be careful in journey, don't be careless, and don't stop play or go into the garden and picks plant of the villagers. Mother also emphasized and reproved that: Your grandfather's home stayed at the east. You walk toward the direction of the sun rose.

Tomorrow morning Sok got up in the early morning. His shoulder carried a bag of food aild water bottle. He walked and sang at the same time, and his eyes looked at the sun. But Sok went into the forest for a moment, his feeling started to change because he saw many flocks of butterfly. Some flocks were black, some flocks were yellow, and some flocks were red. .. Sok turned around and followed the flock that consist big wing and multicolored. They were flying to absorb the abundantly blossoms in the forest. He walked stealthily to catch, but missing it. So he ran to pursue and walked with bent down instead of, but still miss caught.

With very tired, Sok has decided not to follow and opened the food pacKage in the bag and ate. But didn't eat yet, suddenly he looked and saw the very beautiful flock of shiny green insect. Sok wrapped his food and ran to pursue them. He got them a handful, and also lost his food bag. Could not found it. He walked wander and tried to recall that place. But in the forests were the same view.

Sok's forehead was completely perspired. And he looked up the sun that already walked above his head. While Sok was walking and looking to the sky to see the sun. He fell into the old pit whose much grasses planted over it.

For that time, Sok was very trouble because his stomach was agitated, hand was tremble and leg became weak. He prayed to all effective objects but the sun was increasing red. At that time Sok heard the noisy of birds were flying back to their nests. Even though he really tired, his eyes tried to watch the way to climb up. Sok saw the vines grew at the side of the pit. He walked and tried very hard to hold the vine to go up, so he has succeeded as wished.

As he got free from the pit. He became to lose direction because at that time the sky was dark. Sok was scared with gooseflesh backbone because he heard the voice of wind blew to hit the branches of tree and the voice of water drop of drizzle rain fell on the leaves ... His backbone increasingly gooseflesh because the sound of the type of owl cried out: Quark! Quark! Sok covered his face with the hands and thought about the story in video that he saw tiger, lion and wolf. .. Caught small animals to tear and ate them as their foods. Sok thought that if they confronted him. They would caught him to be their food ... With tightly imagined, he slipped to yell with tremble mouth: Help

Sok walked toward slowly and met a stump. Again Sok slipped his mouth and yelled that: My Gods! And then tried to look toward and saw the bamboos stood up in disorder and charming. Sok interested and remembered the word of his grandfather. Sok's grandfather used to show grandson how to choose bamboo at the west side to make xylophone's bar, it better than the east side. Because the sun set at the west, so this side stayed under the sun shined longer me my mother! Completely silent, not heard mother replied. Sok opened the hands slowly, stole to open eyes and looked through the gap of fingers, but didn't see anything at all, because the sky was dark.

So he has decided to walk to another direction that it was cooler than this, was to walk to the east. Sok tried to walk for a moment, so he past the forest. Under the moon was shinning. He could saw the shelter of villager one by one for watch the rice fields. He began to run because he heard the voice of dogs. Sok ran a little further and he saw the bright of kerosene lamps of villagers. Sok was very excited.

At that time Sok was increasingly concentrated. But, with very tired Sok slowed down his walking and walked slowly. The sound of Sok's breathing was Kuar Kuar, because it stayed in the silent situation that the people was overslept. Sok was nearly anived his direction. He looked from the distance and saw many coconut trees grew in row before his grandfather's home. Sok walked and blamed himself at the same time. He regretted that he didn’t follow the mother's advices. While he was thinking, suddenly he heard the noise of Aki-the dog of neighbour, it yelped at him.

Sok tried to run quickly and arrived before his grandfather's home. Sok yelled with tremble but it was not frighten noise, it was the noise of very joyful: My grandfather! My grandfather! Grandfather coughed and replied that: Why are you just arriving? Sok didn’t reply but he stood and drained his tears on his cheek.

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