1. Sri Thanonchai
Sri Thanonchai was a very clever man. Some people thought he was too clever.
Others thought he was just fool. They all talk about him.
When the king heard about Sri Thanonchai, he was surprised. “i am clever man
mysell”, he said the king “surely this fellow cant not be cleverer that i am”
The king decided to visit Sri Thanonchai. He put on old clothes and called for his
elephant he rode it to Sri Thanonchai’s house near the river, Sri Thanonchai was sitting on
the step. “that is a nice elephant you have mister.” he could out.”why, thank you,” said the
king. “in fact, it’s a palace elephant i work there.” “then you must be clever.” “yes, i am one
of king’s minister, i am almost as clever as the king.” “what kind of test do you have in
mind?” “well..” said the king. “i dont suppose that you are clever enough to make me jump
into the river”
Sri Thanonchai looked at the king, he looked at the river. After a while he said. “of
course, i am not clever enough to make you jump into the river, but it would be even more
difficult to make you climb out. Only a very, very clever man could make you do that.”
Hearing this, the king jumped into the river. “Are you clever enough to make me
climb out?” she shouted. “you can stay there for all i care,” said. “i made you jump into the
river. Surely you are clever enough to climb out”
The king swam to the shore. He climbed out of the river. Sri Thanonchai, “ he said,
“you are cleverer than lam. You are the cleverest man in the kingdom.”

2. Sri Thanonchai
Sri Thanonchai adalah orang yang sangat pintar. Beberapa orang berpikir dia terlalu
pintar. Lain-lain mengira ia hanya bodoh. Mereka semua berbicara tentang dia.
Ketika raja mendengar tentang Sri Thanonchai, dia terkejut. "Saya orang pintar saya
sendiri", katanya raja "pasti ini cant rekan tidak cerdas bahwa i am"
Raja memutuskan untuk mengunjungi Sri Thanonchai. Dia mengenakan pakaian tua dan
meminta gajah, dia naik ke rumah Sri Thanonchai di dekat sungai, Sri Thanonchai sedang
duduk di tangga. "Itu adalah gajah yang bagus Anda memiliki mister." Dia keluar bisa.
"Mengapa, terima kasih," kata raja. "Pada kenyataannya, itu seekor gajah istana saya
bekerja di sana." "Maka Anda harus pandai." "Ya, saya salah satu menteri raja saya hampir
sama cerdas sebagai raja." "Apa jenis tes yang Anda miliki dalam pikiran " " baik .. "kata
raja. "Saya nggak menduga bahwa Anda cukup pintar untuk membuat saya terjun ke
sungai"
Sri Thanonchai memandang raja, dia memandang sungai. Setelah beberapa saat
katanya. "Tentu saja, saya tidak cukup pintar untuk membuat Anda melompat ke dalam
sungai, tapi akan menjadi lebih sulit untuk membuat Anda keluar. Hanya orang yang sangat,
sangat pintar bisa membuat Anda melakukan itu. "
Mendengar ini, raja melompat ke sungai. "Apakah kau cukup pintar untuk membuat saya
keluar?" Teriak dia. "Anda bisa tinggal di sana untuk semua perawatan saya," kata. "saya
membuat Anda melompat ke dalam sungai. Tentunya Anda cukup pintar untuk keluar "
Raja berenang ke pantai. Dia keluar dari sungai. Sri Thanonchai, "katanya," Anda lebih
pandai dari lam. Anda adalah orang terpandai di kerajaan. "