Folklore - read and taste by yourself !

Well, you must have worked hard to rewrite these stories. Making sure you typed them urself , I tried to follow through.
But I must say that I had to run (and there were some mistakes found)
Plz keep going ahead

18. A talented chess player.
That man always took pride in his talent of playing chess . But when he played three tournaments , he lost all the three. His friend asked him :
- Did you win or lose in playing chess yesterday?
He answered:
- In the first tournament , I didn''t want to win . In the second tournament, my opponent didn''t lose . And in the third tournament, I asked him to draw but he didn''t agree.
18. Một kẻ cao cờ.
Gã kia luôn luôn tự hào về tài nghệ đánh cờ của mình . Nhưng chơi 3 ván thì gã thua cả 3. Bạn gã mới hỏi gã :
- Thế anh thắng hay thua khi đánh cờ ngày hôm qua ?
Gã ta trả lời :
- Ván đầu , tôi ko muốn thắng . Ván thứ 2 , đối phương của tôi ko thua. Còn ván thứ 3 , tôi xin hoà nhưng anh ta ko đồng ý .

19. Or else one bird will be widowed.
Those two friends were having a drink together with fried birds. On the tray , there were only four birds but one of the men had eaten three. He pointed to the last one and told the other :
- Please, eat it , dear friend !
- Well. it''s better that you should finish it to make two round couples or else one bird will be widowed . Answered his friend .
19.Kẻo một con chim sẽ goá vợ .
Hai người bạn nọ đang ngồi uống rượu với chim rán . Trên mâm chỉ có 4 con chim , nhưng một người đã ăn mất 3 con . Anh ta chỉ vào con cuối cùng và bảo người kia:
- Xin mời quan bác xơi đi !
- À , tốt hơn là bác nên xơi nó đi cho đủ 2 cặp kẻo một con bị goá vợ mất - Người bạn kia trả lời .

Yeah, I can keep in track now. Have fun.