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The Clever Ajida 聰明的阿吉達-平埔族傳說故事
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The Clever Ajida
聰明的阿吉達-平埔族傳說故事
An old tribal chief paced around his home muttering to himself, “My daughter is at a suitable age to get married, but I can't find someone worthy of her! What should I do?” As the chief worried about his daughter, he heard someone shouting about a bear attack. One of the tribesmen announced, “A black bear has come down from the mountains to hunt us for food, let's think of how to get rid of the bear!”

Suddenly, a young man named Ajida raised his hand and said, ”Don't worry! Let me deal with the bear!” Everyone turned around to look at Ajida. He was skinny and short, and they wondered if he could really do the job. But Ajida climbed up a tree the next day with a dead chicken and a bow and arrow. He thought to himself, “I stuffed the chicken full of poison. The bear will surely die if he eats the chicken.” He was happy with his plan.

After a while, the bear emerged from the tall grass. Ajida threw the chicken from the tree and said, ”Stupid bear! Come eat this fresh and juicy chicken!” The bear was so hungry that he ate the chicken very quickly. Soon, the bear died from the poison. After the bear fell to the ground, Ajida climbed down from the tree and took out his bow and arrow. “All I need to do is to shoot two arrows at the dead bear, and everyone will think that the bear died from my arrows.” Soon after, Ajida became the hero of the tribe.

Two years later, the people of another tribe wanted to invade the land that belonged to Ajida's tribe. Everyone in the tribe chose Ajida to come up with a solution. Ajida thought about it and told his fellow tribesmen, “Let's weave many pairs of huge straw slippers! Then, let's mix sugarcane bagasse with yellow mud, and place these near the entrance of our village.”

After a few days, the enemy tribesmen arrived. Their chief saw the huge straw slippers, and something that looked like huge droppings. He felt frightened and told his men, “My goodness! So many giants live here! Look at the size of their feet! We won't be able to defeat them. Let's get out of here!” The enemy tribesmen ran away in fear. In the end, Ajida not only used his wit to save his tribe, he also married the chief's beautiful daughter.

老頭目在屋裡自言自語說:「我女兒都到了適婚年齡,可是卻還找不到一位文武雙全的男子來做我的女婿,該怎麼辦呢?」頭目雖然擔心,但是屋外卻傳來黑熊攻擊人的事情。

有人站在廣場對大家說:「黑熊下山來找尋人類當食物了,我們快想想辦法!」這時,阿吉達舉手大喊:「大家別擔心,黑熊讓我來對付就好了。」阿吉達長得又瘦又矮,該如何解決呢!他帶著一隻死雞和弓箭躲在樹上,心想:「我已經在這隻雞的肚子裡裝滿毒藥,黑熊只要吃了這隻雞一定會……」阿吉達越想越高興。

過沒多久,黑熊從草叢走出來,阿吉達把雞丟到地上說:「大笨熊,這裡有一隻鮮嫩多汁的雞,快來吃啊!」由於黑熊太餓了,看到有東西吃就趕緊放進嘴裡,結果就被毒死了。黑熊倒下後,阿吉達爬下樹,拿出弓箭說:「我在熊身上射兩箭,大家就會認為熊是被我活活射死的。」黑熊死後,阿吉達就成為族裡的大英雄。

兩年後,另一個部落的人想要侵佔他們部落的土地,族人投票推舉阿吉達來處理,阿吉達腦筋一轉對族人說:「大家快去編織幾雙兩尺長的大草鞋,再把甘蔗渣和黃泥土拌在一起,將這兩樣東西散布在部落的入口附近就可以了。」

幾天後,敵人浩浩蕩蕩的來了,走在前頭的首領一看到大草鞋和一堆像大便的東西後,嚇得說:「哇!我的天哪!這裡住了好多巨人啊!光看腳就有兩尺長了,我們一定打不過他們的,還是趕快跑吧!」於是,這些人便落荒而逃。最後,阿吉達運用他的聰明機智,解救所有族人,也順利將頭目漂亮的女兒娶回家。
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