Once upon a time there were four bald men who lived in
village. Wherever they went, children laughed and shouted at them, “Baldy!
Baldy!” It was true that their heads were as smooth as eggs.
One day, the four of them decided to go to the city to
find a doctor who could help them grow hair.
“If you will do exactly as I tell you,” said the doctor,
“Your hair will grow as thick as rice in a field.”
The doctor told them to wash their heads using the water
from the well behind his house. The four bald men followed his advice. As soon
as they had finished washing their heads, they clapped their hands with joy.
Their heads were covered with thick black hair. All their friends said that
they looked much younger.
After a while, they wanted to get married.
“Everyone says how handsome we look now that we have
hair. If we wash our heads once more, maybe we shall become even better
looking. It will then be very easy for us to find wives.”
They all rushed back to the magic well to wash their
heads once more. This time, however, they washed away all the hair they had
grown, and they became completely bald again.
“Aiyah!” they cried, “what has happened! Perhaps we were
too greedy. We should have obeyed the doctor’s instruction. Perhaps, if we ask
him to forgive us, he will be able to help us grow hair again.”
They went to see the doctor, followed by a crowd of
children laughing and pointing at their smooth bald heads.
“O Doctor!” they cried. “We disobeyed you and now we are
bald and ugly again! Please help us to grow some hair.”
“I’m afraid I can do nothing more to help you,” the
doctor said. “Your bald heads will always remind you of your greed and
disobedience.”
Then they returned to their village with sad faces.
-FIN-
Read the Indonesian translation HERE
Author: Unknown
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