Makato and The Cowrie Shell
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- Hi! I'm Makato
- What are you thinking about so deeply, my boy?
- The land you wish to go to is called Sukhothai.They say PraRuang of Sukhothai is avery kindhearted king. You might be lucky if you could go there.
- I would like to go on a journey for adventure.I’ve heard that the land over there is fertile and the people are kind. I wish I could see that land for myself.
- Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Makato. He was an orphan, for his father and mother had died when he was very young.He did every kind of work—carrying heavy things, clearing away the forest, or feeding pigs.He knew that if he did not work, he would starve. Wherever he went, his employers praised him for being sensible, hardworking, good-tempered, and cheerful.
- Where did you come from? Why are you here alone? You look as if you’d come a long way
- You are a determined boy!Come along with me. Who knows, you might see PraRuang someday.
- Please can I have some water to drink?I’m so thirsty.
- I wanted to see PraRuang of Sukhothai.They say he is a very kindhearted king.
- Thank you so much
- One fine evening after he had finished chopping up a big pile of wood, he sat down for a rest and thought of all he would like to do in the future. He wanted to try his luck in far-off strange lands for he longed for exciting adventures.
- He came all theway from thecity of Mon.Heheard so much about Your Majesty that he longed to see you.
- How old is he?
- Where did that boy come from?
- A good-looking and hard-working boy. Take good care of him.
- Some time later, Makato decided to try his fortune. He left his village and set out into the wide world. He walked along cheerfully, enjoying new sights and talking to the people he met on the way. After a month’s journey, he reached a village on the frontier of the kingdom of Sukhothai.
- You may keep it.
- Makato was glad to go with her. If he could work for this kind woman, he would have a place to sleep, some food to eat and, perhaps, someday he might be lucky enough to see the king.The old woman’s husband was one of PraRuang’smahouts, which meant that he helped look after the hundreds of elephants that the king owned.
- One day the sky was so clear and the weather so fine that it seemed to Makato that it must be a lucky day. As he worked in the elephant sheds, a tall young man in a splendid costume, followed by attendants, came in. It was PraRuang himself. Makato bowed low at once with his hands clasped together before him. His heart beat fast.
- As the king walked away, Makato saw a little cowrie shell lying on the ground. He ran to pick it up and held it out to the king.
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