Miracle of a Teddy Bear English Fan Translation, Chapter 09: Thief of the treasure trove.

 Miracle of a Teddy Bear English Fan Translation

Miracle of a Teddy Bear English Fan Translation, Chapter 09: Thief of the treasure trove.

It has been over three weeks since Taohu transformed into a human being, our teddy bear is still used to living in a house surrounded by his friends and his two owners, Phii Nat and Madam Mathana.

Taohu has spent those days helping Madam Mathana and doing a lot of stuff. Lately he has started to cook and preparing favorite dishes while he was waiting for Phii Nat to come home. With a better taste than the teacher even made it but like I said and everything is done in the house. Taohu had never thought of stepping out, partly because Nat bought everything and stocked up enough for three people and the Bear had no reason to go out and find anything else.

But today, after Phii Nat brought him back from the police station, he showered and dressed and ate his mother’s food before leaving for work. It was the first day that Taohu decided that he had to go out.

“I... I want to find some snacks.” The little bear explained Madam Mathana with reasonable reason.

Today the Auntie was obscure and her fresh upbeat-self disappeared from the day before when her husband could not be found, her bleak and dry eyes declared that Khun Uncle Saen still had not coming back. She woke up early this morning and after seeing him and Phii Nat waking up and being surprised that they were up, she rushed to cook food for nephew and son, getting flustered again when she heard that Taohu was going out.

“You are going out to buy snacks, so the Little Prince has money? Wait, I will give you some.”

She got up from the sofa, put the novel book still bookmarked in front of the same page as last night and walked over to open the bottom drawer of the pantry where the wallet was.

Although Madam Mathana rarely spends money, her son always keeps the money with her and many times when the mother refuses. Nat will secretly take several small banknotes and leaves and put them in his mother’s wallet.

However, when the drawer was opened at noon today, there was no such wallet, “A, my husband must have taken it, he hasn’t returned yet.”

“It’s okay, the Auntie. Phii Nat also gave me some money.” Taohu lied.

“Huh...??” Madam Mathana nodded and looked absent-minded, his expression more interested in his next sentence than his words, “Oh...Little Prince, if you find Khun Uncle, please come home with him.”

Even though the Auntie is old, she’s agile and bright. Her being was indifferent, sluggish and stuttering like a stuttering person like this made Taohu recall Miss Chair who was in Phii Nat’s bedroom. Miss Chair kept trying to speak a standard Thai despite her not being good at it, she’s so insecure that she stutters... the Auntie also stuttered today because she had lost her confidence.

Yesterday after Phii Nat took the power plug from her mother’s hand and ordered Taohu to bring her back to the sofa. the Auntie was still crying and she looked like a terrified person.

With pity and don’t know how to solve the problem because Phii Nat suddenly escaped and went back to his bedroom. So, Taohu mustered up the courage and decided to lie to Auntie, hoping it would give her some peace of mind. At least temporarily.

“Khun Uncle told me he had urgent business and had to go out for a while, he’ll be back soon. Auntie don’t cry, he’ll see you soon he’ll regret making you sad.”

Madam Mathana was able to stop being sad and didn’t deteriorate like a dry soul.

“Little Prince.” Her one hand held Taohu’s hand tightly as if full of hope, “If you see Khun Uncle, you have to tell him to come home quickly, I’m worried. Lately... he hasn’t been able to go anywhere. Hey, what did he think of going out alone and now there’s nothing outside, after seeing it in the news? there are only bad guys and there’s no security...”

Something in that speech brought Taohu’s gaze to the ground, where Khun Right Slipper was left alone.

A bitter lump formed in the middle of his throat; the Bear wanted to cry but he knew it wasn’t the time to cry.

“Huh, the Auntie.” He replied with his eyes still on the same spot, “I’ll bring him back... It must be nothing, our home is going back to being happy, happy together and together as before.”

Khun Right Slipper should have heard and understood what Taohu meant but his owner did not even open his eyes to look at the action. That way, the congestion in Taohu’s chest became even more swell, covering up his trachea and veins. ... He felt that he was suffocating and that the blood would not pump to his brain, causing him to feel dizzy.

Missus Sofa probably caught up with how he felt, so she said, “Handsome you did your best and others should understand too. Not just waiting for the negative news!”

Missus Sofa’s words only stumbled because Taohu reached out to touch her and she shook her head in a pleading manner.

He understands how Khun Right Slipper is feeling. Now he probably didn’t want to hear anything. It’s the same as Madam Mathana is. The Auntie was sadly waiting for her husband and focused on one thing until now, not even noticing that one of her slippers was missing, she walked around barefoot without realizing that the hard floor was so cold.

When something important to the heart is lost, the presence or absence of anything else may no longer matter.

Taohu left the house depressed, the outside world didn’t help him feel better. The sun was too hot, the noise was too loud and then there was too much toxic smoke and dust in the air. This is not a world where a fragile woman like Miss Left Slipper should be alone, Taohu had to hurry and come as soon as possible and to find her and bring her home as quickly as possible... He could only hope that by then Khun Right Slipper and Miss Left Slipper would forgive him.

The path from the house to the pavement in front of the police station is quite long but luckily it doesn’t have complicated turns. Taohu was able to remember the route and walk by himself. On the way... He realized that he might be wrong for not accepting the money from Madam Mathana. If he had the money, he could use it to summon a win bike to help him get to his destination as quickly as he wanted, the faster it would be good to get Miss Left Slipper back.

Between Khun Right Slipper and Miss Left Slipper. Taohu wasn’t sure who was angrier with him. He has heard that hurting someone who we love causes more injury than hurting us directly. Even more, Khun Right Slipper had felt bad for him before until now. He acknowledged with silence, indifferent and without cursing, Taohu was no different from yelling at himself. In the heart of the steppe who had always believed in the teddy bear of the higher class than the former class. Khun Right Slipper has never believed in goodwill between them.

This incident like Taohu showed him even more that the stereotype of class was right. The person who betrayed Khun Right Slipper the most was not even Taohu but his loose-mindedness betraying his position and ideals giving help to someone and ending up in a quagmire!

The only hope left is... He had to bring back the Miss Left Slipper, this made him even more panicked as he returned to the critical point but still couldn’t find anything important.

Miss Left Slipper, where did you go?

The midday sun was so strong that no one stood outside the shade of the tree or the eaves. Everyone who passed by looked at a tall, slender man with reflective white skin who steadily circled the front of the police station, trying to find something. Some people nod to the person who walked and some came together to look at the handsome man.

Soon Taohu was completely drenched... He wiped the sweat on his forehead, if in the end his hands were hanging like that more to hold his head.

This area has no stalls and no beggars beside the police station, there is a row of houses with solid doors or full glass walls, no nooks and corners where Miss Left Slipper will sneak in or get kicked. It can even be swept away and buried. Taohu remembered that he and Phii Nat went up to talk to the police. Not long after and then came back down and didn’t see Miss Left Slipper anymore and even though she promised to wait for him in place. This might mean that during the time someone took her...

Revisiting in the past. Taohu thought that he had finally found something.

Those stray dogs!

The two stray dogs that barked at him and Phii Nat as they were walking up to the police station. They must have sneaked up onto Miss Left Slipper.

If this is the case, then the area where the Miss Left Slipper will get lost will be much wider and maybe after they left her and then someone drew and kicked her. How could Taohu find her!

The truth that has been revealed is heartbreaking, however, Taohu does not want to give up... He kept walking, asking strangers on the street if anyone had seen sandals that looked like this but until he survived. Even crossing the road to the other side, no one has seen it yet.

The Bear felt a sting on his skin, thirsts for water and at the same time becomes sticky all over... He had his eyes fixed on a large community nearby with hope.

This community bazaar has been renovated to a very clean, elevated floor and has drainage and roof covering but even so, the air inside is still quite stuffy. Taohu looked at the drink shop and just swallowed his saliva... He didn’t have any money so he used to read books and watch video clips on Phii Nat’s Khun Mobile Telephone. No matter what is out of the house, getting it takes money.

While he could only purse his mouth and use his tongue to lick it back and forth, a loud voice sounded near him saying, “Young man, young man!”

It’s past noon but the market is still bustling, there are the sounds of vendors shouting and chatting, there are televisions, radios, not including the conversation of things that humans can’t hear. At first Taohu didn’t think that the voice had called him, only after being nudged behind his shoulder, he was startled.

The owner of the voice is a woman the same age as Madam Mathana but looks younger as she maintains her beautiful figure and meticulous makeup, her eyebrows have been plucked out. Curved greenish black painted, sharp eyeliner, red lips slightly above the rim to make it look fuller, the long hair is too raven, probably because of the dye, I was coiled over my head by a net. Black lace.

“Did you come shopping? Usually, I had never seen you outside.”

Taohu didn’t know the woman. He just saw it and hadn’t seen it so he answered the other party, “Huh.”

That person must have guessed, so he smiled and suggested that, “I am an aunt named Chan, I live next door to Madam Na. You have been living in a house with Madam Na for a while, right? you come to take care. Madam Na?”

Knowing who the other person was, the little bear revealed a relieved smile that he was friendly, “Huh, Aunt Chan, my name is Taohu.”

“I pity Madam Na.” The speaker said as he touched his arm as a footpath for him to walk because standing still would block the road.

When Taohu followed, she continued, “Madam Na is home alone, no friends for a long time and Nat always comes back late at night and I don’t know if he has taken his mother to the doctor or not.”

“Go to the doctor?”

“It’s about how she’s not feeling well.” A woman named Chan raised her hand and knocked over her temple.

Taohu has therefore just understood.

True, in the eyes of Taohu. Madam Mathana she just misses Khun Uncle Saen too much but in the eyes of others. the Auntie must have been like a sick person, the cold wind that blew onto the Choipi Soi thirty years ago had made her sick until now. However, think about it. Taohu has never seen Madam Mathana take any pills.

“When does she usually go to the doctor?”

His honest question made Aunt Chan exclaim, “OMG! Hey, Nat won’t really take care of his mother, I used to say I’ll help but he’s very private... artists.”

Taohu was very displeased that Phii Nat was blamed. Even if it’s true, he still defends him, “Maybe Phii Nat thinks that. the Auntie just misses Khun Uncle too much.”

“Huh?” The short interjection but with the sight and certain implications of Aunt Chan’s expression made Taohu unable to continue speaking.

The middle-aged woman ignored his answer, continued walking and her gaze swept through the side of the pickup truck, yet her mouth asked him, “And you, come out like this, leave Madam Na alone, won’t it be okay alone?”

That’s right. Actually, Taohu is worried and Auntie is worried.

Miss Left Slipper should have made him worried but he’s really out of wit.

I don’t know where else to go to find her and in the end the Bear replied softly, “I’ll go back soon.”

“Well, the old woman is not good at doing anything, the more uncomfortable it is, the better it is to stay close.”

“Thank you very much.” Taohu replied... He said he should be happy. On a bad day, at least he still has some kind new friends.

After parting with Taohu Madam Chan continues to steer through the pick-up trucks in the fresh market.

Usually, she wakes up early for jogging and then takes the opportunity to buy some things to take home with her. A beautiful woman like her did not want to leave the house in the early hours of the day for fear that her well-maintained complexion may get spot freckles, her face had a few tiny dots and that was all it needed for her to spend time and cost of treatment until all those scars went away.

Probably because she grew up in a food business. Madam Chan is so conscious of her health that she does not eat ready-made food outside the home at all. When she goes shopping, she embodies the pursuit of raw materials meticulously. She reproaches clean eaters for the word “clean.” What they eat may not even be as ‘clean’ as the food she chooses and makes herself, that’s why she mocks them for being fashionable because they never really knew anything.

Madam Chan’s meticulous selection of ingredients is famous, it is said that even the customers who visit in this fresh market are many but almost every shop still recognizes her. The merchants didn’t like her very much and even if they didn’t dare to argue with her, someone whispered that she knew someone in the ministry that was in charge of food (of course, the merchants didn’t really care what the ministry was) who was more famous than that. It is said that one of Madam Chan’s friends once managed to close a wet market just because a customer’s car stopped in front of the house for a few hours.

Therefore, even just seeing their faces they hate her but when she moves closer to the panel, the panel owner fakes a smile and invites her to enjoy, “Come today, sir, you will just get burned in the sun.”

“Tag your name on your chest and walk under the roof, spread an umbrella, use SPF thirty-five sunscreen, apply it often to help you avoid getting burnt.”

“Oh, uh...” The seller dragged a long voice, the smile began to grow greasy.

“I came out to do some buying today. What province does this kale come from?”

“Oh, I don’t know, I got it from the four corners of the city.” So, that each other will be lengthened by the other side’s explanation. The seller therefore pretended to avoid the point that, “Just now, Madam Chan, who were you talking to? He is so handsome.”

“His name is Taohu.” The respondent didn’t look into the questioner’s eyes but she wrote a finger into the handful of vegetables on the panel, “The kid came to Madam Mathana’s new home and told me he is here to take care of her. The owner of the house asks nothing but seems like his son will bring him into the house more.”

“His son brought him into the house?”

Madam Chan moved her mouth to say something and even then, with sensitivity, she shut up and only smiled at the corners of her mouth.

Sometime ago, ten days ago. When the afternoon was a good shade, a meticulous middle-aged woman who was preparing to leave the house to go to a beauty clinic in her favorite place accidentally heard an interesting conversation drifting over from the adjacent fence.

‘I’m not sure, I feel sorrier for Auntie.’

‘Huh? with twins who like and look alike. Should it be difficult to choose?’

Only the listener flirted with honey bee ears, slowly moving from the door of the house closer to the side of the fence.

The sound that rang later. Madam Chan remembers the voice of someone who had just entered the house next to a handsome boy in his twenties who had been watching Madam Mathana all day. On the surface it looks like someone who comes to be a friend and takes care of the sick but the female caretaker is not a boy and Madam Chan in particular is skeptical. Some issues go deeper than that...

‘No, I pity the Auntie because Khun Uncle’s competitor is also Khun Uncle’s sibling. Even if Phii Ken said that the two are not close to each other, they still have to see each other more often than normal people who don’t know each other, right? the Auntie must have been very difficult when deciding who to choose because it could lead to the two of them falling apart and leaving a mark on the relationship.’

‘Well, that’s true but things like this can’t be forced here. If at the end of the race and then lose, then you have to accept the condition and don’t want us to think too much, so don’t forget to take it back and think in the end. Who will Taohu choose?’

The dialogue is as short as this but the expression, eye color and meaning of the speaker makes it possible for the person who is the most foolish to know the meaning. Madam Chan smirked in her heart and her suspicions began to clear and even, as she took another step closer, her damn foot hit a branch that had fallen from the house next to it, there was a loud Crack!

That young man turned around, causing her to hide almost immediately. After that, she couldn’t hear the next sentence.

But that’s it, for a smart man like Madam Chan. This can be summed up.

Instead of uncovering the whole story until the vegetable vendor sees that it is she who is eavesdropping. Madam Chan turned the answer simply:

“Oh, don’t you know what Nat is...”

Until he arrives at the exit of the market. Taohu was in a state of shock. No matter who you ask, the answer seems to be the same and Miss Left Slipper has not been seen by anyone, not even one.

He felt very guilty but told himself that it was time to go home.

As he was about to step past the eaves of the bazaar, amidst the hustle and bustle, Taohu’s ears suddenly heard a faint sound.

“But that’s the teddy bear!?”

“Nong Nat is now a human. So, yummy, no wonder Nong Nat secretly makes him enter house and lied that he was a human taking care of his mother! “

The voice at the end confirmed Taohu. The person who is a Miss Calculator and Miss Chopping Board are gossiping about in the pork shop is him. After seeing Taohu turn around, both of them opened their eyes wide and pretended to calmly return to sleep.

Normally Taohu is not an angry person, besides Miss Side Pillow, he almost never scolds anyone but because this time the bad talker reaches his beloved owner... He couldn’t agree.

The Bear’s tall figure took a soft step and came to a stop in front of the pig stall. The pork in the tray and hanging on a reddish pink hook looked terrifying but it wasn’t as frightening as the savage rays radiating from Taohu now.

He took a deep breath, trying to spell mood first because he loved politeness anyway, “Sorry, you guys have misunderstood!”

“Hm?” The round-shaped pork stall seller looked up from his mobile phone and was puzzled.

“I don’t know where you guys got all this stuff from but me and Phii Nat are not like that!”

“Who is Phii Nat? What’s the matter?”

Probably because she was afraid that things would escalate because his owner, who was the shop owner was probably starting to get irritated... Miss Calculator opened her eyes, moved, nudged an adjacent wooden chopping board, softly replying, “Who knows? Well, the stuff in here, they keep talking about.”

“Yes, wasn’t she talking to Madam Chan just now? This news comes from Madam Chan.”

Hearing that, Taohu even opened his eyes, there must have been a misunderstanding! He hadn’t spoken to Aunt Chan at all, she seemed to be a trustworthy person. Shouldn’t create a rumor to offend anyone and especially being a true neighborhood person.

For this reason. Even though the shopkeeper who owns the pork chop stalls bangs on the chopping board! Asked, “What, is, your, problem lad!” He ignored him, lifted his chin and prepared, stepping back into the market.

“Madam Chan isn’t in here, she’s off to that side.” said Miss Calculator, “She must have hitched a taxi by now? It’s so hot, she will not walk in the sun.”

“Thank you!” Finishing, he turned around and let the merchant point his finger and shout.

“Hey! Come back, looking for a fight and then just run away so easily?”

Taohu had ignored the voice behind him and almost forgot that he had failed in today’s mission, what was in his head right now was that he had to go quickly back. Not to enter Phii Nat’s house but the house next door! It must be quick to understand Aunt Chan, to prevent her from saying anything wrong and further disgrace his owner.

Even though the weather was hot and he was tired and thirsty. Taohu still ran with all his strength in his head, composing his thoughts on what to say, Aunt Chan understood... He probably didn’t communicate well while talking to each other in the market, so that person misunderstood. Therefore, it may lead to misunderstandings.

By the time he reached the fence in front of Aunt Chan’s house, Taohu’s body had become drenched again... He rang the bell and tiptoed inside, hoping that the goal would arrive. At least if Taohu arrives, he can relax a bit that she probably hasn’t talked to anyone besides the market people (yes, a teddy bear like Taohu doesn’t know the market is an efficient place for gossip and rumors mill in the market). How much news is spread?

Someone stepped out behind a glass door in the house, when his owner saw who was ringing the bell sliding the door and stepped out to welcome him, “Whatever, Taohu can do it.”

“I have a very important matter to discuss with Aunt Chan.”

The woman still smiled on her face, her eyebrows raised slightly as if afraid that wrinkles will imprint on the surface of her forehead and her smooth hand, unscrew the door, exit.

Taohu followed the owner of the house and his two hands still twisted tangled fingers nervously. Even when Madam Chan slides the glass door open and the cool air of the air conditioner blows out, the feeling that is the result of the intention has not subsided.

“Go sit on the sofa, I’ll get you some waters, why don’t you call the car in, I’m so tired.”

It’s true, Aunt Chan is quite courteous and kind to others, so to talk about me and Phii Nat like that, must be misunderstood, definitely wrong.

Taohu nods and walks down to wait. Aunt Chan’s living room suite is the same size as Phii Nat’s house but the interior is narrower as this house uses rather bulky furnishings and is all dark genuine leather. The walls and shelves were adorned with real and fake animal carcasses, including deer heads mounted on the walls, ceramic eagles, stuffed butterflies, as well as snakeskin bags and crocodiles when wrapped around them. The house that was drawn by the curtain.

Closed on all sides, relying only on fluorescent lighting and making it look not an exhibition but in Taohu’s sense he is like a tomb, a collection of living remains!

Yes, Taohu realized in the next minute, that he felt the latter because there was no sound in this house. Strange There weren’t any objects in the house chatting like they were wrecks either. A corpse without a soul.

Aunt Chan stepped back with a tall glass of red water, handed it to Taohu and sat down on the sofa next to it.

The Bear said thank you and decided to open the matter so as not to look too rude, “Aunt Chan closes all the curtains like this, no wonder, I’ve never seen Aunt Chan before.”

“In sunlight there are UVA and UVB rays, our skin can become dull and wrinkled. Good or bad will be cancer too.”

“I’ve never seen anyone else.”

“I only live with my husband just the two of us... He works in the provinces and it takes a while to come and go back to that place.”

“Oh...ha.” He mumbled and raised a sip of water, the red melting water so sweet that his throat almost choked.”

“Just now, Taohu, did you have something important to talk to me about?”

“Yes.” The Bear changed his attitude, putting a glass of water on the glass table intently to speak formally, “Before returning from the market, I heard you er... Someone said Phii Nat had whored me in the house and not just to take care of his mom... He said it was from Aunt Chan.”

Spoken plainly, eyes wide open, showing great conviction that the person in front of him will be rejected.

Aunt Chan was still smiling with a slight raising of the corners of his mouth for fear of wrinkles and she asked softly, “Huh, who said that?” Taohu was embarrassed to himself, “Well...” and he was never used to or comfortable with lying, “I don’t know his name.”

“If you don’t know, don’t trust him too much, Taohu. People these days keep talking, it’s hard to believe.”

“That’s it.” The Bear breathed a sigh of relief, becoming even more convinced that his respected Madam Chan wouldn’t do anything the Miss Chopping Board and Miss Calculator say, “I was also reading from a book, it seems sometimes people are hard to trust.”

“You never know if someone who looks kind is actually kind then he’s as kind as he shows us or not. The person closest to us might be the one who is the most unreliable.” As he spoke, the landlord glanced down at his glass of water, picked up a few sips, then coughed, “OMG, this is too sweet. Taohu, don’t tell me.”

The person being protested smiles and Aunt Chan laughs affectionately, “Hey, you can’t trust me anymore, right?”

“How cute you are, I must be cute to you for sure.”

The owner of the house raised her eyes slightly, only to find that Taohu was still gritting his teeth. Aunt Chan grinned a bit wider and she spoke.

Her speech paused a little because the person spoke with his tongue licking his lips, “I’d better go and make a new one, tomorrow I’ll go to the market and I’ll hear people say, I haven’t had enough of the nectar yet and come on.”

Taohu gave thanks when the other party returned the glass of water and was relieved to clear it and at the same time was considerate of the landlady who suddenly... He brought the matter, causing discomfort like this.

While sitting and waiting, his gaze swept over to find on the back of the showcase where the big television set was placed. An antique framed painting was placed, feeling more familiar to the owner of the house. Taohu got up and took a closer look.

The picture is supposed to have been drawn for a long time, the lines are faded yet it is noticeable that the feminine beauty of the original model has been slowed down to a virtual image. She is so sleek and confident that those nearby and likely to be intimidated, below are the artist’s signatures with doodles on them. Taohu has tried to decipher the words.

“When I was young, I was so beautiful that Taohu is mesmerized, right?” The person who came back asked jokingly and it was the same second that Taohu had just read the inscription, “For Miss Uma...”

“That’s my old name, I just changed it later because Abbot said about my new family name, Satjaree (Truth) is more appropriate, see. Even my name still has the word “Truth” which means truth. I won’t lie to you, Taohu.”

However, the person who was the listener was not as interested in the new name as the old name.

Strange, Aunt Chan’s old name sounds familiar, as if I’ve heard it somewhere before.

In the adjacent house.

Madam Mathana was hunched over for something, when she heard the sliding glass front door, she lifted her head and tightened her glasses.

Seeing it as her son, the mother smiled widely, “Today, Nat, you returned early.”

Keunchaai ran out to welcome the young man with joy, slipping out the slippers of Madam Mathana who had only one left as well and for Nat to compliment him like always.

“Well, good job. Keunchaai good, you can put it away.” The newcomer placed a bag of snacks and fruits on the pantry counter, not far from the living room set. If it’s always then his owner should be quick to come and compete with Keunchaai That’s it but today didn’t show up, so Nat asked his mother, “What about Taohu? mother.”

“He went to call Nong Ai.” Madam Mathana murmured as she walked around to open the refrigerator and poured a glass of water to her son, continued speaking and handed a glass to him, “Little Prince went out and said she wanted some snacks, so I asked him to tell your father.”

“He wanted a snack?” The son took the glass and ignored the first sentence.

“Huh, he’s been out a long time ago. I wonder if he is waiting for your father.”

“What else would he want to eat? I bought a lot every day.” The cold water still didn’t help him calm down and the young man grumbled, raising his eyebrows, “He probably wants to eat something else that you didn’t buy.” Mother helped to mediate and then stepped forward and continued to lean forward.

“So, what are you looking for?”

“A wallet.” And the mother replied without turning around, “I’ve been looking since morning and I still haven’t found it, son.”

Listening, the young man stepped and pulled down the drawer below the pantry, his mother said that this was a place to hide but probably no one in the house would know. Maybe his mother is so forgetful.

The Decent Person also explains the long-standing character of a social science teacher who specializes in history, “Nat, it’s good that you gave him money because I didn’t have any money for him.”

The listener’s eyebrows furrowed together tightly.

First of all, the drawer doesn’t really have his mother’s purse. On the other hand, Nat is confident that he has never given Taohu a single baht.

The mother continued to complain about her husband but as always, the son did not listen. Even now his eyes began to sweep around the house, the back of the house was often cleaned up because Taohu came in and took care of his mother. But today was overgrown with Keunchaai’s skill, which shows that Taohu really must have been out a long time ago.

As if knowing his owner was thinking about it, the Fat Prince Dog slipped Madam Mathana’s one slipper back and laid it next to the pantry drawer. If it was a normal time, Nat would have laughed in his heart how well he knew. This is where he saw his shoes removed in the first place as well.

‘You never know if someone who looks kind is actually kind then he’s as kind as he shows us or not. The person closest to us might be the one who is the most unreliable.’

Those words echoed in his mind, when Taohu finally realized that... He had heard the name. ‘Uma’ from where?

‘She’s a woman who is knowledgeable, confident, self-reliant and self-determination unlike me who is not good at doing anything.’

That’s right...Uma! This is the name of the woman who used to put Madam Mathana in such trouble.

‘Mrs. Uma makes me feel so small. The first day Khun Uncle got out of the car to say hi, she had a beautiful smile with bright red lipstick. There was a sweet voice and jokingly said that Madam Mathana was a lucky person. You have people waiting to help you but I’m happy with your luck because it made me a lucky person. It’s a good thing that is the same.’

But... the world wouldn’t be that perfect, Aunt Chan looks so kind and it’s unlikely to be the same person who could make Phii Nat’s mother miserable.

“Taohu, do you like to look at pictures?” Aunt Chan-Satjaree aka the former Uma asked when she saw the guest staring at his self-portrait with interest for a long time. Her slim figure flew to the bottom of the cupboard to open the glass door, picked up the stacked old picture frame and handed it to him.

“I put it on top and forgot it and now it is dusty, cluttered too, so I picked it all up.”

Taohu didn’t say a word, each shot passed his eyes and it felt as if he was stepping deep into a secret lake.

Most of the photographs are of Aunt Chan, a young woman and she is dressed in chic outfits showing her confident personality, many photos are with a man, physically tall and thin, always wearing a dress that is larger than his body size and doesn’t know what is fashionable. Is that or how? However, what impressed Taohu’s eyes was the strange feeling of familiarity with his owner.

The Bear took that picture and placed it on the back of the cabinet and looked at the next picture in his hand.

This time there are four people in the picture. One was Aunt Chan, the other was a girl who looked familiar only but was smaller than the present, less confident than the present.

“Do you remember? Madam Mathana.”

Yes, Phii Nat’s mother! The two women stood on the left and right sides, in the middle are two other men and they look alike but have completely different aura.

“Khun Sibmun and Khun Saen.”

“Huh...Huh?”

“These two looks alike, don’t you see? They are twins. Their parents named one of them Saen and the other one Sibmun. Khun Sib was bigger because he was a soldier but your aunt’s husband was small because he worked as a factory manager.”

“Wa...Wait a minute. the Auntie, you mean the factory manager Khun Saen is Madam Mathana husband!?”

The narrator’s smile faltered for a bit and her eyes shone equally as she explained what had happened.

The next explanation is so sweet that even the subtle implications linger in it.

“That’s right, Taohu. Khun Saen is my husband and Madam Mathana’s husband is Khun Sibmun.”

 

 

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