Malaysian Folktales (Translated by Kid Haider)

In a certain country, there was a strange problem - the king and all his people were too embarrassed to talk because of their bad breath. The king wondered what was causing this plague. When he asked his advisors and the people, no one dared to speak up because of their stinky mouths.

One day, the king's princess and her friends went to play in a forbidden garden. They too were silent because of their smelly breath. Suddenly, a magpie flew down and started chirping away on a flower tree. It seemed like the magpie was having a conversation with the princess. The princess didn't say a word, but the magpie kept chirping and pecking at a flower on the branch. Eventually, the princess went over to the tree, picked the flower, and ate it.

After a few days of doing that, the bad smell in her mouth finally disappeared. Her breath smelled fresh and clean. From that day on, the king's daughter was the only one who wasn't shy to talk. The king was curious about his princess's secret, and she told him about the flower tree.

After hearing about the tree, the king ordered his people to plant and eat the flowers. The smelly mouth disease vanished, and everyone was thrilled. They could speak freely and confidently. The king then instructed his people to plant more trees, and soon the flower became a state product known as the cloves.

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