KINGFISHER, HEN AND THE OPOSSUM (SINIK)
SARAYAKU TRADITIONAL TALE
Many years ago, there were human beings who were strong hunters, who provided for their loved ones through hunting and fishing. One day, the kingfisher went fishing in the river. He never lacked fish at home, and once, when he was returning home with the variety of fish he had caught, he suddenly encountered the opossum, who asked the kingfisher: "How do you manage to catch so many fish, brother?" And he replied, "Brother, it's a long process I follow to catch these fish, something only I can do.".
The opossum insisted that he tell her about that process and I explain to him to do this fishing I climb a very high tree and from there I watch the fish that are passing by and once when it is passing I dive headfirst and catch these fish brother if you want to catch you must do the same as me he told him, and the possum thanked the fisherman and one day the possum went fishing to apply what the fisherman told him he climbed a very tall tree and sat on the branches of the tree he waited for a while suddenly he goes to the fish passing under him in the river and he jumped into the river, as the river was very dry he hit his head and fainted and almost died and did not move forward to catch the fish.
After a while and saw the wasp that always passed by carrying its prey, to see a lot that happened carrying its prey, the opossum approaches the wasp and asks the same as the kingfisher and the wasp told him brother I always go where people are gutting and splitting their prey and in an oversight I take a leg and take it home that's what I do brother and the possum thanked the wasp, the possum went one night to steal people's chickens and take one of the hens that were sleeping and when the hen began to scream immediately the owners woke up and managed to rescue the hen and they took the opossum they beat him so much that they almost killed him and he passed out later he wakes up just the same he continued living
Time passed, and one day he saw the hen sleeping without a head. He approached and asked where the hen was: "Brother, I saw you sleeping without a head the other day. How did you manage to sleep like that?" The hen replied: "It's easy. Before I go to sleep, I always cut off my head and put it to one side. I sleep very peacefully there because almost no one bothers me." The opossum thanked him for the information, and the next day the opossum did what the hen had told him. He cut off his head to sleep just as she had said, and he slept forever.
Moral of the story: Nor pay attention to what other people say and confidently continue on your path.
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