introduction

The message you will read here may be a true story that has happened or it may just be my imagination. Can't say for sure. Therefore, we would like to ask the readers not to believe that everything is a story that actually happened. Or is it all a lie? Author

I wrote this story just by considering some things, some events, and some people with all my heart.

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Having said that, people here are not easily found in today's world.

The assistant uncle chased Aiking, his youngest son, to go out and raise buffaloes. I looked outside the house. Saw a buffalo grazing on a hill in the distance. Little I-King listened to his father's words and ran out happily. (A word that city people often say If you don't study well or don't work well, you will be chased away to raise buffaloes. (I just saw people go out to raise buffalo today.) When I turned around,

The assistant uncle handed me a coffee cup and a kettle. In this wooden house located on the mountain. In the dense forest, the fog obscures the sun. Then the cold wind embraces the water, streams, and little butterflies stop by to greet the blooming flowers. without having to boast nature is beautiful More than any other painting morning of life What more do people want than this? I took a sip of coffee and turned to talk to my assistant uncle.

“Here, in the forest, sometimes it is quiet. Sometimes it's lonely.” Uncle Assistant

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If you're alone, you won't be lonely. I wonder if I still want to love someone.

Get off work at 11 p.m. Then I had to rush out to catch the last bus. Otherwise, we would have to walk a long way. Monthly salary Aside from paying the house bills, food, and alcohol, there was nothing left to save. Some friends told me to reduce expenses. in the unnecessary part He probably meant the cost of the liquor.

But alcohol is not a necessity for me. Thinking back to my hometown See pictures of Laotian and Burmese foreign workers. He used his meager salary to drink liquor at Laab restaurant almost every night. And just understand them On the day we were not much different from him. Every human who works is tired. It's normal to want to rest sometimes.

But when you sleep, you can only rest your body. Everyone has a mind and that mind needs rest as well. Some people choose to relax by playing cards with friends. Some people choose to relax by being with their loved ones. Some people, some people, it's completely up to their satisfaction. But I am satisfied with drinking. One night before I went out for a walk by the sea alone.

A young woman stood up from the card circle and asked me why I was going. I don't know that answer. On a dark night by the sea, no one would care. A man staggering while drunk He drank liquor under the moonlight and meditated on himself.

"Wherever you are, sometimes it's lonely." I

Come back to the forest, come back to the house.

We sipped coffee together. Roll up tobacco and smoke it. We talked that morning. It was such a pleasant morning. But my coffee tasted really bad. Because I live in the city, I only buy and drink coffee. I rarely have the opportunity to make my own coffee. I was so forgetful that I couldn't make coffee anymore. Late in the morning, Wat (the assistant's eldest son) walked into the house.

He said hello in a friendly way. eat rice and fish He rolled his tobacco and turned to talk to me. We get to know each other Tell each other's stories Wat said that when he graduated from Mathayom 6, he went to be a teacher. Hoping to help our Karen brothers and sisters who live in areas that are more remote than them. (Sometimes it may take several days to walk across the mountain)

will have a better education will have a better life But when the work has passed for several months He still hasn't received his salary. Good ideals to have It must be dissolved when money is needed. When working, you don't get a single baht. Wat had to resign and find work in the city. After doing it for almost a year, he came back home. I asked Wat why he decided to come back.

“Even returning to farm at home is more tiring and less profitable. But it was comforting.” Wat

Letters that were (discarded)

It's right from my friend who told me to reduce unnecessary expenses. So I decided not to pay the house bill and keep avoiding the owners of the house who came to collect debts regularly. Then use the remaining money to buy all the things for the farewell party. Everyone was busy partying and packing things. Knowing that you must leave

When the car comes to pick you up in the morning It was almost dawn and everyone was fast asleep in the room. Some fell asleep in bed early in the evening. Some just fell asleep on the floor because of the alcohol. Some fell asleep on the sofa from exhaustion. Probably only me is still awake now. Hoping only to remember a moment in life Holding the hand of a young woman tightly

And it is probably normal for people to just know the value of what they have. On the day we were about to lose it When the sun rises, I probably won't see her again. I left a letter for her. And it's all the message of the heart Left in her bag

We apologize for not being able to tell you about the contents of the letter that was left behind.

The smile of a buffalo herder

When the sun starts to get strong The sun is overhead. Telling the time in the afternoon, I saw a little I-King running from far away. The little boy was resting and laughing in the middle of the house. I asked, is raising buffaloes really that much fun?

“No,” said King.

“Then what are you laughing at?” I said.

“I don't know,” King replied, turning to smile at me.

That smile, anyone who saw it would be envious. It was the smile of a buffalo herder. A happy and pure smile Even though he doesn't understand But it probably isn't important.

That night I woke up in the middle of the night. With the urge to go to the bathroom But the sky was too dark that he couldn't see his hands. Being unfamiliar with the way, he probably wouldn't be able to walk out of the house. So that night, I lay down and looked at the many stars in the sky and peed when a cold wind blew. There are some voices that will say Want to be together for as long as possible.

But no matter how much we want to be together or how much we love each other, The stars had to leave when the sun came to visit. while thinking of someone who had received that letter And then throw it away when the time comes.

Before the sky light dawned, everyone woke up. In the dark forest, two gunshots suddenly rang out. Not long after, a young hunter stopped by the house with two little squirrels. At dawn, we skinned them. Let's boil some meat and eat it. I felt sorry for him as the taste of his blood lingered on my tongue. After finishing eating breakfast Sit and sip coffee for a while.

So today I asked my assistant uncle to take care of the buffaloes in place of the little boy.

When the sun starts to get strong The sun is overhead. tell time in the afternoon I saw myself as a little buffalo farmer walking the buffalo home. Suddenly, a small smile appeared. And the loneliness in my heart disappeared. The story is painful as well. Without asking why and I don't understand. But it probably isn't important.