Waitau · Folktales/ W0018
蟛蜞同佬仔
Original Chinese synopsis: 少年到田裏割鹹水草,與蟛蜞發生衝突的故事。
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0:00從前天水圍位處海邊,好難種植水稻同埋大米,
0:06所以附近嘅居民會種鹹水草,用來煮飯透火同埋紮嘢用嘅。
0:16鹹水草會長到成個人咁高,所以古時啲居民用幾呎長嘅大鐮刀割鹹水草。
0:26鹹水草好多家人都有種,並且後生負責收割。
0:33鹹田唔單非常合鹹水草生,亦都適合小動物生長,其中包括蟛蜞。
0:43有一日,有個佬仔攞住把大鐮刀去割鹹水草,
0:48碰到一隻蟛蜞走出蟛蜞窟,同埋舉高兩隻蟹鉗喺度撩交打,
0:58好似話「你有膽就來殺我吖,你有本事就來殺我啦」噉樣。
1:04嗰個佬仔就好嬲:「你仲唔返去你個窟頭,我捅死你﹗」
1:12兩個就喺度對峙,蟛蜞又唔讓,佬仔又沉唔住氣,
1:20大力用鐮刀棍尾捅個蟛蜞窟。
1:24晚頭黑嗰陣時,佬仔個阿媽見到個仔仲唔返,
1:29就出去揾佢,見到個佬仔瞓咗喺嗰啲鹹水草度,
1:34頸有受傷,流咗好多血。
1:38原來,嗰個佬仔用鐮刀棍尾捅個蟛蜞窟嗰陣時大力得滯,
1:44就唔記得嗰把鐮刀從頸後面𠝹過,結果重傷。
1:51怪就怪嗰個佬仔沉唔住氣亂殺生,引致血光之災。
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- Story ID
- w0018
- Language
- Waitau
- Theme
- Folktales
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Lau, Chaak-Ming, and Yee Kai Gary Tang (2024). “蟛蜞同佬仔.” Waitau and Hakka: Hong Kong Indigenous Language Story Collection. https://chaaklau.github.io/hki-stories/en/stories/w0018/
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