fear, they could not take time to find the key of the room in which the crown, the staff of office, the money, the coral beads, the clothing and the other royal property were kept. But they hastily broke open the door of the room with an axe.
Without hesitation, the king and his people brought all the things out and put them in front of the water pot.
‘Here is all of the royal property! Please, accept all these things,’ the king pleaded carefully as he was rubbing his palms with respect, ‘and let me live longer on the throne. Please send peace in return to the town!’
‘Ho-o-o! Ro-Ro-o, Ro-o-o! Leave them there and go back peacefully to the palace,’ Tortoise commanded with a horrible voice.
The king and his people had hardly entered the palace when Tortoise jumped out from the strange water pot, and his gang came out of their hiding place. Without wasting one second, one of them put the empty pot on his head, while Tortoise and the others carried all the property, and then they all disappeared into the darkness in a moment. Thus Tortoise, with his cunning, duped the king, who had expelled him, out of the royal property.
Having carried the property to Olomu town, Tortoise and his gang sold the crown to the king of Olomu town and the other property to the people of the same Olomu town for a large sum of money. Then Tortoise and his gang lavishly wasted all the money within a few days.
As time went on, one day some of the people of Mosan town saw their king’s crown on the head of the king ofOlomu town, the day that he was celebrating the day of his ancestors.
Very soon, the people brought news to their king. And the following day, the king of Mosan town sent a messenger to the king of Olomu town asking him to surrender the crown immediately. But he sent the messenger back, saying he would not surrender it because he had bought it from someone.
After several exchanges of hot words, the king still would not release the crown. So the king of Mosan town started to prepare to fight him in order to get his crown back by any means.
As the king of Mosan town was preparing for the fight secretly, Ajapa the Tortoise and traitor hinted to the king of Olomu that the king of Mosan town was preparing for war against him. So as soon as Tortoise had so hinted, the king of Olomu too started to prepare his soldiers for the fight or war.
One month later, the soldiers of the king of Olomu town first besieged Mosan town. But the soldiers of Mosan town did not waste time. They retaliated at once. They fought their enemies so gallantly that their winning was soon imminent.
Now Tortoise, having seen that the soldiers of his former town Mosan would conquer the soldiers of Olomu town, joined the battle and started to help fight his people, for he was a very great traitor.
The soldiers of Mosan town fought so bravely that they got the crown of their king back, but later Tortoise, the traitor, told the enemies the place where the soldiers kept their fighting weapons. Now the soldiers of Olomu town stole the weapons easily with the hope that the victory would soon be to their side. But to their horror, the soldiers of Mosan town were not affected at all. Instead, it was when their weapons were stolen that they fought more fiercely.
Within four months the soldiers of Olomu town were nearly all killed. Many of them were captured, and Tortoise was captured as well. When he was brought to the king of Mosan town with the other captives, he was taken to the shrine of the gods. There, they bound him with a strong rope, and then they laid him flat in front of the gods.
As soon as the war was over the king of Mosan town wanted to know who had told their enemies the place where they kept their weapons, because there was no time in history when their enemies had known the place of the weapons and stolen them. The king invited all the people to the assembly ground and told them about their stolen weapons with wonder. ‘As all of you know well,
Without hesitation, the king and his people brought all the things out and put them in front of the water pot.
‘Here is all of the royal property! Please, accept all these things,’ the king pleaded carefully as he was rubbing his palms with respect, ‘and let me live longer on the throne. Please send peace in return to the town!’
‘Ho-o-o! Ro-Ro-o, Ro-o-o! Leave them there and go back peacefully to the palace,’ Tortoise commanded with a horrible voice.
The king and his people had hardly entered the palace when Tortoise jumped out from the strange water pot, and his gang came out of their hiding place. Without wasting one second, one of them put the empty pot on his head, while Tortoise and the others carried all the property, and then they all disappeared into the darkness in a moment. Thus Tortoise, with his cunning, duped the king, who had expelled him, out of the royal property.
Having carried the property to Olomu town, Tortoise and his gang sold the crown to the king of Olomu town and the other property to the people of the same Olomu town for a large sum of money. Then Tortoise and his gang lavishly wasted all the money within a few days.
As time went on, one day some of the people of Mosan town saw their king’s crown on the head of the king ofOlomu town, the day that he was celebrating the day of his ancestors.
Very soon, the people brought news to their king. And the following day, the king of Mosan town sent a messenger to the king of Olomu town asking him to surrender the crown immediately. But he sent the messenger back, saying he would not surrender it because he had bought it from someone.
After several exchanges of hot words, the king still would not release the crown. So the king of Mosan town started to prepare to fight him in order to get his crown back by any means.
As the king of Mosan town was preparing for the fight secretly, Ajapa the Tortoise and traitor hinted to the king of Olomu that the king of Mosan town was preparing for war against him. So as soon as Tortoise had so hinted, the king of Olomu too started to prepare his soldiers for the fight or war.
One month later, the soldiers of the king of Olomu town first besieged Mosan town. But the soldiers of Mosan town did not waste time. They retaliated at once. They fought their enemies so gallantly that their winning was soon imminent.
Now Tortoise, having seen that the soldiers of his former town Mosan would conquer the soldiers of Olomu town, joined the battle and started to help fight his people, for he was a very great traitor.
The soldiers of Mosan town fought so bravely that they got the crown of their king back, but later Tortoise, the traitor, told the enemies the place where the soldiers kept their fighting weapons. Now the soldiers of Olomu town stole the weapons easily with the hope that the victory would soon be to their side. But to their horror, the soldiers of Mosan town were not affected at all. Instead, it was when their weapons were stolen that they fought more fiercely.
Within four months the soldiers of Olomu town were nearly all killed. Many of them were captured, and Tortoise was captured as well. When he was brought to the king of Mosan town with the other captives, he was taken to the shrine of the gods. There, they bound him with a strong rope, and then they laid him flat in front of the gods.
As soon as the war was over the king of Mosan town wanted to know who had told their enemies the place where they kept their weapons, because there was no time in history when their enemies had known the place of the weapons and stolen them. The king invited all the people to the assembly ground and told them about their stolen weapons with wonder. ‘As all of you know well,
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