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什麼都不怕  Afraid of Nothing

What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of cockroaches? Spiders? Injections? Or are you afraid of ghosts? This little guy looked at a ghost with a smile. He seems to be not afraid of ghosts. Who’s this guy? Is he afraid of nothing? Let me introduce him with a Chinese rap, please enjoy.

Well, his name is Don-Bu-Ba, also called Mr.“Afraid of nothing". He’s very cute and always like to eat. He’s a little fat and really like to sing. There’s many things he isn’t afraid of, including being beaten or being laughed at. Not afraid of being ugly or nobody like him. Not afraid of climbing high and not afraid of spicy food, not afraid of the ocean and not afraid of injections. Not afraid of spiders and not afraid of frogs, not afraid of roaches and not afraid of mud. Not afraid of screaming or being looked down, not afraid of gambling or sexy belly dancing. He’s really brave and not afraid of the grave. He dares to be alone and not be scared of ghosts. He is Don-Bu-Ba, nothing shock him! He’s Don-Bu-Ba, he’ll rock your world and he~ will~ rock~ your~ world～

Because Don-Bu-Ba was not even a little afraid of the ghosts, all the ghosts were very angry. They sang to Don-Bu-Ba, "We want to eat you! We want to tear you into pieces! One piece to be fried, one piece to be dipped with sauce, one piece to be boiled and one piece to be eaten with sausages." Would Don-Bu-Ba be scared? No! He said, “Oh, it’s so fun, I want to sing too! One piece with some salt, one piece with some garlic, one piece with a toast and one piece with some bacon." The ghosts said, “You should not be singing with us, you should be scared.” But Don-Bu-Ba said, “I’m very sorry, I’m really not afraid of you.” “Oh, no~ Then we can’t eat you, we can only eat someone who is afraid of ghosts. If you’re not afraid of ghosts, you will taste very very bad.” said the ghosts.

Not only are these ghosts unable to eat Don-Bu-Ba, but they began to admire him. Because all the ghosts are afraid of a lot of things such like being lonely, homeless, unhappy and they’re also afraid of the sunshine, so all the ghosts asked Don-Bu-Ba, " Why are you afraid of nothing? Please teach us how so we could be like you." Don-Bu-Ba answered, "If you promise me now not to scare, not to harm, not to kill anybody, I'll teach you how to be afraid of nothing." so, from then on, all the ghosts turned into cute ghosts.

Although the ghosts were not terrible anymore, but there was a proud king, and he was very horrible. He thought himself to be called Mr. ”Afraid of Nothing” because he owned great power so he was not afraid of doing wrong or any bad things. But a servant of the king’s told him “There’s a man called Don-Bu-Ba who had been called Mr. ”Afraid of Nothing” already”. The king was very angry and ordered the soldiers to search Don-Bu-Ba’s home, find what he had and why he was afraid of nothing. When the soldiers came back, they took Don-Bu-Ba with them and reported to the King, “There’re only four important things in Don-Bu-Ba’s home, an egg, a plant, a bird and a watermelon. The four things are over here.” Do you think Don-Bu-Ba would be scared in front of the King? No! We think he should be brave as he was before but Don-Bu-Ba was different! He said to the King, "Please don’t destroy these four things. I am scared. And I’m afraid of many things. Let me sing to you. I​’m afraid somebody is crying. I’m afraid of children losing their smile. I'm afraid of war, afraid somebody is hurt. I'm afraid of people get lost on their travel. I'm afraid the sick has no money to see a doctor. I'm afraid the stray dogs can’t find their homes. I'm afraid of earthquakes, I'm afraid of the flood, I'm afraid of typhoon, afraid someone stuck cannot escape, I'm afraid of enemies attacking each other, and I’m afraid of lovers being separated. "

The King laughed proudly, he said, "Now I’m sure, nobody but me could be called Mr. “Afraid of Nothing" But the servant reminded the king, "I can’t understand why Don-Bu-Ba is afraid of what happens to others but not himself." So the king asked Don-Bu-Ba, "You are really strange. I think you should be afraid of what will happen to you. Let me tell you what. I’m going to kill you now. Are you scared?" Don-Bu-Ba said, "Before you kill me please do me four little favors. I’m not scared." The King asked, "What you want me to do?" Don-Bu-Ba said, "It’s about the four things you took from my home. The first is the egg. It’s from the fire-dragon’s mother. Please continue hatching the egg until the small fire-dragon comes out, then send it back to its mother. The second is the plant. It’s a precious herb for helping an old blind lady to see again. Please plant it carefully. The third is the little bird. It’s a little swallow. It’s parents had flown to the south but the little one couldn’t. Please take care of it and wait for its parents to come back and get it. The last one is the watermelon. It’s for a poor sick boy who had never eaten a watermelon before. Please give the watermelon to the boy.” The king agreed and ordered the soldiers to throw Don-Bu-Ba off the cliff. One, two, three, eh~

Don-Bu-Ba kept falling and falling, yet he kept laughing and laughing, “I have no regrets! I have no regrets! The king will help me to do all the favors.” But was he going to die? Unexpectedly, all the homeless ghosts stayed in the cliff. They found Don-Bu-Ba who was falling so they raised their hands to catch him. Wow, Don-Bu-Ba was saved! It was a miracle! Don-Bu-Ba was so grateful to all the ghosts and began to teach them the secret of being afraid of nothing. He sang, “Will have no worry if really nice to others. Will be no big deal if we give pleasure to others. Be afraid of nothing, only care about others. It’s so wonderful if we forget about ourselves." All the ghosts cried in joy, “Oh, we see. Don’t always think about ourselves but ought to take care of others, then we will be happy and afraid of nothing!”

Meanwhile, the King really did keep his promise to help the little fire-dragon, the old blind lady, the little swallow and the pool sick boy. And after that, the King found he felt happy. So, the king decided to do more for others. It’s really wonderful! Isn’t it? It’s the story “Afraid of Nothing”. Thank you.