FOLK TALE..

Long ago there were two brothers who lived in village.They known as Mahagamaya and Podigamaya.It means Mahagamaya is the eldest one and Podigamaya is the youngest one.They had a chena cultivation in the jungle and they took turns to keep watch on this cultivation.

                      Once it was Mahagamaya's turn to keep watch on the chena.Podigamaya noticed that when he turned home,he looked tired and feariness.Then podigamaya asked him if anything was happen."no" he said.But all days when Mahagamaya returned home Podigamaya noticed that his weakness and changes.A few days passed it was came to Mahagamay's turn to keep watch on the chena.That they podigamaya said him to, "Today I"ll go.you stay at home".Then podigamaya was in chena.While night was creeping to chena he has to face fearful and strangeful incident.There was a big tigger approach to his hut.

                    Then he called to Podigamaya as thinking he was a Mahagamaya.So podigamaya act like a mahagamaya.Tigger came an open his packet of food and eat with glee.Then said him to fire a blaze.Afterthat he streches himself near the blaze and tell him to scratch and rub his body.So he didn't get to wink of sleep and he felt with very hungry.Podigamaya could find the reason of mahagamaya's weakness.

                     Nextday podigamaya makes a plan for teach him a good leasson.So he again go to chena as a mahagamaya.That day night was happen the same thing like other days.Tigger streches himself near the blaze and podigamaya scratches his body.In oder he started to sleep. Then podigamaya took a iron stick and threw it to blaze.After a few moment he got that heating iron stick and keep it on tigger's body.At the same time he was screaming painfully and ran away.So never again the tigger come to their chena.Then they keep to watch on the cultivation very happily.

                     This folk tale show us the podigamaya's stratergical knowledge.