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Stories

Here are the synopsis for the stories we will be writing and publish as a book.

1. A Yummy New Name

Kham was a young novice monk who always played tricks on people. One day, he meets three merchants by the stream where he was playing, and he tricked them into giving him their sticky snack called mieng. The king wasn't very pleased with Kham's actions. The king told Kham that he can no longer be a monk and gave him a new nick name "Xieng Mieng." Xieng, meaning he's is no longer a monk and Mieng for the sticky snack that he loves so much.

2. Come Before the Rooster

Xieng Mieng was a very clever boy, but he was also lazy. He was always late for work. The king told him to "ma gon gai" the next morning. In Lao, the term ma gon gai literally means come before the chicken or in this case the rooster. In English, it would translate to come before the rooster crows, which means to come very early. Xieng Mieng, being the clever person that he is, took it literally and arrived at work late with the rooster running behind him, and so, he did came before the rooster.

3. Rooster Poo

One of the tasks of being a novice monk was to clean the elder monks quarters. Everyday, when Xieng Mieng used to be a novice monk, he cleaned the elder monk's area as best he can. And everyday, the same rooster would poop all over the room after he was done cleaning. The elder monk would always scold Kham for not having his room clean and letting the rooster in the temple. One day, the elder monk get very angry at Kham and told him that if he sees anymore rooster poo, he would make kham lick it off the floor. Kham was not pleased with the demand, and he found a way to trick the elder monk to lick it himself.

4. Follow The King's Order Exactly

The king was a stern man who loved to ride his horse everywhere. Whenever he would ride the horse, he would always lose something that fell out of his pockets. One day, he asked Xieng Mieng to come along with him and told him to pick up everything that falls to the ground and put it in his bag. So, being a good boy, he didn't question the king's order. He grabbed everything that fell to the ground, even the horse droppings.