Folktales of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden

Author:Kunzang Choden [Choden, Kunzang]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9786167817880
Publisher: Proglen
Published: 2016-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

Gyalpo Migkarla

So the next day the king disguised himself as Jaw Pha La Phan Chung and went to plow the field.

Dangbo..o..o Dingbo..o..o.. in a small house nearly falling apart with age and neglect there lived an old couple. The old man would sit by the hearth rubbing his swollen right knee and moaning and groaning in pain. The old woman did all the work in the house. One day she was rather tired and not in a very agreeable mood. While she cooked at the stove she asked the old man to pass her the ladle which was hanging near him but the old man would not even do that. As usual he just sat there rubbing his knee and moaning away. Irritated by his behavior, she said sharply, “Move this knee away, it’s in my way.”

But the old man did not pay any attention to her request. So she took up a ladle and struck the knee with all her strength. They were both equally shocked when the swollen knee burst with a great splosh and a big ugly frog popped out. The old woman caught it by its hind legs before it could hop away and, dangling it in the air, she said, “So you were the cause of all my old man’s problems! Now, if I don’t kill you who will I kill?” She was ready to throw him into the fire when the frog croaked miserably, “Please, I beg of you, don’t kill me, I’ll be useful to you.”

The old woman laughed and asked, “What, a frog be useful? I have never heard of such a thing. How can a frog be useful?”

“I’ll bring home a bride,” promised the frog.

“Ya, ya, if you can bring home a bride I’ll spare you,” agreed the old woman.

The frog immediately went to the king’s palace. He hid under a big slab of stone and shouted, “Oh, king, I want one of your daughters as my bride!” The king asked his oldest daughter Langyamo to go and see who was shouting. She looked out and reported, “The chickens are scratching in the dirt, the pigs are browsing around and there is nobody else.”

Again the frog called. This time the king sent his second daughter, Khempamo, to see if there was anybody outside. She too went out and came back, saying, “The chickens are scratching in the dirt and the pigs are browsing around other than them there is nobody.”

The frog called for the third time and this time the king asked his third daughter Phurzamo, to go out and see who had called. When she looked around, she saw a big ugly frog sitting on a slab of stone. She came in and said, “There is a frog on the stone slab.”

The king said, “Call the frog in, perhaps he has something to tell us.”

The frog hopped into the palace and stood in front of the king reverently but boldly stated, “I would like to take one of your daughters as my wife.

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