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Black : The Beloved Ox
Once upon a time there was a poor old woman.
She made a living by renting her house as an inn for travellers.
One day a man paid his rent by a calf.
The calf looked smart and handsome. His eyes were brilliant. She gladly accepted the calf and called him my dear Black.
Every morning she'd feed him rice and young grass.
He grew up big and handsome. He was the strongest ox around there. Nevertheless he is very well behaved. Village children always played with him. Even sometimes they pulled his horns, tugged his ears or even his tail, he wouldn't get angry. He also understood what people said.
Black was always grateful to the old woman for that she took care of him and fed him well even she was very poor. To repay her kindness, whenever Black saw someone needed a labor hand he'd try to act like he wanted to work until they hired him. All the earnings, of course, went to the old woman. Black understood what people said and above all, he is utterly strong. So it is commonly known for the villagers that if the job was too hard for their oxen or their carts got bogged in mud, just ask Black and he would definitely get the job done.
One day a merchant and his employees travelled with 500 loaded carts tried to cross a wide,shallow channel nearby. He didn't know the track well enough so the carts got bogged. No matter how hard they tried they couldn't get the carts out of the channel. It seemed the more they dragged the deeper their carts got.
While the merchant was thinking of the way out he saw Black feeding on grass with other oxen and cows. Having knowledge of identifying bovines, he recognized that Black is of the Supreme Breed.
The merchant asked around for Black's owner. "Kids, I wanna hire this ox for pulling my carts out of the channel. How much would that be?"
"We're not Black's master. If you want to hire him just ask him an name the price"
The merchant trod a rope through Black's nose and led him but Black wouldn't budge. The merchant then told Black "Mister Black, if you pull all my 500 carts out of the channel I will pay you a thousand Coins. Deal?"
Hearing what he said, Black walked to the channel where the carts were. When he saw all the carts bogged deep in the mud he realized the job was extremely hard. However he determined to do the job for the sake of the old woman. The merchant put the yoke on Black. With all his strength, Black slowly dragged the carts while the merchant, his employees and the kids cheered him on.
"Heaveee.....ho! Heaveee....ho!"
Black was able to pull all the carts up onto the land at last. Everybody cheerfully congratulated him. The merchant, seeing the carts were already out of the channel, he put 500 Coins in a bag and hang it around Black's neck.
"Here's the reward as promised"
Though Black hadn't received this much money, he could estimate the weight of 1000 coins and this is not it. Black then stood in the merchant's way and ferociously stared at him.
"I couldn't believe this! This ox know I didn't pay the promised price. If I don't pay him I'll be in a big problem"
Realizing this, he carefully took the bag from Black's neck, put another 500 Coins in the bag and returned it to him.
"Here, totally a thousand Coins"
Once Black got the money, he ran to see the old woman. The kids also ran after him.
"Wow! Such a great ox you are! "
"Let's go see granny*"(out of respect)
The old woman saw Black completely exhausted, with the money hanging around his neck while the kids eagerly told the story. Feeling so sad he hugged Black and cried.
"My beloved Black, if you were to work this hard for me I'd rather die."
After pulling herself together, she cleaned him with a towel soaked with warm water. Massaged him with herbal liniment. And fed him well with food and water.
The time had passed, the old woman got wealthier. They lived happily until the end of their lives. Because they were bound together with their care and love toward each other, they continued to take care of each other in their afterlives and so on.
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