A Balinese Folktale: Complaining Gecko
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 by Sidarta WijayaOne day a Gecko went to the Village chief and complained: “Oh, sir, can you help me? Will you speak to the Firefly? He keeps me awake all night….flashing his light in my eyes.”
Now, the Village chief, who liked to sound important, said: “I will look into this matter. Come back one week from today for my answer.”
The Village chief called the Firefly and asked, quite kindly: “tell me, why you have to worry people by flashing your light?”
And the Firefly, who was a very humble little fellow, put out his torch, folded his wings and said:
Oh might sire, I am only passing on the massage. I hear the Woodpecker going tong-tong-tong on the tree trunk –and I think it must be a kul-kul warning the village to awake.
Then the Village chief, anxious to get to then bottom of all this, called the Woodpecker: What do you mean, causing all this trouble?’’
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