Foolish opens seven holes

Central sky king, named Foolish (people also said he was sky king's son), south ocean sky king, named Cannot Locate In Dictionary (aka CLID)*, and north ocean sky king, named Suddenass, were very good friends.

CLID and Suddenass went to play at Foolish's whenever they were free, Foolish warmly welcomed them every visit and was very attentive.  When foolish was happy, he even danced personally to entertain his guests.  CLID and Suddenass were very grateful.

One day, CLID and Suddenass went separately to visit Foolish again, halfway there they ran into each other. The two were good friends to begin with, once they see each other they have conversations of neverending talks, so they found a scenic place sat down and started chatting heart to heart.

Chat after chat, CLID appeared to suddenly remember something that was bothering his heart, he quieted down.  Suddenass felt strange and asked, "Is something bothering you?"

CLID looked at Suddenass, let out a very sincere look as well as a sigh and answered, "Do you feel that something is wrong with our good friend Foolish?"

Suddenass appeared to agree, "I also feel that Foolish is not like a normal human. His appearance looks like a bird, his body looks like a yellow cloth bag; when he is happy his body turns to fire-like red and he also has six legs and four wings."

CLID nodded his head and added the following with a heavy heart, "these are not the most severe!"

Suddenass did not understand CLID's meaning and asked, "then tell me, what else is wrong with Foolish?"

"There is. And it is very important to Foolish.  He looks like a bird, a yellow cloth bag, has six feet and four wings - that's fine; however, however, ...." CLID ended his incomplete sentence with a sigh.  At this point, he continuously sighed as if he could not bring himself to say whatever he was about to say.

Suddenass had no patience, quickly said, "Don't be like grandmama and mama, just say whatever you were going to say!  Foolish is so kind to us; if we can help we should help, even if we cannot help we should at least think of ways to help. Quickly, tell me!"

"Ok!" uttered CLID; after seeing how straightforward Suddenass was, he decided not to stutter anymore.  "You said Foolish has two eyes?"
"No."
"Has two ears?"
"No."
"Has two nostrils?"
"No."
"Has a mouth?"
"No."
"That's it! Eye, ear, nose, mouth are missing. In other words, he is missing seven openings; he cannot see, cannot hear, cannot smell, cannot taste; that is, although he is a sky king, it doesn't amount to anything?"

Suddenass heard and lower his head without saying anything; after a while, he finally mumbled the following, "Foolish does not have seven holes; it is problematic; how can I not think of this?"

"Realizing it now is not too late.  Foolish is so nice to us, we should show our appreciation and thank him by doing something for him.  Didn't you say earlier, if we can help we should help, even if we cannot help we should at least think of ways to help?  So, how should we help?"

"This..." Suddenass could not think of a way immediately and could not continue the conversation.

"Do not this and that! I thought of a method, as long as we work together, we can make foolish appear like an average human."  CLID said definitely.

"What is the method? Tell me, quickly.  I will do whatever you tell me to do for Foolish's matter. Tell me quickly and we will execute!" Suddenass said in a quick and articulate manner.

And so CLID told Suddenass his method.  Suddenass heard and nodded.  The two of them each pat on their respective axe of time that they always carry and went to find Foolish.

Foolish was very happy at the sight of his two good friends arriving together and so he commanded his sky soldiers and sky generals to search for the best feast ingredients to host a banquet for his guests.  Once Foolish was happy, his yellow cloth bag like body emitted red lights; he looked like a burning man.

CLID and Suddenass saw Foolish was in a relaxing mood and clearly told him the reason for their visit.  Foolish was delighted and so he danced and jumped; he was extremely grateful for the re-make.  That evening, he invited his two good friends to watch and enjoy singing and dancing performances and finalized plans for action the following day.

That evening, after entertainment, CLID and Suddenass did not rest, they purposely sharpened their respective axe of time to make them sharper.  Foolish also could not sleep that night, he was thinking about before and contemplating for after, he was extremely grateful for CLID and Suddenass' thoughts of care.  Not long after, the sky was bright, CLID and Suddenass arrived at the place of appointment and began their actions.

CLID and Suddenass began to swing their respective axe of time; first, they helped Foolish sack an eye.  They cooperated with each other, you sack one, I sack one, they sacked from morning till evening and finally sacked a right eye.  Foolish can see, although he had only one eye, his joy was beyond imaginable.  He worried that CLID and Suddenass were too weary; that night, he hosted for them another banquet with music and dance in preparation for next day's sack of another eye.

They sacked open a hole each day; by the sixth day there were six openings: Foolish's eyes, nostrils, and ears; he was only missing a mouth.  Foolish saw his matter was almost complete, held another banquet.  CLID and Suddenass drank and relaxed while Foolish danced to entertain, they were playing without a hint of wary and lost track of time.

It was midday before the three sky kings were awoken by the clear sun's lit on them.  This seventh day was also the final day; Foolish's seventh opening was about to be sacked.  They already wasted half day's time, they must rush to action.  CLID and Suddenass urgently took their axe of time, the speed of their axe action was equivalent to the speed of flight, to help Foolish to sack for a last opening.

At mid night, the last opening was sacked; from that moment on, Foolish had all seven openings.  CLID and Suddenass put down their axe, wiped the sweat away from their sweaty (fore)head, let out a sigh of relief, and were ready to help Foolish up.  For some unknown reason, no matter how hard they assisted, Foolish continued to lay still on the ground, would not budge; turned out Foolish was dead at an unknown time a while ago.

CLID and Suddenass' hearts were in extreme pain; they regretted opening seven holes for Foolish, aside from feeling the pain, they tossed away their axe of time into the human world.  According to talks, people began using the phrase "Clidsuddenass" to describe time is of the essence (or the ill use of time).  CLID and Suddenass also dissipated to nothingness thereafter.

*The translated names of the three very good sky king friends are not exact translations.  Think of them as nicknames developed by this translator from the traditional Chinese characters in the original text.