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Story 143: Little Rabbit Luozhu

Little Rabbit Luozhu

Author: Anonymous

Once upon a time, there was a green forest meadow by the Brahmaputra River. On the grass, there are tinkling springs, colorful flowers blooming, and various mushrooms growing. Many little birds and little beasts are singing, dancing and playing games here. It’s so happy!

But one day, three wolves came running from the high snow-capped mountains: one was a big gray male wolf, and two were blue female wolves. They said: “Hey! This place is really nice. There is food and drink. Let’s put the kitchen here!” Now, the quiet forest was no longer quiet, and the comfortable grass was no longer comfortable. Today, the Fritillaria lost his beloved son; tomorrow, the little Golden Deer lost his kind mother.

The little birds and beasts that have lived here for a long time suffered a terrible disaster, and they had no choice but to run away, move, and some stayed here. They all hid in deep holes in the ground. On the top of the tall trees, I was worried all day long, not daring to go out easily.

There lived a smart little white rabbit named Luo Zhu on the grass. It didn’t run away or hide. It was thinking of some ways to deal with these tyrannical demons.

Apply eye ointment

One day, the little rabbit Luozhu was sitting on the haystack, basking in the sun comfortably. I caught a glimpse of the big male wolf, walking towards it with great dignity. It quickly grabbed a handful of dirt and rubbed it on its eyelids; it also held up a piece of ice as a mirror and looked inside again and again.

The big male wolf knocked it on the head and asked strangely: “Hey! Little Hulk! What are you painting?” The little rabbit turned around at this time, as if it had just seen the big male wolf, and hurriedly raised its two hind legs. He bowed three times and said, “Master Wolf, I’m applying eye ointment!”

“Eye ointment? What eye ointment?” The male wolf was even more surprised. His eyes were so wide that they almost jumped out.

The little rabbit put down the mirror made of ice cubes and said in a tone of voice: “Master Wolf, the overlord of the forest, please listen to my little rabbit say three words: It’s so pitiful for us to be rabbits, and we are bullied almost every day; when the leaves fall, they think they have collapsed. Oh my god, I ran for my life even shouting. Luo Zhu, I invented eye ointment. It’s wonderful. I can’t tell you how good it is! Applying it on your eyes can see for hundreds of miles. Trees and rocks can’t block it. When the falcon comes, I drill holes. Hunting dogs When I came, I climbed the tree, and from then on I was not afraid of anyone, and my life was really comfortable.”

The big male wolf thought: “Hey, they say that rabbits are the smartest in the forest, and it seems to be true. If I get some of this stuff and paint it on it, then I can see clearly all the birds and beasts in the forest, no matter where they are hiding. Chu, I can eat whatever I want, and when I want to eat, instead of running around here and there, exhausted, sometimes I am so hungry that my belly sticks to my back, and sometimes I am so bloated that I cannot stand up for several days. Isn’t it much better?”

Thinking of this, it smiled and said to the rabbit: “Your eye ointment is so amazing, I really don’t believe it. How about you apply some for me to try?” The little rabbit quickly said: “No, no, sir! You didn’t apply it.” Eye ointment, I don’t know how much my little friend has been eaten by you; if you apply this stuff, none of us can escape.”

“Mai! You ugly monster! You have to do it, or you can’t. If you don’t agree, I’ll treat you as a snack.” The wolf opened its mouth, showing its long teeth, and pushed forward step by step.

“Don’t, don’t, Master Wolf, don’t be joking!” The rabbit pretended to be frightened and begged tremblingly: “Master Wolf, Master Wolf, please don’t get angry. You are very caring about our little rabbit, I will remember this in my heart. Wait. Now that you have finished applying the eye ointment, I will make a box for you when you go back. Tomorrow, when the sun is at its peak, I will apply the magic ointment on time for you!”

After saying this, the wolf became happy. When we parted, we hit the little rabbit three more times on the head to remind it not to forget.

At night, the little rabbit sneaked into a carpenter’s house down the mountain and stole a piece of cowhide glue. Early the next morning, it placed the cowhide glue on the stone and let the sun slowly bake it.

At noon, the big male wolf came triumphantly and said, “Hey, have you brought the eye ointment?” The little rabbit quickly stood up and jumped three times on the grass with its hind legs: “Master! I’m waiting for you here!” Please turn your lovely face towards the sun, please close your gentle eyes, and I will apply ointment to you.”

The wolf sat on a stone and closed his eyes tightly. The little rabbit used a piece of tree bark, filled it with cowhide glue, and applied one layer and another layer to its eyes.

The wolf felt uncomfortable and shouted: “Ouch! Ouch! Damn little rabbit, are you lying to me?” The rabbit blew on the wolf’s eyes and said aggrievedly: “Oh, sir, you are too difficult to wait for! You have to pretend to be clairvoyant, and you have to be free from itching and pain. How can there be such a convenient thing in the world! Okay! Let me sing you a rabbit song!”

Next, the rabbit sang a song “tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk” while applying the cowhide glue. After a while, the glue formed a crust on the eyelids, as if the windows were nailed with boards. The wolf wanted to open his eyes and see if what the little rabbit said worked. The little rabbit hurriedly said: “No! Don’t! When I tell you to jump, you jump. If I tell you to open your eyes, open your eyes. Jump in the air and open your eyes. You can see everything clearly within a few hundred miles.”

The rabbit took care of everything, supported the big male wolf, and walked to the edge of a steep cliff like a king on the throne. Then he shouted in a serious voice: “One! Two! Three! Master Wolf, jump up!”

The old wolf used all his strength to jump into the air. Before it could open its eyes, it fell into a very deep canyon and died.

Ride the Flying Tree

A young man drove a group of snow-white sheep to this forest grassland for grazing. Suddenly, the big male wolf’s wife, the blue female wolf, sprang out and ran away with a lamb in her mouth. The young man raised the “Wuerduo” in his hand and shouted, “Dazhuga!” “Dazhuga!” The stones hit the she-wolf on the head and buttocks like hail. The she-wolf couldn’t resist it and jumped into the mountain stream to escape.

The female wolf swam to the other side and slowly climbed up the steep slope, looking left and right, trying to find a place with leeward direction and sunshine to warm herself up. Suddenly, it saw a little rabbit riding on a “Yumo” tree on the edge of the cliff, swinging left and right, up and down, like a swing, and was very proud.

The she-wolf looked at it three times, looking more and more like the little rabbit that killed her husband. Then he jumped up and down, rushed to the little rabbit, put his paws on its shoulders, and said: “You are the bad guy who killed my husband, you are living a good life! You met my grandma wolf today, I will kill you.” There is no escape.”

The little rabbit gently removed the wolf’s paws from his body, moved his long ears, squinted his red eyes, and said calmly: “Mrs. Wolf with golden claws and blue fur, please listen to my three words, little rabbit: You She’s a lioness from the snowy mountains. I’m a poor little animal with a body no bigger than a fist. How can I kill your husband? Madam, please don’t joke. I can’t stand such jokes.” At this point, it jumped. Squatting on the “Yumo” tree: “Madam, my name is Feitian Rabbit. I ride on the Feitian tree and go around. I don’t know the things in the world. Please don’t get angry!”

The female wolf’s eyes were as big as walnuts, and she quickly asked: “What, your little rabbit can fly into the sky?”

“Hey! Even if you say I’m not blessed, I’m blessed. It all depends on this flying tree. I played on the moon yesterday, and today I’m going to the fairy paradise. There are many treasures in the fairy place, and it’s most comfortable to eat and drink! Madam, I want the rabbit right away. Feitian, tell me quickly what you want to bring, some sheep bones or some pieces of fatty beef?”

The more the she-wolf listened, the more jealous she became, with drool hanging from her mouth. It thought: The place where the gods live must be full of bones and fresh meat. You can eat and sleep, and eat after sleeping. How can I, the blue-haired female wolf, not go to such a comfortable paradise? Then he drove the rabbit down from the tree, squatted on it with dignity, and said: “Bah! They say that the little rabbit is very smart, but he doesn’t understand the rules. Since there is a lot of food and drink in the fairy place, of course it is my she-wolf’s turn to go! How to fly from a tree, little rabbit, please teach me!”

The little rabbit sighed, pretending to be helpless, and helped the wolf dig up the soil and bite the roots of the tree with his teeth. Bite, bite, because this tree grew on the edge of the cliff, and its trunk stretched straight into the air. After a while, the Yumo tree fell off with a “click”, leaving only a few roots hanging upside down in the crevices of the rocks. . The female wolf was hanging in the middle of the tree, swinging left and right, like a swing.

The little rabbit let go of his throat and shouted: “Mrs. Wolf, don’t be afraid, you’re going to the sky soon. One, two, three, push hard! One, two, three, push hard!” The female wolf pushed hard, and the tree with it was lifted. They fell into a mountain stream together and were washed away by the rolling waves.

The little rabbit clapped his hands and jumped happily on the cliff: “Hahaha!”

Tail fishing

After a few months, winter arrived in the forest meadow. The mountains were covered with thick snow caps, and the flowing water turned into crystal ice. Tigers, leopards and dog pots were as cold as lamas practicing Zen, hiding in caves to meditate; wolves, foxes and jackals were so hungry that they ran around and ate whatever they encountered!

This little rabbit, Luo Zhu, was playing on the frozen river. He kept slapping the ice cubes with his short tail, slapping, slapping, and his whole body felt warm and comfortable.

Suddenly, the little she-wolf, the sister of the husband wolf, ran over quickly, blocked the way of the little rabbit, and said viciously: “Mai! Ugly! Did you push my eldest brother, the king of the forest, off the cliff? My beautiful and kind-hearted Sister-in-law, have you pushed me off the waves? The life of a human should be eaten by the devil, and the life of a sheep should be swallowed by a tiger. Miss, I am starving today, and you just serve as a snack for me.”

After that, the little she-wolf swooped over and knocked the little rabbit down on the ice with her paw. The little rabbit was very smart and thought to himself: “Cruel guy, you can’t escape my grasp!” It rolled three times on the ice, turned over and got up, bowed three times to the little she-wolf, and said: “White Miss Wolf, who is as compassionate as Tara, please don’t blame me wrongly. It is said that the one who blinded your brother’s eyes was a little rabbit basking in the sun; the one who killed your sister-in-law is said to be a little rabbit riding a flying tree. My name is A fishing rabbit should never do something like that.”

The wolf said: “It doesn’t matter if it’s you! It doesn’t matter if it’s not you! Anyway, I’m going to eat you today!” After saying that, he opened his mouth wide, stretched out his claws like iron hooks, and rushed towards the little rabbit. The little rabbit quickly said: “Miss, Miss! Look at me, I’m all skin and bones. If you eat me, you might as well eat a ground rat! Besides, I’m covered in thorns, which might hurt your mouth. If you’re really hungry, I’ll come fish.” For you to eat!”

The female wolf thought: They say the little rabbit is smart and cunning, and maybe it will do some trouble with me, so she pulled its ears and said angrily: “You are an ugly monster who is worse than a goblin, and your belly is full of bad water. Your ancestors don’t If you do immoral things, you won’t be open-mouthed in the future. It was you rabbits who killed my eldest brother and sister-in-law! If you have any way to catch fish, please tell me quickly.”

The little rabbit took the female wolf to the place where her tail was patting the ice and told her: “Miss, if we just make a hole in the ice and stick our tail in, the fish in the river will be so hungry that they will fight to bite us. The tail, we pulled the tail out and caught all the big and small fish.”

When the female wolf heard this, her eyes narrowed with laughter: “Haha! Haha! Fishing with the tail! Good! Good! Great!” So, together with the little rabbit, they slapped the ice cubes with their tails. You hit a few times, I hit a few times, and a small hole was made in the ice.

The rabbit asked: “Miss, do you like to eat small fish? Or do you prefer to eat big fish!” The female wolf said: “Of course you like to eat big fish!” The rabbit said: “My tail is short, so I can only catch small fish; Miss’s tail is long , can catch big fish. Then, miss, you go ahead and catch it!”

The she-wolf felt very comfortable after being flattered, and quickly stuffed her long tail into the ice hole. The little rabbit was nearby, filling the ice hole with water and chanting: “Come black fish, come white fish, come big fish and small fish quickly.” In less than a meal of tea, the she-wolf’s tail was frozen to death by the ice. . The she-wolf thought she had caught a lot of fish, and she was still happy!

At this time, the little rabbit pushed a piece of ice, stood on it, put his left hand on his hips, stretched out his right hand, pointed at the she wolf and cursed: “You wolf with a dog head and a black heart, your sworn enemy in the forest, listen to me: I am basking in the sun on the grass, Why did your brother bully me? Put some cowhide glue on his eyelids and let him fall to death on the steep slope; I was playing games on the tree, why did your sister-in-law want to harm me?

Deceive him to ride on the Feitian tree, and tell him to meet Yama just now! I’m playing on the ice, why do you want to eat me? I lied to you to catch a big fish with my tail, and now you are alive. If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have any last words, hurry up and leave it. I’m so happy, so comfortable! I’m so happy The friend of the forest has his revenge!”

After saying that, she danced happily, the she-wolf bared her teeth in anger, howled wildly, bent her waist, arched her back, and rushed towards the little rabbit with all her strength, preparing to swallow it with all its skin and flesh. Unexpectedly, this time, the tail and hip bones were pulled off completely. After struggling for a few times, he couldn’t get up anymore.

The little rabbit was happy and sang a song of victory. With this good news, I went to find my friends.

Narration: Recorded by Yesi Tenzin in Chengguan District, Lhasa City in
May 1979
and compiled in January 1980