Long
,
long
ago
,
there
were
two
brothers
.
The
older
____________________
was
called
Nolbu
,
and
the
younger
____________________
was
called
Hungbu
.
The
older
____________________
,
despite
being
very
rich
,
was
an
extremely
greedy
and
vindictive
____________________
who
constantly
caused
trouble
for
his
neighbors
.
On
the
other
____________________
,
his
____________________
was
poor
,
but
very
____________________
-
hearted
.
Hungbu
was
a
very
hard
worker
,
but
for
some
reason
he
didn't
have
much
luck
.
His
wife
and
children
knew
no
days
but
hungry
ones
.
They
led
a
very
pitiable
life
.
One
____________________
,
just
after
____________________
had
returned
from
____________________
,
a
snake
appeared
and
began
to
attack
a
____________________
____________________
.
The
____________________
and
almost
all
her
young
were
eaten
alive
.
Only
____________________
young
swallow
escaped
____________________
.
Even
still
,
the
young
swallow
had
been
injured
.
When
it
was
fleeing
,
its
leg
had
got
caught
in
a
bamboo
blind
and
it
had
____________________
to
the
ground
.
Seeing
this
,
____________________
quickly
brought
some
ointment
and
rubbed
it
on
the
____________________
wounded
leg
.
Then
,
he
carefully
wrapped
some
string
____________________
it
to
give
it
some
support
.
Next
,
he
carefully
placed
the
young
____________________
back
in
the
nest
.
In
due
course
,
the
day
came
for
the
swallows
to
fly
____________________
.
The
swallow
at
____________________
house
,
now
fully
recovered
,
____________________
off
in
fine
spirits
.
In
due
course
,
____________________
passed
,
spring
came
,
and
it
was
the
third
day
of
the
third
lunar
month
.
The
____________________
which
____________________
had
helped
also
flew
back
chirping
cheerfully
.
Hungbu
was
delighted
.
Then
the
swallow
dropped
a
gourd
seed
on
the
ground
.
Thinking
that
this
was
strange
,
____________________
picked
up
the
seed
and
planted
it
in
the
____________________
.
After
a
few
days
,
the
seed
began
to
sprout
.
The
plant
began
to
____________________
at
a
great
rate
.
It
pushed
forth
leaves
and
flowers
,
and
eventually
it
bore
five
large
____________________
.
Realizing
that
they
were
indeed
wondrous
gourds
,
____________________
consulted
with
his
wife
about
what
they
should
do
.
"
Those
gourds
are
many
times
larger
than
normal
ones
.
Maybe
____________________
should
cut
one
open
to
see
if
there
might
be
____________________
inside
.
"
No
sooner
had
they
cut
open
the
gourd
when
rice
began
to
flow
out
of
the
____________________
.
They
filled
five
huge
containers
,
but
there
was
still
lots
remaining
.
They
then
took
another
gourd
and
cut
it
____________________
.
This
time
,
it
was
gold
which
flowed
out
in
large
quantities
.
Hungbu
and
his
____________________
danced
with
glee
.
Taking
a
third
____________________
,
they
cut
it
open
.
This
time
a
beautiful
nymph
appeared
.
Looking
at
the
two
remaining
gourds
,
she
____________________
,
"
Come
out
!
Come
____________________
red
and
blue
bottles
!
____________________
out
!
"
With
that
,
one
of
the
____________________
rolled
over
by
itself
and
split
in
two
.
A
red
____________________
appeared
from
the
center
of
the
____________________
and
announced
,
"
Here
I
am
!
"
Then
in
the
same
fashion
,
the
other
____________________
opened
and
a
blue
bottle
appeared
.
Then
the
nymph
said
,
"
Now
you
must
build
a
large
mansion
here
.
"
No
sooner
had
she
said
this
,
when
out
of
the
blue
bottle
came
a
number
of
carpenters
.
Then
from
out
of
the
red
____________________
came
a
large
quantity
of
timber
.
In
no
time
,
the
carpenters
had
built
a
splendid
house
.
Then
everyone
returned
to
their
places
.
The
nymph
disappeared
in
a
puff
of
white
____________________
into
the
blue
____________________
.
After
that
,
Hungbu
became
a
man
of
wealth
.
He
and
his
family
lived
happily
and
wanted
for
nothing
.
However
,
when
his
elder
brother
Nolbu
heard
the
news
,
he
came
immediately
to
Hungbu's
house
.
He
demanded
to
be
told
how
his
younger
____________________
had
managed
to
become
so
rich
in
such
a
short
span
of
time
.
"
Hey
,
you
!
How
on
earth
did
you
do
it
?
It's
a
miracle
.
Tell
me
now
how
you
did
it
.
"
Hungbu
told
him
all
about
the
injured
____________________
and
what
had
happened
afterwards
.
Hearing
that
story
,
____________________
went
home
and
decided
that
he
too
would
gain
great
wealth
.
So
,
he
immediately
built
a
swallow's
nest
and
waited
for
a
____________________
to
come
and
make
its
home
there
.
Then
it
happened
that
one
unfortunate
____________________
did
come
and
hatched
some
baby
swallows
there
.
In
due
course
,
____________________
threw
one
of
the
____________________
out
of
the
nest
and
broke
its
leg
.
Then
he
rubbed
some
ointment
on
the
injured
leg
,
wrapped
it
up
with
string
,
and
placed
the
bird
back
in
its
nest
.
Winter
passed
and
____________________
____________________
returned
in
the
spring
.
The
bird
dropped
a
gourd
seed
in
front
of
the
waiting
Nolbu
.
Nolbu
immediately
planted
the
____________________
.
Things
continued
to
happen
just
as
Hungbu
had
described
.
Then
,
when
the
gourds
appeared
,
Nolbu
immediately
split
open
one
____________________
to
see
what
was
inside
.
However
,
out
of
the
gourd
came
many
little
imps
wielding
sticks
.
"
We
must
punish
you
for
your
greed
,
"
they
said
and
beat
him
mercilessly
.
Then
the
imps
disappeared
.
Convinced
that
the
other
gourds
contained
gold
,
Nolbu
struggled
and
managed
to
open
another
gourd
.
This
time
a
number
of
debt
collectors
appeared
.
"
Give
us
money
.
Repay
your
loans
or
else
we
will
take
____________________
from
you
.
"
Eventually
,
they
took
everything
and
left
.
____________________
,
thinking
that
everything
would
be
all
right
if
he
could
just
open
up
the
other
____________________
,
split
open
the
third
gourd
.
This
time
a
flood
of
dirty
,
smelly
water
poured
from
the
____________________
and
deluged
the
house
.
Nolbu
couldn't
take
it
any
more
and
ran
to
____________________
house
for
help
.
His
compassionate
____________________
took
pity
on
him
and
welcomed
him
warmly
.
The
greedy
brother
reflected
on
his
deeds
and
was
very
sorry
for
everything
that
he
had
done
that
was
wrong
.
From
then
on
,
he
became
a
very
humble
person
.
____________________
divided
his
fortune
equally
with
his
____________________
and
both
of
them
lived
happily
ever
____________________
!