Woodpecker advised the quail:
- Hey! Hey!
- Yes sir, what do you need?
- Be careful! You stay around the grass, be careful not to be trampled by buffaloes or cows! You go out to find food, be careful!
- Yes, you too, okay! When you carve the tree trunk, you're afraid that the branches will break, the fruit will fall, the tree trunk will fall, so be careful, okay!
- Yeah, me too!
The two brothers carefully instructed each other, the younger brother stayed in the grass, the older brother stayed on the treetop. If the Quail stayed in the grass, the grass would prick its hook, if it stayed in the bamboo, the bamboo leaves would also prick its hook, if it stayed in the bamboo, the bamboo leaves would also prick its hook, wherever the Quail was, it would all be pricked. In the end, they had no choice but to stay in the grass, there was nowhere else to go, if they stayed in the grass, the grass would also prick their hook. As for its elder brother, the Woodpecker, he remained on the treetop.
So they rested for a day, slept for a night, and stayed for an afternoon. The two brothers worked in the fields, grew vegetables, raised livestock, and built a house to have a place to shelter from the rain. Woodpecker felt sorry for Quail who lived alone. Woodpecker told him this:
- Hey! Hey! In the morning, feed the pigs and in the afternoon, put the chickens in the coop! I'll go catch worms and insects for you!
- Yes.
After giving instructions to the Quail, his brother quickly flew away to find food, he called "knock knock...", he went knocking, so people called him the woodpecker, he went knocking here, then went knocking there. In the afternoon, the Woodpecker flew back, calling "knock knock, knock knock..." again, when he got home:
- Hey! Hey! Have you fed the pigs yet? Have you locked the chickens in the coop?
- Yes, I have fed the pigs and locked the chickens in the coop.
- Yeah, that's good. Here, this worm is for you.
The Quail ran to him to get it. The next morning, every day was the same, the Quail stayed home to feed the pigs and chickens, while the Woodpecker continued to look for food and in the afternoon he brought worms and bugs to feed the Quail. He continued to tell his younger brother:
- Hey! Hey! Remember to feed the pigs, remember to cook rice and soup, okay!
- Yes! Have a nice trip!
Every day, the Woodpecker and the Quail brothers are like that. The Woodpecker looks for insects, the Quail stays home to raise pigs and chickens, and cook.
As for the Pangolin, seeing that the Woodpecker was away, it happily went to the Quail. When the Woodpecker was home, it did not dare to go anywhere, it was afraid of the Woodpecker. Seeing the Pangolin coming to its house, the Quail asked:
- What are you here for?
Hey, don't be so loud, I want to eat your worm. It's Woodpecker's worm, share it with me.
- Oh, I'm afraid my brother will scold me, I dare not share it with you.
- Then shut your mouth and don't say it.
So the Quail agreed to give it to the Pangolin. The Pangolin was the one who divided it, it did not let the Quail divide it, it divided it like this:
- Hey, you one I two, you two I three, you three I four, you four I five...you nine I ten....
He divided it like that until all the worms were gone. After eating all the worms, he happily went home. In the afternoon, Mr. Woodpecker returned, "knock, knock, knock..."
- Hey! Hey!
The Quail hid quietly in the rice-washing pipe. Afraid that its brother would yell at it, it hid there without making a sound.
- Oh, where did my brother go? Where did he go? He didn't even lock up the chickens or feed the pigs.
Woodpecker went to get rice water to feed the pigs, suddenly saw its sister, the quail, sitting hiding in the water pipe.
- Oh, why are you sitting here?
- I'm afraid of you, brother. I'm afraid you'll scold me.
- Why are you scolding?
- I fed your worms to the pangolin, brother.
- Will it come tomorrow?
- Yes, it said it would come next.
- Yes, if so, tomorrow I will invite him to the toy house. Children used to go there to play.
The Quail felt reassured and relieved because his brother did not scold him. The next day, after the Woodpecker went out to find food, the Pangolin happily came to the Quail's house.
- Go away! Go away!
- What are you calling for?
- I come to eat your bugs again.
- Yes, come eat, my brother gave it to me, he won't scold me.
- Yeah, that's good.
Then the one who divided the portion was the Pangolin, the Quail was still weak and let it divide.
- Hey, you one I two, you two I three, you three I four, you four I five...you nine I ten....
While eating worms, the Quail said:
- My brother said this: tomorrow after we eat bugs, we will go to the toy house.
- Oh, really?
- Yes, it said it would come.
The Pangolin was delighted. It turned out that the Quail was plotting to trick him. The Woodpecker built a toy house, made a trap, lured the Pangolin into playing, and then fell into the trap. The next day, the Pangolin came very early and heard that he was going to the toy house. After dividing the worms, he ate immediately, no longer afraid of the Woodpecker scolding him. The Pangolin ate a lot, sat there and ate voraciously,
- How is it? Have you told the pangolin to go to the toy house?
- Yes, I told you.
After eating worms, the two children went to the playhouse. Woodpeckers flew above, quails hopped around, and pangolins crawled on the ground. The pangolin said:
- Go, you go first, go away!
- YES.
The Quail's body was small, it hopped around without touching the trap, it escaped. After the Quail entered, it was the Pangolin's turn to enter, its body was big, suddenly "bang!" it fell into the trap.
- Get lost, get up! Get lost, get up!
- Hey! Hey! Where are you? Is the pangolin dead? The woodpecker asked.
Not only did the Quail not lift it up, it also piled the pestle on top of it. The Quail's mouth said "okay, I'll lift it up" but its feet kept kicking and groaning.
- Get lost, get up! Get lost, get up!
The pangolin continued to call for help from the quail. Not only did the quail not lift the trap to save it, it also piled the mortar and pestle on top of it, then stomped on it and jumped on it, shaking it to make it heavier, until the pangolin died on the spot. A moment later, the woodpecker appeared: "knock, knock, knock..."
- Hey, hey, where are you? Is the pangolin dead?
- Yes, he is dead.
- Come on, let's grill it and eat it!
The two brothers lit a fire. Once the fire was burning, they roasted the pangolin. Because the pangolin was so big, it was very difficult and tiring to roast it. The pangolin's meat was a bit raw, probably because its spirit made it that way. After finishing butchering it, the Woodpecker asked the Quail:
- What part do you eat?
- Eat the head? - Quail shook his head.
- Eat the tail? - Quail shook his head.
- Eat fishing floats? - Quail shook his head.
- Eat the kidney? – Quail shook his head.
The Quail did not want to eat any part. Seeing that the Quail did not eat, Mr. Woodpecker said:
- If so, then forget it. If you want to eat its liver, roast it over charcoal! Don't roast it in the ashes, it will explode and burn down our house.
After his brother left, the Quail was home alone. He took the liver to roast, swept away the ashes, and then roasted it. "Boom!" There was an explosion, the fire burned down the whole house. There was nothing left to eat. There was no more mat or blanket. The fire burned everything down. The Quail and the Woodpecker had no home to live in, no place to eat. So the younger brother stayed in the grass, the older brother stayed on the treetop. They told each other:
Be careful, my dear! You are in the grass, be careful not to be trampled by buffaloes and cows. You go out to find food, be careful!
- Yes, you too! You are in the middle of the tree, afraid that the tree will break, the fruit will fall, the tree will fall, please be careful!
- Yeah, me too!
From then on, I was in the grass, he was on the tree trunk, the Quail and the Woodpecker had to stay away from each other.
The story implies that in life, people must know how to advise and protect each other, avoid being lazy and only knowing how to depend on others. The story also wants to remind each other to know how to listen to the advice and teachings of adults, avoid doing wrong things to achieve everything good in life...
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