There were once two brothers named Bagu and Bada. They had lived separately since their parents passed away. After the elder brother Bagu got married, he took the entire family fortune, leaving only an ox for Bada. One day, Bagu told his younger brother,“My ox is too old to plow the land, it can’t even drag the plow. So I am going to take your ox home.”Bada said,“If you take my ox, I shall have nothing left.”Bagu replied,“I can give you my dog. He can keep you company.”Then, Bagu dragged the ox away.

Bada said sadly,“How shall I plow the land without my ox?”He looked at his dog and got an idea.“I shall let my dog plow the land! Though he cannot pull the plow as fast as an ox, it is better than nothing.”And so, Bada made a plow for his dog, and prepared a few scraps of meat. He took the dog to the field, and threw a scrap of meat in front of the dog. The dog moved to eat the meat, pulling the plow behind him. Bada kept throwing scraps of meat in front of the dog until the whole land was plowed.

Bada and his dog became very close. After learning that Bada’s dog knew how to plow the land, Bagu came and told Bada,“I heard that the dog I gave you can plow the land. Give him to me. I want my dog back.”Bada said,“No, the dog is mine. I won’t let you take him away.”The brothers started to argue. Eventually, Bagu killed the dog in a fit of rage. Bada buried his dog under a huge tree. A few days later, he noticed something growing out of the grave.“Isn’t this bamboo?” he said.“The dew on the leaves turn to gold upon hitting the ground. How amazing!” Bada’s greedy brother heard about the magic bamboo, and wanted the gold too. So, he and his wife came to the foot of the huge tree early the next morning, and shook the bamboo leaves hard. However, what rained down was not gold, but lumps of stinky mud.

　　巴古與巴達兩兄弟自從父母去世後就分開生活，哥哥巴古娶了妻子後就拿走所有財產，只留下一頭牛給弟弟巴達。有一天巴古對弟弟說：「我家的那頭老牛不能再耕田了，牠連犁都拖不動，我要把你的牛帶走。」弟弟問：「如果你把我的牛拿走，我什麼也沒有。」巴古回答：「我把我的狗給你好了，狗兒可以陪伴你啊！」一說完就強行把弟弟的牛牽走。
　　巴達難過地說「沒有牛幫忙耕田，光靠我一個人是行不通的，怎麼辦呢？」他望著唯一的狗靈機一動說：「不如我讓狗耕田，牠雖然不像牛那樣厲害，但是一定能幫助我。」於是，巴達在狗背上裝了耕種器具，還準備一些碎肉，他要狗向前走時，就丟一塊碎肉在狗的面前，狗兒聞到肉香，自然會往前走，而犁也會跟著走，巴達便用這種方法來耕田。
　　巴達和狗兒的感情很好，巴古知道狗會耕田後，又跑來對弟弟說：「聽說我給你的狗會耕田，我要把牠帶回去，快還給我。」巴達說：「狗是我的，不能給你。」兩人開始爭吵起來，巴古便生氣的將狗打死。巴達把狗兒埋在大樹下，幾天後竟然長出東西，他驚訝地說：「怎麼會長出竹子呢？而且竹葉上的露水掉在地上後，全都變成黃金，太不可思議了。」貪心的巴古打聽到竹子的消息，就和妻子在雞啼後到大樹下，用力地搖竹葉，但是掉下來的並非黃金，而是一團團的臭泥巴。