The Legend of
the Durian Fruit
Once
upon a time, there was a king who longed for the love of a maiden. He
went to a wise, old hermit, who brought a radiant fruit to the king to
help him win his lady's love. The king had never seen such a fruit. It
was beautiful and smelled like a gift from heaven. The hermit told him
that the fruit was more powerful than any other food the king could
eat, and more delicious.
The
king took a bite. What the hermit said was true. The fruit was the most
delightful thing he had ever tasted. What's more the king felt power
coming into his body from the fruit. He gave a grand banquet where the
lady tasted the fruit and immediately fell in love with the king. In
the excitement, the king forgot to thank the hermit for such a wondrous
gift.
A fruit of
ancient legend.......a fruit drink destined to be legendary
The
hermit was angry. He cursed the tree that bore the fruit. When the king
went back to the tree, he was amazed to see a large and ugly fruit in
place of the beautiful one; this one had forbidding spikes on it. In
fact, it looked more like a weapon that a fruit. And the smell, it
smelled worse than anything the king had ever smelled. He threw the
fruit from him in disgust
When
it broke open on the floor, he could see that inside the fruit was
unchanged. It was as fragrant and powerful as it had ever been. He
laughed and named the fruit "duri", meaning "thorn". The king knew that
only those wise enough to look past the fruit's ugly exterior would
benefit from its glorious magic.