The Defeat of the Famous General by Cowardly Fish

In a land of constant wars

A perfectly undefeated military general

The defeat of the general by a fish was recorded in the country

A poet who is an ordinary traveler

He entered the tavern at dusk and had just finished drinking hisbeer

He had been working on a poetry for quite some time

After hearing a funny anecdote, he decided to begin writingagain

Each time he sat down to write

He wondered how the general could have lost to a fish

Poet could enter the country’s library and look at the records

The poet knows that people believe in lies rather than truth

He bribed the librarian and had all the general’s records burned

Just before the records are burned

The poet had learned the facts of the general

The poet missed a crucial detail in this tale

Poet-heard humorous tale from the common folk

The moment he comes across a different interpretation ofsomething he wrote years ago

Made the decision to depart the nation