BEBEU

"OOMA," LAWS OF THE JUNGLE
A political satire by Sokha Ou-Uun


The dialogs are in Cambodian language, but the translation or the story goes like this:

Ducks Asking For Help

Once upon a time, there was an animal kingdom  called Thug's Law located some where in Southeast Africa. This kingdom is supposedly ruled by a spiritual rabbit who has been perceived to have been granted by heaven as the supreme leader of the kingdom.  There were also a bunch of small animals who want nothing but to live there freely and equally.  Among these little creatures, there were ducks who often stood up for the rights of all animals living in this Thug's Law kingdom. 

Then, there were a lion and a bear with a bunch of wild dogs roaming and enforcing the laws in  the kingdom. They took whatever they pleased and did whatever thugs do to control everything in the kingdom. They sometimes reached outside the kingdom to recruit new brainless dogs. Small animals often fell victims to the all mighty lion and bear; they were terrorized by them or even terminated by the OOMA** jungle law.

Consultation

In one instance, the lion and the bear decided to ban the ducks from swimming in any lakes, citing an article of the OOMA. For years, the ducks were trying to do everything they could to get back in the lakes. But nothing worked. Then, they thought of the supreme spiritual rabbit and asked him to grant them the permission to swim. For some reason, even though the law of the land had already granted the rabbit the power to decide, the chief went to the lion and the bear to confirm the existence of such law. 

In response, the lion and the bear told the rabbit that the laws of the kingdom, Art. BS.101 does not permit anything with GREEN feathers to swim.  The rabbit accepted the explanation and told the ducks the bad news. 

The ducks had no choice but to accept that explanation because telling the rabbit that their feathers are actually YELLOW and not green could be seen as a challenge to the supreme leader, which is the worst crime anyone could commit in the kingdom.

Bragging About OOMA

The Two Evils

After the rabbit had left, both the lion and the bear started to dance and chant "OOMA ! OOMA ! OOMA !...."

One might ask how did the lion became so powerful, and had more power than the heavenly spiritual rabbit. The answer is, the lion has sold its soul to, and has been supported or controlled by two evils, Mr. Vee and Mr. Chin.   

    

**  OOMA : Out Of  My Ass