Chapter 2 fisherman and devil

A long time ago, there was an elderly fisherman who lived by fishing every day.In addition to his wife, the old fisherman's family has three children who are all supported by him, so the family is very poor and life is difficult.Although he fishes for a living, he has a strange habit of only catching four nets a day, never refusing to catch one more. One day at noon, the old fisherman came to the seashore. He put down the fish cage, rolled up his sleeves, went into the water to arrange something, and then cast the net in the sea. After waiting for a while, he began to collect the net.The net was so heavy that he couldn't pull it no matter how hard he tried.He had no choice but to go back to the shore, lay a wooden stake on the bank, tie the net rope to the stake, then take off his clothes, dive into the bottom of the sea, try his best, and finally finally put the fishing net away.Then he returned joyfully to the shore, dressed, and looked into the net carefully.But there was only one dead donkey in the net, and the net was torn by the dead donkey.

Seeing this, he felt depressed, and sighed: "There is nothing we can do, but Allah, the Almighty God, will save us. How strange it is to catch such a thing!" Then he chanted: "O night! You who run on the death line, don't work too hard, Clothing and food are not obtained only by labor. Have you not seen, Beneath the star-lit sea and sky, The fisherman stands on the seashore, Gazing at the head of the net—— Waves wash over him? At night, he guards the net and the fish. early morning, Those who are not affected by the cold wind eat fish. Lord, You give this person a treat,

make that person cry; You make this man toil, But let that person enjoy..." After singing, the fisherman murmured to himself in a depressed mood: "Go to the Internet cafe again. Thanks to Allah, I may get paid." The fisherman straightened his things, wrung out his nets, brought them into the water, and said, "In the name of Allah," and cast the nets into the sea.After the net fell to the bottom of the sea for a while, I started to collect the net.This time the net was heavier, as if a big fish had been caught.He tied the net rope, took off his clothes, dived into the bottom of the sea, and tried his best to get the net ashore.However, at first glance, it was just a clay vat filled with sand.

He felt very painful and desperate, and moaned sadly: "O furious fate! Why won't you stop, Can you be gentle? I'm busy running, But the source of food and clothing has been cut off. O many rude and foolish people, Soaring to the top, People who know the book and the etiquette, But penniless. " Not reconciled, the fisherman threw away the earthen vat, cleaned the net, wrung out the water, prayed to the sky, and then went down into the water again, cast the net, and pulled the net rope tightly.After the net fell into the water for a long time, he started to collect the net, but this time the net was collected, but it was full of broken bones, broken glass and all kinds of shells.This made the old fisherman extremely resentful.He couldn't help crying, and chanted sadly:

"This is your food and clothing, not bound by you, not let you survive. remember!Learning will not give you clothes, Calligraphy cannot feed you. Food and clothing are doomed by fate, There is no loophole to exploit. A bird soars and circles, fly from east to west; The other sleeps in its nest, But enjoy a life of adequate food and clothing. " He looked up at the sky and said, "O Allah! I only catch four fish a day, as you know. Today I have caught three nets, but I still haven't caught a single fish. Please, Allah! Give me food and clothing, this is my last catch."

He chanted the name of the Almighty God Allah, cast the net into the sea, waited for it to fall to the bottom of the water for a long time, and then started to collect the net, but still couldn't pull it, the net seemed to be integrated with the bottom of the sea.He sighed: "There is no other way, I only hope that Allah will help us." Then he chanted: "Hey, this world! If things go on like this, We will cry out in calamity, In times like these, If you pass the morning in peace, At night they drink the wine of pain. " The fisherman took off his clothes, dived into the water, groped hard, and finally got the net out of the bottom of the sea.When I opened it, I found a gall-shaped brass bottle inside.The mouth of the bottle was sealed with tin, and the seal of Suliman bin Dawood was stamped on the tin.

Looking at the gall bottle, the fisherman said to himself with a happy smile: "This bottle can be sold for ten gold coins in the market." He picked up the gall bottle and shook it. The gall bottle was very heavy, and it seemed to be full of things.He said to himself: "What is in this bottle? I swear in the name of Allah, I will open it to see clearly, and then sell it in the market." He took out the knife on his body, and slowly peeled Remove the tin from the mouth of the bottle, then turn the bottle upside down, hold the neck of the bottle and shake it a few times to pour out the contents.But there was nothing, the fisherman felt very strange.

After waiting for a while, a puff of blue smoke came out of the bottle, fluttering up into the air, and then filled the ground, and gradually shrunk into a ball again. This puff of green smoke finally condensed into a devil.He is as tall as a mountain with disheveled hair, standing in front of the fisherman: head like a fortress, arms like iron forks, legs like masts, mouth like a cave, teeth like stones, nostrils like trumpets, eyes like lanterns, strange shapes , both vicious and ugly. The fisherman was so frightened by the devil's strange appearance that his whole body trembled, his teeth were knocked, his mouth was dry, he was trembling, and he didn't know what to do.After a while, he heard the devil say: "Allah is the only ruler, and Suleiman is his follower. Messenger of Allah! I dare not violate your decree again. Forgive me."

"You traitor! You say that Suliman is a believer in Allah." The fisherman said: "Suliman has passed away for 1,800 years, and now it is the last century after Suliman. You strange devil How did you get stuck in the bottle? Tell me." "Allah is the only master! Fisherman, let me give you good news." "What do you want to say to me?" "What's the matter? I'm going to kill you right away." "I salvaged you from the sea to land, released you from the gall bottle, and saved your life. Why did you kill me? Did I commit any crime in saving you?"

"Tell me, what method of death do you want to choose? How do you want me to execute you?" "What crime have I committed to treat me like this?" "Fisherman, listen to my story and you will understand." "Tell me, tell me, has my soul sunk to the bottom of my feet?" "Fisherman, you must know that I was an evil and heretical god who did all kinds of evil. I once opposed the great sage Suliman bin Dawood and violated his teachings, thus offending him. He sent the prime minister Bailuhaiya to arrest me Go. At that time the Great Saint Suleiman advised me to convert to his teachings, but I refused, so he ordered this gallbladder to be brought, imprisoned me, sealed it with tin, sealed it, and ordered the gods to take me Throw it into the sea and don't get out.

I spend my days drearily in the sea.During the first century, I thought to myself: "If anyone saves me in this hundred years, I will repay him and use my ability to make him rich and prosperous for life." ’ But a hundred years have passed, and no one came to save me; in the second century, I said: ‘If anyone saves me in this century, I will use my ability to develop underground treasures for him. 'But still no one came to save me; in the third century, I thought: 'If anyone saves me in this century, I will repay him and fulfill his three wishes. 'In this way, after four hundred years, no one came to save me.At this time, I was very angry and swore: "If anyone comes to rescue me at this time, I will kill him, but I can let him choose how to die." 'And you saved me at this moment, so I want to kill you, but I let you choose how to die. " "Ah! God! How could I come to rescue you on this day! Please forgive me. If you don't kill me, Allah the Almighty God will forgive you. He will help you defeat your enemies." "I must kill you! Tell me, how do you wish to die?" "I saved your life, can't you just spare me because of this kindness?" "It is because you saved me that I am going to kill you." "Master Mo, I treated you kindly, but you repay me like this? Alas! The words of the ancients are indeed correct: We did them good, They repay kindness with hatred. I swear on my life, This is the act of a whore. do good to those who should not do good, The ending will be as sad as protecting a jackal. " "Stop talking! You must die." When the fisherman was in despair, he thought to himself: "He is just a devil, but I am a dignified human being. Allah, the Almighty God, has given me human wisdom. I should use tricks to deal with him. I will overwhelm him with tricks and reason." evil spirit." So he said to the devil: "Do you really have to kill me?" "good." "I beg you in the name of Allah the Almighty, I have come to ask you something and you must tell the truth." When the devil heard the name of Allah, he panicked and trembled, and said, "Okay, you can ask, and it's simpler." "At the beginning, you lived in this gallbladder, which is really strange. This gallbladder, it is reasonable to say that it can't even hold one of your hands, let alone one of your legs. How can it accommodate you so huge? What about your body?" "You don't believe that I was an ant in this bottle?" "I didn't see it with my own eyes, it's absolutely unbelievable." At this time, the devil became complacent, and he turned into blue smoke, gradually shrunk into a wisp, and slowly got into the gall bottle. The fisherman waited until all the smoke had entered the bottle, quickly picked up the sealed tin seal, plugged the bottle, and said loudly: "Tell me, devil, how do you want to die? Now I am determined to throw you into the sea." , and build a house, live here, and never let people fish in this sea. I want to tell people that there is a devil here, and whoever pulls him out of the sea must choose his own way of death. He killed." The devil's body was imprisoned in the bottle, and when he wanted to get out, he was blocked by Suliman's seal and could not go back out again. Only then did he realize that he had been cheated by the fisherman. In panic, he said: "Fisherman, I'm just kidding you." "Indecent and shameless devil! It's ridiculous for you to lie like this." The fisherman took the gall bottle to the shore and was about to throw it into the sea. "No, I don't dare to lie." The devil tried his best to be modest and said good things, and then asked, "Fisherman, what are you going to do with me?" "I'm going to throw you into the sea. If you have lived in the sea for eighteen hundred years, then this time you will live until the end of the world. I told you that if you don't kill me, Allah will forgive me You, I helped you defeat the enemy, but you didn’t listen to my advice, and you must repay kindness with hatred. Now that Allah has sent you into my hands, I will never show mercy to you.” "Forgive me, let me repay you well." "Damn devil! You still want to deceive me. If you don't intend to harm me, Allah, the Almighty God, will forgive you. But if you want to harm me, of course I will put you in a bottle and throw you into the sea. , suffocate you!" The devil begged: "In the name of Allah, you can't do this! Although I have done something against my conscience, you are a kind human being, and you should forgive me. The ancients said it well: the evildoer repays virtue with hatred, and his evil Behavior will set him back." "Stop talking, I will definitely throw you into the sea, so that you will never have a bright future. At the beginning, I begged you so hard and humbled you, but you must kill me. I rescued you and saved your life , but you repay kindness with grievances, and you must kill me, which shows that you are very bad. Not only will I throw you into the sea, but I will also tell people about your bad behavior, so that people will be vigilant, so that they will not offend me once I salvage you. The same mistake. I will make you live forever, sink to the bottom of the sea, and suffer all kinds of pain until the end of the world." "Fisherman, let me out. This is your chance to be righteous. I swear to you that I will never harm you in the future, and I will give you something that will make you rich." The fisherman was finally persuaded by the devil and accepted the devil's request. They agreed: the fisherman releases the devil, and the devil must not harm the fisherman, but will repay the fisherman with his abilities. The devil had sworn in the name of Allah, and the fisherman finally believed him.The fisherman opened the bottle, and the puff of green smoke came out of the bottle again, fluttering up into the air, gradually gathering together, and turning into that ferocious devil.As soon as the devil got out of the gallbladder, he immediately kicked the gallbladder into the sea. The fisherman was startled when he saw the devil kick the gall bottle into the sea, and thought that he must be victimized this time, and secretly sighed: "This is not a good omen!" Then he summoned up his courage and said: "The devil, Allah said Had said: 'You should fulfill the covenant, because the covenant will be subject to review.' You have a covenant with me first, swear not to deceive me, if you do not break the covenant, Allah will not punish you. Because although Allah is forgiving, Never negligent." The devil laughed out loud. After laughing, he walked forward and said, "Fisherman, come with me."