Love opportunity

“What are you looking at?” I asked.

“We are looking at the son of the master of cow,” duck said.

“Why are you looking at him?”

“He has a broken heart,” twin piggies said.

“Why?”

“He likes the daughter of master of twin piggies,” cow said.

“But the daughter of our master goes to another guy. Today, she moved in with him,” twin piggies said.

“He is pitiful,” cow said.

“Why didn’t your master’s daughter love him? He is a good guy,” duck said.

“How can we know?” Twin piggies said.

What they said, I didn’t know. I just knew that I heard the daughter of the master of twin piggies called with her friend. She said that she liked the son of the master of cow, but when she went to talk with him, he didn’t speak with her and went away. She really tried to approach him, but he showed through his action and facial expression that he didn't like her. I saw it with my own eyes. It was not once, it happened all the time - the girl really tried to approach the man, but the man ran away. I heard she told her friend that she even contacted him on social media, but he blocked her. I even saw the woman cry, she cried very hard. I heard she told her friend that she thought the guy hated her so much. She felt she was unwanted. It has been many months. Now, I heard that she met another guy, I was happy for her. However, I had a big question mark when I heard from my friends that the son of the master of the cow was sad when he heard the girl was with someone else. He should be happy as he didn’t like her. From today he would not need to run away because she would not come to bother him anymore. Why was he sad?

They are pig’s friends

“Hello,” cow said.

“Hello,” I said.

“Can you give me your garlic chives?”

“Sure.” 

I ran to my garden and picked some garlic chives for him. 

“No, no. I mean I want to eat,” cow said.

“Yes. You can eat some and take some to grow near your cage. When you are hungry, you can eat it immediately,” I said.

“I don’t know how to grow it.”

“It’s easy. Just put it in the ground and it can grow on its own.”

“Let's keep it with you. When I want to eat, I will come to you.”

After saying that, the cow walked off.

In the afternoon, the duck came.

“Hello pig, I heard you gave garlic chives to cow,” she said.

“Yes. Here, you can take some to grow. It is not hard, just put it in the ground and it can grow on its own. When you are hungry, you can eat it,” I said.

“No, pig. I just want to know if you have the garlic chives. It’s good you have it. Keep it with you. When I need food, I will come to you to eat it.”

After telling me, she took off.

Later on, the twin piggies arrived.

“We heard from cow and duck that you have garlic chives. Can you give us some? Our master gave us food but it was not enough,” they told.

“Yes of course. The garlic chives are easy to grow. Put it in the ground and it can grow on its own. Having it, you will no longer worry about not having enough food.”

“Well, thank you so much. We are too lazy to grow it, we just want to eat it. You are kind, so you grow it in your garden. When we are not full, we will come to you.”

Death is rebirth

Caw, caw.

I opened the door.

“Hello, can I help you?”

Hearing my question, the crow shrank her eyes. “I come to take my rose apple,” she said.

“Oh, sorry. I forget. Wait a minute.”

I took the fruit then gave it to her.

“Are you okay?” Crow said.

I shook my head and sighed.

“What’s the matter?” 

“Well,” I said with a sad expression, “I just heard that Robert was dispelled from the farm. He is very old. I think he cannot make it outside. So, last night I prayed for him hoping that he will be better in his next life.”

“That old dog! He is not dead yet. He is sleeping under a kapok tree in the west,” she told before she took the fruit and flew away.

Following, I hurriedly got out of the house and walked to the west.

Is dog a friend or a slave?

Today, cow, duck and twin piggies came to visit my house.

While they were sitting outside, I prepared tea for them. When I brought the tea out, I heard them talking about Robert who was a dog in the next farm of twin piggies.

“What’s going on with him?” I asked.

“He was abandoned by his master yesterday,” cow said.

I was shocked to hear that, “What did he do wrong?”

“The evening before yesterday, there was a thief trying to steal a phone from his master when he was calling outside the house. His master struggled with the thief and called for his help, but he was late,” twin piggies said.

I shrank my eyes, “How long was he late?”

“About a few seconds.”

“Just a few seconds!” I unlocked my eyes. “Then he abandoned him?”

“Did the thief get the phone?” Duck asked.

“No, he didn’t. There were some neighbors coming out to help and the thief ran away,” twin piggies replied.

“Robert was late because he is old. I heard he arrived after the neighbors. The neighbors blamed him, they said he was lazy and not faithful to his master. They asked the master to abandon him and the master agreed,” cow said.

“It’s true.” Twin piggies nodded.

“Poor Robert.” I shook my head. “When he is energetic, they keep him. When he is old, they abandon him because he can’t work for them anymore.”

“Now, where is Robert?” Duck asked.

“We don’t know.” Twin piggies shook their heads.

It was a sad story; but at that time something popped into my head.

Crow doesn’t believe in human

Caw, caw.

I got out and put a rose apple on the table. As I was about to drop my body in the lounge, the crow bit the fruit in her beak and flew.

“Hey, where are you going?” I yelled.

The crow paused her wings on a branch of the tree in front of my house. “I’m going to eat it in the forest,” she told.

“Why don’t you eat it here?”

“I don’t want the noise to bother my meal.”

Hearing it, I understood what she meant.

“They don’t argue everyday,” I said.

“I don’t believe in humans. Their minds are not stable and their feelings are always up and down.”

After saying it, she put the fruit between her beak and flew towards the wood.

Unhappy night

Tonight I didn't feel very happy without a reason. 

I couldn't sleep though I forced my eyes to close. At last, I came out sitting in my lounge in the front yard.

It was dark blue and silent. However, thanks to the fireflies, they accompanied me through this lonely night.

Pig knows about human

 

Caw, caw. 

It was the second day that I had to pay a rose apple to the crow. Like the previous day, I put the fruit on the table in my front yard and while she was eating it, I laid in the lounge next to the table. 

Suddenly, a loud voice came out from the farm next to my house. 

“What’s it?” Crow asked. 

“It’s masters of duck are quarreling,” I said. 

The crow wagged her head a few times before she continued eating. Then the loud voice happened again and along with it there was a sound of BANG, causing the crow to jump.  

“What’s that?” She yelled. 

“Maybe a pot or another object that they threw from their house,” I said. 

The crow looked at me, “You aren’t surprised, are you?” 

I shook my head. 

“Why do they quarrel?” 

“Recently, I heard from my friends that their masters are meeting financial problems. Hence, I think the money is the cause of their quarrel today. It happened before. When they were having a problem, they argued with each other, then they threw things to release their anger. However, I am happy that they threw things outside, not to each other.” 

The crow shook her head, “Human life is not happy at all.” 

Then she carried on eating. BANG… 

“Hey,” she yelled with her eyebrows knotted, “I want to have a peaceful meal.” 

I chuckled, “You can’t if you stay near humans.” 

“Then I should go to eat on a tree in the forest.” 

After saying that, she put the rose apple in her beak then flew away.