Fiction: Group 3
When he went to sleep he didn’t want to leave the fish alone in the dark so he slept next to it on a broken
mattress.
Chapter 4 : The Water Demon
The next day the Fisherman left the fish secured in the house while he went to get some food for the fish.
At the same time the water demon pretended to be a beggar and waited outside his house to ask him for
food.
The Fisherman went back into the house immediately to search if he had even the littlest of food he could
offer to the beggar. The Water Demon disguised so cunningly that he even looked as if he had been
attacked with cuts on his forehead and arms. When the Fisherman turned his back, the Water Demon
planned to strike him but the Prince of The Sea would not allow this, so he put a spell on the Demon to be
frozen.
When the Fisherman came back with a few crumbs of bread he had to spare, he was surprised to find the
Frozen Beggar lying on the floor, so he picked him up and put him on the broken mattress.
The Fisherman
went off to the Market in search of some Hot Soup for the poor Beggar.
Chapter 5 : Unwholesome and Wholesome Deeds
Once the Fisherman left the hut, The Prince of The Sea unfroze the demon and said to him, “ If you do
unwholesome or bad deeds in your future lives, you may become a worse soul than just a demon and may
be reborn as a worse soul in Hell. If you have bad thoughts it will lead to a bad mind, so don’t be bad. If
you do wholesome deeds you will be reborn as a Human, God or even an Enlightened Being.”
The Demon thought about this for a minute . . . . . .
And started to cry.
“ I’ll tell you my story.” He said.
Chapter 6 : The Demon’s Story
In my previous life I was a emperor of China, you may know me as Qin Shi Huang Di, the very harsh and
evil emperor of Qin Dynasty which killed lots of innocent lives, by capturing other kings and empires and
executing everyone I hated.
Because of that, I had lots of harsh treatments in hell after death as driven by my karma, such as being chased
by iron dogs and snakes and other tortures. After all that I was reborn as a demon and put into this river
about a hundred years ago.
I saw these poor village people, lured them here and killed and ate them. I also lured small animals with an
irresistible smell of cooked pork chop and other delicious food.
Then one day I saw a monk and said to him “Joyful Master of Wisdom would you kindly like to feast with
me over there by the river.” The monk must have been suspicious because of my tone, so he kindly said
“No Thanks, Kind Sir.”
and walked away. I tried to convince him but it just made him feel more and
more agitated with me and walked away quicker. I felt very angry and tried to hit him but he disappeared
in a instance and was above me. After I looked up I
found out this was a Buddha called
who vowed to put him at the bottom of a list, where he wanted everyone to reach
Enlightenment in the heavens before he did, which was a enormous vow.
