{"id":937,"date":"2017-06-30T04:59:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T22:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eng.moemaka.net\/?p=937"},"modified":"2017-06-29T05:02:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T22:32:12","slug":"the-answer-by-thu-maung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2017\/06\/the-answer-by-thu-maung\/","title":{"rendered":"The Answer by Thu Maung"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Answer by Thu Maung<\/b><\/p>\n

Translated from Burmese to English by Dr. Khin Maung Win , Maths.<\/b>
\n( Beauty Magazine . English section .)<\/b><\/p>\n

My father was a writer,quite famous too.Most of his writings are fiction.A few of them are articles. But they have one common object , namely family life.I read his work.I grew up with his ideas.He was my first teacher as a parent as well as a writer.<\/p>\n

My mother used to say,”There are two writers that I admire most, ….. your father and Thaw Dar Swe, because their writings read so naturally, easily and simply.<\/p>\n

Marriage.About eighty percent of his writings is about marriage, the art of being happily married….. that’s his theme.<\/p>\n

One writer , Aung Pyay used to say ,”When I was still a bachelor reading your father’s work made me want to get married.”<\/p>\n

My father not only wrote about marriage but also took the role of an unpaid marriage counsellor whenever there were conflicts between married couples.I don’t know how he did it , but all his negotiations ended well.<\/p>\n

However, one thing thing puzzled me…..my father,a great marriage counselor, but still unpaid, a great writer on the art of being happily married had two unsuccessful marriages.Why?<\/p>\n

I have always wanted to ask him why he, in spite of himself ,could not make a success of his own marriages,including the present one. It was no secret that the marriage with my mother was not going too well.There was even talk of another marriage.<\/p>\n

On that prticular day,the urge to ask that question,why? became too strong to hold any
\nlonger.So I went to my father’s room to ask that particular question.He was not there.I searched the whole house.He wasn’t at home. Then I was told that he had gone to the barber’s shop to have his hair cut. So I waited his return.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have to wait long.He came back.But his hair was the same.It didn’t have any sign of being cut.<\/p>\n

So I said to him,”They say you went to have your hair cut.”<\/p>\n

”So I did.” he replied.<\/p>\n

”But your hair ….”<\/p>\n

”You’re right, it isn’t cut.”<\/p>\n

”Why?”<\/p>\n

He laughed revealing his broken teeth and said ”Ha…ha…ha… that’s the funniest part of all. The barber wasn’t there.Why? Because he has gone to have his hair cut ..,ha….ha…ha….”<\/p>\n

So that’s the answer to the question that’s been bothering me.The barber who cuts other
\npeople’s hair cannot cut his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Answer by Thu Maung Translated from Burmese to English by Dr. Khin Maung Win , Maths. ( Beauty Magazine . English section .) My father was a writer,quite famous too.Most of his writings are fiction.A few of them are…<\/p>\n

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