THE ADVENTURES OF MR. TAM-KIK
The beggar
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It was winter, it was snowing, and it was freezing to the core. Near Clohars, Jalm met on his way a poor klasker bara (bread seeker), very old, very cold, who said in a hoarse voice:
"Riou braz am euz (I am very cold), my gentleman, a corner of your coat for the love of God."
“Riou, riou,” replied Jalm, bursting out laughing, “Riou is Lothéa’s tailor. You need to order him a doublet, my friend, instead of catching a cold here and shouting riou to everyone passing by."
The poor man continued:
"For a little corner of your coat, I will give you this little cage and the little blue fly that is inside; see, see, my sweet gentleman."
"Idiot!* said the other, roughly pushing him away with the handle of his whip, “My coat for a fly? You are an innocent; Come on, move away, or else..."
And he raised his arm to strike the beggar.
Fortunately, the horse, as if suddenly frightened, galloped into the neighboring wood, where Thurio, under the branches of the trees, received more than one bump on the head.
To return to Tam-Kik, he arrives by a different route, in the evening, at the same place.
“Riou braz am euz,” said the poor fly seller in a sad voice.
“You are cold, my poor friend,” replied Tam, “you seem ill."
And without another word, he took off his old jacket with holes in it and put it on the almost bare shoulders of the beggar.
"Where are you going, Tam-Kik?" he continued.
"What, you know my name, that is to say, my nickname, klasker bara?
"I know all this and more; I also know that the good man Job gave you his blessing before your departure, and to reward you..."
"Ah! Don't talk about the man, or my poor heart will turn into that, and I will have to return home without bringing back a farthing."
"Take comfort, Tam, the angels are with you; you gave me your jacket; I give you in return this little cage where there is a blue fly."
Tam took the cage and the kelien glaz (blue fly), and looked at it with childish admiration; and when he turned around to say trugarez (thank you) to the old man, his place was empty, and no one was walking along the path.
“That’s funny,” said the traveler to himself, "It doesn't matter, I'll keep the poor man's present, it must bring me good luck."
The night did not take long to come upon this; and now, despite the moonlight, our Tammik lost his way through the moors and the woods, before having encountered any house. Finally, after walking and running, towards the middle of the night, he arrived at the entrance to a dark wood, which was guarded by a Rounfl, that is to say, an ogre, a man-eater, and other lôned (beasts). Tam thought he recognized this haunted passage, so feared in the neighborhood, but as he was not afraid and loved adventures, he decided to go there. Moreover, it was too late to turn back, because the two servants of the Rounfl, in other words, two big dogs, who did not seem tender, arrived at the moment and politely prayed, in their own way, Mr. Tam-Kik to enter their homes. When I say politely, I mean tickling his legs a little.
Source: Les Aventures de Monsieur Tam-Kik from the French book Contes et légendes de Basse-Bretagne published in 1891.
Hello, my name is Vincent Celier.
I am writing translations of folk tales that I found in public domain French books, so that people who do not understand French may enjoy them too.
This episode looks very much like the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican in the New Testament.
Like in the parable, a rich man and a poor one meet somebody who needs help. The rich man does not help him, but the poor man does.
Definitely, Jalm is a bad person, and Tam-Kik is a good person.
As I already told you, I am getting ZING Tokens for the future game HOLOZING. If you have never heard of the game, see this post.
Today, I have reached a total of one million earned ZING Tokens.
This does not mean that I am the one having the most ZING Tokens, as there are people who may have bought plenty of these tokens. I know of at least one: 
I am waiting impatiently to be able to play the game.
-- Vincent Celier