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The Mirror's Guilty!

Once a upon a time, a peasant found a mirror. He had never seen such a thing in his life. He looked at the mirror for a moment. It scared him. "What a dangerous man he is." He thought. "He looks like a real thief. This must be a man who steals the villagers's property. I'd better take him home and show him to my wife. I will then have an eyewitness I tell others about the thief." 

He then rushed back home to show the mirror to his wife. Once home, he gave the mirror to his wife and said, "Look! I have found the man who steals from the villagers." His wife looked at the mirror and was shocked suddenly. "What a big liar my husband is!" The woman thought, "this is not a man. This is a woman who seems to be a real witch! Her eyes tell me that she can seduce men very easily. 

Now I understand that why my husbands spends most of his time out and always pretends that he is busy. This bastard has been trying to cheat me for such a long time. I must give a good lesson today." She decided. They then started an argument which later turned into a big fight. 

No one could stop them. They found no solution but to go to the judge. They narrated the whole story to the judge first. Then they gave the mirror to him. The judge looked at the mirror suprisingly and got a real shock. "Poor illiterate peasant!". He thought, "you will never understand. You deserve worse than that. This is neither a man nor a woman! 

This is an imperious judge whose eyes tells me that he is the cruelest and most stone-hearted of all. He seems to be very jealous." He then paused a moment and continued thinking, "Maybe he is going to be a real threat to me in future. I'd better stop him right now." He decided.


He then looked at the peasants and said, "Let me solve your problem. This is neither a thief nor a witch. He is just a terrible creature who will bring strife to all of us if we don't stop him now. The best thing to do is to kill him right now. 'He then handed the mirror to the peasants and said, "Kill him right now to put an end to the coming disorders." The peasant hit the mirror against the stone bench of the old court and broke it into pieces. 


Then everybody was satisfied. The judge was so happy and so were the peasants. They had ended the fight for good!

SALAH CERMIN!

Pada suatu hari, seorang petani telah menemukan sekeping cermin dan dia tidak pernah melihat cermin sepanjang umurnya lalu melihatnya seketika. Ia menakutkannya. "Bahaya betul orang ini!", fikirnya. "Dia kelihatan seperti pencuri. 

Ini mesti dia yang mencuri harta benda orang kampung, baik saya membawanya pulang untuk ditunjukkan kepada isteri saya. Saya akan ada saksi jika saya memberitahu orang lain tentang pencuri ini." Dia pun bergegas pulang untuk menunjukkan cermin tersebut kepada isterinya. Setelah tiba di rumahnya, dia pun segera memberikan cermin itu kepada isterinya dan berkata, "Tengok! Saya telah jumpa orang yang mencuri dari kampung kita." 

Isterinya melihat cermin itu dan terkejut. "Penipu betul suami saya ini!", fikir isterinya. "Ini bukan lelaki tetapi perempuan yang kelihatan seperti ahli sihir! Matanya sahaja dengan senang boleh memikat semua lelaki. Baru sekarang saya faham kenapa suami saya sering menghabiskan masa di luar dan berpura-pura sibuk. Selama ini lelaki tak guna itu cuba nak menipu saya. Saya mesti mengajarnya cukup-cukup. " Isterinya mengambil keputusan. 


Mereka mula bergaduh sehingga menjadi pertengkaran besar. Tiada sesiapa yang dapat memberhentikan pertengkaran suami isteri ini. Mereka tidak dapat cari jalan penyelesaian dan mengambil keputusan untuk berjumpa dengan tuan hakim. Mereka menceritakan segala-gala yang terjadi kepada tuan hakim dahulu sebelum memberikan cermin kepadanya. 

Tuan hakim melihat cermin itu dan berasa sangat terkejut. "Kesian petani miskin ini!", fikirnya. "Kamu tidak akan faham. Kamu lebih teruk daripada apa yang dikatakan. Ini bukannya lelaki ataupun perempuan! Ini seorang hakim yang angkuh. Matanya menyatakan dia seorang hakim yang berhati batu dan bersifat sangat cemburu. " Tuan hakim berfikir sejenak, "Mungkin dia akan menjadi ancaman besar kepada saya pada masa depan. Baik saya menghalangnya sekarang." Dia mengambil keputusan.


Tuan hakim tersebut melihat pasangan petani itu dan berkata, "Saya akan menyelesaikan masalah kamu. Ini bukan seorang pencuri atau seorang ahli sihir. Dia hanya makhluk bahaya yang akan membawa bencana kepada kita semua jika kita tidak menghalangnya sekarang. Lebih baik kita membunuhnya sekarang." Tuan hakim memberikan semula cermin itu petani dan berkata, "Bunuh dia sekarang juga untuk menghalang bencana yang akan muncul pada masa depan." Petani itu pun menghentak cermin itu pada sebuah kerusi batu yang terdapat di situ dan memecahkan kepada cebisan kecil.


Semua orang yang berada di situ berasa puas hati. Tuan hakim pun berasa gembira, begitu juga dengan petani itu. Mereka telah menyelesaikan pertengkaran mereka untuk selama-lamanya!



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