folk stories： ACompare knowledge

     There was a Aka with some knowledge . But he was so proud that he was not attentive to scriptures anymore but to try every means to show off .

    One day ,Aka stood on the street with silver weighting 10liang and said : This silver will be given to someone who is superior in knowledge than me . He also stressed that people could not speak or write , just gestures .

    After he stopped talking , a shoemaker stood in front of him .

   They began their competition .After Aka had touched his head , the shoe maker stamped his foot twice .

   After Aka had shown one finger , the showmaker showed two . After Aka had hug his belly , the shoemaker patted on his hip .

   After this ,Aka admitted his failure and gave his silver to the shoemaker .

   Aka was blushed in red and went away . he observer asked shoemaker : what did you express ?

   The shoemaker answered : let me begin wity Aka . Hand on head meant high sky . One finger meant one sky . Hands embracing belly meant harbouring sun and moon .

   The observer answered : what about you?

   The observers complimented his rich knowledge The shoemaker answered :stamping foot meant thick earth .Two fingers meant two earth tigers . Patting on my hip meant returning to scriptures stages . Aren’t they all right ?