VB Thánh Gióng (viết bằng Tiếng Anh)

The Saint Giong
An invasion by the An enemy ravaged the country during the reign of
the sixth Hung King. Everywhere villages were set on fire and the
population massacred. Everywhere the drum rolls of the war mingled
with the cries of the victims.
The King sent messengers out to every corner to discover a hero
capable of saving the homeland.
At this time there lived a woman in Ke Dong who was no longer very
young but still celibate. One day, on crossing the garden planted with
aubergines, she saw the enormous footprint of a man. One does not
know why but she had the idea to compare the footprint with her own.
Scarce!y had she put down her foot then she felt a strange sensation.
Some time after, she found that she was pregnant. Ashamed, she
abandoned her native village and went to live in the forest. At the end
of twelve months she brought a handsome boy into the world.
As she was homesick, she returned home with her son and again
started to cultivate aubergines and to fish for crabs and snails to satisfy
her needs and those of her little Giong.
She courageously faced everything, but one thing meanwhile saddened
her. Giong, nearly three years old, neither spoke nor laughed. The
whole day he remained motionless where she had left him.
The day the royal herald passed through the village hardly had the
speaking horn become silent when the baby, standing up abruptly,
called:
"Mother, will you invite the King's messenger to come in here for a
few minutes?"
His mother, very happy, called the messenger.