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Introduction
We hope you enjoy these stories in Kayah. The stories are about
confessing when we do wrong, being at peace with each other and
persevering.
Each story has been edited and an English translation has been
added. Students can practice reading and also learn English.
Teachers can use the questions in the stories to challenge their
students to analyze the story's meaning.
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2011
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Confessing When
We are Wrong
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Nga Reh and Lee Reh
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Nga Reh and Lee Reh were friends.
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One day, they went to the park
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and they saw a snake.
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Nga Reh was scared and ran away.
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But Lee Reh killed the snake.
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Lee Reh took the dead snake back
to his house.
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When they arrived home, they frightened
Lee Reh’s little sister Bya Mar. They
pretended that the snake was still alive and
frightened Byar Mar.�
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Byar Ma was scared. She screamed and
cried and ran off. Lee Reh’s mother heard
Byar Mar crying and scolded the two boys
who scared her.
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Lee Reh felt sorry that he had scared his sister so he went
to Byar Mar and told her he was sorry for scaring her and
asked her to forgive him. Then he comforted her and he
and Nga Reh played with his sister.
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It made Bya Mar very happy that they came and played
together with her. She then gave them each some candy to
eat.
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������������������ ������������������������������$ Reflection Questions:
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others will receive a reward, but those who are cruel
harm themselves." What reward did Lee Reh get for
saying he was sorry?
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Plotting To Do Evil
Will Hurt You
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Muo Bu was an expert in weaving. Her cloth
weavings were very attractive and nice, so everyone
praised her. ��
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Muo Law also knew how to weave, but her handi-
work was not as attractive or as nice in comparison
to Muo Bu’s weaving.
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People did not often come to see Muo Law's woven
shirts so she hated Muo Bu.
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One day, when Muo Bu had done some weaving and
was taking a rest in her bed, Muo Law snuck in and
stole all Muo Bu’s weaving materials and went and
threw them over a cliff.
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When Muo Law had thrown down all Muo Bu’s
weaving materials, a villager saw her and shouted at
her.�� �
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When Muo Law heard someone shouting at her, she
ran off. She was so startled that she stumbled on a
rock as she ran and fell down.��
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�������#�� ��� �� ��������������� ������������%������ �����$� ������������������� �����������������!������ ���������� ���� ��� ����“�������������� �� *” ������������ ��� ����“(� ����#�� %���������”
It hurt so much that she could not go back home.
Soon, a man found her and asked her, “What
happened to you?” She replied, “I stumbled on a
rock.”�
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Because she could not get back home, the man
carried her back to the village.��
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Muo Law realized she had done wrong. She con-
fessed her wrong actions before all the villagers, and
she gave back all Muo Bu’s weaving materials to
her.�
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������������ ������������������������������$�Reflection Questions:
)����������� �����������������(�� ��� ����� �����%� ����%��!�������������� �������������� *�1. Why did Muo Law throw down Muo Bu's weaving
materials?
+��%���������������$� ������������������������������������������� ������������������� �� *�2. When Muo Law realized that she had done something
wrong, what did she do?
�,����������������� �������������������� �������������������������� ����������%��������#� �� *��3. When we wrong someone, what is the benefit of
confessing our wrong?
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4. If we feel jealous of someone, what should we do?
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��������%������������������Wise Sayings�
����� ����������������� ����������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������� ����������������������� ������������������ �����������������A person who keeps his heart at peace, gives health
to his body, but the person that envies others, makes
his bones decay/rot. �
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��������� �������� �” ����-����� ������������������������ ����� ����������������������������������.�Those who hate others will experience the same in
return. There are two sayings: “Whatever seed you
sow, you will harvest that which you've sown.” and
“Those who plan to do evil to someone, take the
wrong road.”
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Who Sank The Boat?�
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Once upon a time, a pig, dog, cat, frog and mouse
were all together on the shore of a lake.
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One day, they decided to sail on a boat together.
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The pig jumped into the boat first. He was very fat
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Then the boat sank on them and they all jumped out
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������������������ ��������$�Reflection Questions:
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of the animals or all of them together?
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problems when sometimes we are all at fault. If we
have any argument with someone and blame each
other, what happens? What would happen if we both
agreed that we were at fault?
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Long ago, there was wild pig and lion. One day,
they went to drink and met each other at the watering
hole. At the time they met each other, it was dry
season and water was scarce. �
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Each of them said to each other, "I will drink first,"
and eventually they were both angry with each other.�
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They argued and argued and in the end they bit each
other. They bit each other all day long until they
were both full of cuts.�
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They were both worn out and fell down on the
ground. Lying on the ground there, they looked up
and saw a group of vultures who had come and were
waiting for them on the tree. ��
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Then the wild pig and lion said to each other, "If we
bite each other till we are both dead, then we are just
going to end up as food for the vultures, so let's both
drink together."�
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Each of the animals then drank from the water
together and afterwards went back to their places.
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(the vultures!)
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What was the decision and why was it good?
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��������%������������������Wise Saying
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How do arguing and fighting come and enter among
you? This is how it happens: they enter when your
heart's bad desires begin fighting inside you. You
want something and because you don't get it, you kill
the person. You want to have something and you
aren't able to get it so you fight with each other about
it. You don't ask God so you aren't able to get what
you want.
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��� ��� ��� ��������� ����������������!������������� ����� ������ ������� ���������� %������� ��������������������������� �������Once upon a time, there was an otter and a fox. They
were friends and loved each other very much.
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One day, they said to each other that they should go
for a visit to the stream.��
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As they were sitting and talking together on the side
of the stream, a fish came close to the side of the
stream.�
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They saw the fish and were excited to chase and
catch it.
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When they had caught the fish, greed entered their
hearts and they both wanted to claim the fish as their
own.
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The otter said that he should have more of the fish to
eat, but the fox thought that he should get more, so
they argued with each other.
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At that time, an owl was sitting on a branch looking
down on them arguing over the fish and he thought,
“So that they will not argue with each other, I better
go and tell the rabbit so that he can come and help
them.”�
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Then the owl flew off and told the rabbit about the
argument. The rabbit said, “We better go quickly. If
we don’t go
quickly, they
will needlessly
hurt each
other.”
Immediately,
the owl and the
rabbit got
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The rabbit and owl arrived and the rabbit asked the
otter and fox, “What are you arguing about?”�
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The otter and fox answered, “We are arguing about
this fish. Each of us want to get more of the fish to
eat so we are arguing.”
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The rabbit said, “I can help you. Don’t worry.” The
rabbit then took a knife and chopped the fish in half.
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He divided it so that each received an equal portion.
Then the rabbit said to them, “Don’t argue any more.
You each have the same amount to eat. Be at peace
and love each other again,” he commanded them.���
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From that time on, the otter and the fox no longer
argued with each other. They loved each other again
just like in the past.
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����������������� ������������������������������$�Reflection Questions:
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mediate their argument?
�/���� ������������ ������ �� ������������ * 4) Who helps you to solve your arguments?
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After arriving to the bamboo
grove, cut some bamboo poles. ��
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Cut the bamboo and carry it
back. ���������
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Smooth the rough parts and cut
the bamboo so that each pole is
the same length.
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Using a knife, begin to make
holes in the poles. Then open
the holes larger with a bore.�
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Cut bamboo pieces to stand on
and and screw them into the
holes.�
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After
screwing
them in,
climb on and
try it.�
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Ride it
back and
forth
until you
can do it. ��
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If you want to master the stilts,
you have to be willing to fall and
get hurt.
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If you fall, stand up and get back
on and try hard until you are able
to do it.
If you
don't give
up, you'll
be able to
master it.
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your experience? Did you fall down a lot?
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discouraged and stopped trying to ride the stilts?
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were trying something new?
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��������%���������������$�Wise Sayings:
����� ��������������������������������������������%��!������� ���The person who tries his hardest (to the very end)
will succeed.
-!� �������� ��������������� ������� ������� ��������������.�The lazy bird flies along the river to find his food,
the lazy person goes along the road. (rather than
venturing further out to find food)
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One time, there were a bunch of red ants and a hive
of bees on a tree.�
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to the tree. Everyday, she came to water the flowers.
One day, some bees came to suck pollen from the
flowers in the garden.��
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Some red ants had also come to suck the pollen from
the flowers.���
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she had finished picking her flowers, she saw the
bees and red ants on the flowers.��
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�When she smelled the flower, "zeet" the bee flew up
and bit her on her forehead. She immediately threw
the flower down.
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As she threw the flower down, a red ant grabbed on
and bit into her hand.���
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���� ���#����� ������ !������������������������� ����������� ��� ��� ���� �����������������������������������������������������������!�����Then the girl's forehead swelled up and her hand hurt
like crazy so she ran back home. Arriving back
home, she put on some lime paste.
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After a few weeks, the girl's forehead and hand were
better and she missed watering her flowers. The ants
and bees stung her so badly, but she built up her
courage and again went to water her flowers.
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with? What happened to her?
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What did it feel like?
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better, what did she do?
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you do? Do you give up or do you try again?
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difficulties, your strength is very little!