The Pious Child

 

































San was a very pious child.  He loved his parents very much. But his mother and father were old, so old that they had lost all their teeth and could no longer chew their food.  

Every ay they grew thinner and thinner, weaker and weaker. San felt deeply sorry for his parents, and thought sadly: - If my mother and father are too old to eat, how can they keep on living? 

Then he suddenly had a marvelous idea: 

-I shall dress myself up in deerskin, make myself a deers head and pretend to be a baby deer! 

After that, every day, Deer Boy went up into the mountains to mingle with the wild deer.  

The deer let him take their milk, and every evening, he brought back deers milk to feed his aged parents. 

The Buddha praised San for being such a pious child and finding such a clever way of thanking his parents for their gift of life and love. (thesoulandyou.blogspot.com - Source:  Thư Viện Hoa Sen)

 

BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS
Written in Vietnamese by C.L., Translated into English by P. Faulkner 
and illustrated by Quang Đặng