It is said that there is a beautiful castle in the Green River, and a water demon lives in the castle. The water demon has long, fiery red hair, and her name is Baby Farah. She had a little slave named Igara.

One day, they climbed up the Green River and played on the golden sand. At this time, King Antri Ambahuaga saw them, and just as he reached out to grab Baby Farah, she jumped into the Green River, and the slave girl Igala jumped into the water as well. The king was very melancholy, and returned to the palace on the hill in a sullen mood.

The next day, he went to the sorcerer and told him to divination. The king said, "I saw two very beautiful girls, and I wanted to marry one of them, but they jumped into the water, and the waves drowned them. ”

The sorcerer threw away the grain for divination and said, "Yes, child, these two girls live at the bottom of the Green River, and they cannot be found without my help." ”

"What should I do?" The king asked.

"Find a black herdsman who has never sung a song and give him to me along with five gold coins."

"Well," replied the king, "I agree to do so." ”

"This amulet is for you, you hide in the sand with it, and when the girls go to the shore, you wait for them to dry, and then you go over and grab their hair."

The king called a black herdsman who had never sung a song and gave him to the wizard along with five gold coins.

The king did as the wizard said, and he hid in the sand by the Green River. Soon after, Baby Farah and the slave girls came out of the water, and the king kept an eye on them, and when they were quite dry, he quietly walked towards them and grabbed Baby Farah by the hair.

"I want to marry you." He said to Baby Farrah.

Baby Farah answered nothing, and the king thought she was a mute. The king brought her into his palace and gathered the people, and he said, "People, I have brought you the baby Farah out of the Green River, and she will be my first wife." ”

The people asked, "Who is her father?" Who is her mother? Where did she come from?"

The king did not know what to answer. Baby Farah and Igala still didn't speak, like a stone or a dry branch, and the people shook their heads and walked away.

After some time, Baby Farah gave birth to a son.

One day, the king went to the rice fields. Baby Farrah's child cried, and the mother took him in her arms, patted him gently with her hands, and sang to put the child to sleep:

Ah, my life, my love!

Ravan Runahana, Ravan Runahana,

Don't be noisy, don't be noisy......

Her singing was like the sound of a little silver bell, and one of the king's slave girls heard it, and when the king returned, the slave girl told him, "O my master! While you are away, I suddenly hear your wife singing, and her voice is like a little silver bell. ”

"You can swear by that, right?" The king asked, "Can she really sing?"

"Really," replied the slave girl, "I swear, she can sing!"

The king went into his palace and hid under a mat next to Baby Farah and her slave girl. The child cried again, and the mother coaxed him again and began to sing.

The king immediately crawled out from under the mat and cried out, "Baby Farah, you can speak when you don't see me!"

Baby Farah suddenly became mute again, and the king made love to her, doing everything he could to get her to speak again, but Baby Farah remained silent. The king got angry and scolded her, but she was still dumb. In a fit of rage, the king beat Farah Baby until he couldn't beat it.

Baby Farah didn't say a word, only tears kept flowing from her eyes. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the king saw Baby Farrah's tears turn into a huge stream and rush towards the Green River. Baby Farah and Igala follow the great current towards the Green River.

The king took his son in his arms and went after his wife.

"Farah baby, water monster! Farah baby, water monster! You come back, I'll give you the most precious thing in the world! My eldest son, my youngest son, my mother and father!" He shouted.

Farah Baby replied, "Antri Ambahu Agar!" Antri Ambahuaga! Your eldest son, your youngest son, your father and mother, are not gifts to me!"

The king chased after him and cried out, "Farah baby! Farah baby! Daughter of Green River! I give you my eldest son, my youngest son, my father, my mother, a hundred slave girls, and a thousand cows!"

Farah Baby replied, "Antri Ambahuaga! Antri Ambahuaga! Your eldest son, your youngest son, your father and mother, a hundred slave girls and a thousand cows, are not gifts to me!"

By this time, Baby Farah and Igala had reached the middle of the Green River, where a huge crocodile with a melancholy look was protecting the castle underwater. Baby Farah said to it, "Crocodile, dear crocodile! Are you sleeping or dreaming? Why didn't Green River's daughter open the door to the castle when she arrived?"

The crocodile was amazed at the sound of Baby Farrah's voice, and it hurried to the two girls. The water demon and the slave girl rode on its back and swam through the seven walls, and when they reached the gate, the door opened automatically to Baby Farrah, and then closed immediately.

Crocodiles, large and small, swimming around with scales, were happy to see the two girls and said, "Great! Green River's daughter is finally back!"

"It's her," said the largest crocodile, "it's her, I recognize it!"

At this time, Antri Ambahuaga sat on the shore with his son in his arms and continued to shout: "Farah baby, daughter of the Green River, come back, I invite you to come back!" Your husband is grieving for you!"

In this way, he cried for a long time, and finally, two crocodiles, hundreds of years old, swam in, and they were sent by Baby Farrah's parents.

"Jump off!" Crocodile said.

Antri Ambahuaga said: "No, we can't breathe, we're going to die." ”

One of the oldest crocodiles said, "Don't be afraid, we will protect you!"

The king jumped into the water with his son, and they were not even wet in their clothes, and the crocodile led them to a beautiful castle, from which Baby Farah came out to meet them.

She sang like a silver bell, and she was followed by a large group of slave girls, each with long hair like Falah Baby. The King and Queen of the Green River were delighted and greeted Antri Ambahuaga and his son with great ceremonies, and they lived happily ever after for many years.

There is no need to talk about their happiness, because the words that come from the heart can never be finished.

In the past, there were two jargons for those who did the craft of repairing pots and bowls, called "repairing pots and constantly winding, and mending bowls and bowing". What does this mean? It is said that they are in the same industry, bumping into others doing life, as long as the bellows of the pot is still pulling, and the bow of the bowl is still moving, they always have to go up to make a hand and make a living, and everyone will share the wages, which rule has been handed down? There is a history.

It is said that the ancestor of repairing pots and mending bowls. It's also Li Laojun. At first, only three apprentices learned this craft from him, the eldest apprentice and the second apprentice were quite good, but the little apprentice was a crutch, and it was inconvenient to walk. As soon as the craft is learned, after the completion of the master, it will be convenient for the two senior brothers to go out to do business!

Every day when he came home, the little apprentice cried to the master: "I can't find a life to do!"

Li Laojun asked, "How could you not find it?"

The little apprentice said: "Senior brother and second senior brother run fast, I run slowly, and life always finds them." ”

Li Laojun said: "It doesn't matter, I'll figure it out!" He said to the eldest apprentice and the second apprentice, "He can't outrun you, so you have to pull him a little." The next time it's like this, there is a life point for him to do. ”

When the eldest apprentice heard this, he said: "It's not good, either run with him, he runs slower again, and his life is even less!"

When the second apprentice heard this, he said: "That's it, it's inconvenient for him to run away, so simply let him squat at home, we will make money, and we will divide him." ”

Li Laojun said: "It's not that he said, it's not that he refuses to run, it's that he can't run you, in the future, you find a life, as long as 'repair the pot keeps winding, and mending the bowl keeps bowing', he runs and hits it, you have to help make it up, and you share some wages to him." ”

As soon as the two apprentices heard this, the master was right, so they agreed. In this way, it slowly became a rule and passed down.