TRUYỆN CỔ TÍCH TIẾNG ANH

TRUYỆN CỔ TÍCH TIẾNG ANH

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I agree with you. There are many methods to practise English. The story help us improving our reading skill
this is my story ( of course I got it from net)

There goes my baby
Once, I thought my daughter would win the Nobel Prize. Now that she's started college, I just hope she keeps her phone, her power, her housing -- and remembers to wake up for class.
August 19, 1999 , F irst I allowed her to move in with her high school sweetheart. She insisted. "It will be fine. Don't worry," she said. So I threw away the dormitory application and let her play house, knowing she might be throwing away her first year of college along with thousands of my hard-earned dollars.
My anxiety was not relieved when I paid her a visit at her new downtown apartment. Her boyfriend, whom I shall call Ted, a National Merit scholar with a full academic scholarship, was taping "The Simpsons." For the two years I'd known him, he'd never made direct eye contact with me or uttered a complete sentence. This is who my daughter had chosen.

I gave the arrangement six months. On a cold February day she appeared at my office door moments before a staff meeting: "Ted and I broke up. But I moved in with Anna. Don't worry. Everything's OK." Best of all, she told me, Ted and she were still friends.
Within hours, she had moved her stuff and had begun to date a 23-year-old cook who had no prospects but could prepare a mean pasta Alfredo. She was so happy she spent $40 to get her tongue pierced. "You'll like him," she said, "but he's afraid to meet you." When she said this I knew I would never meet him. I was right.
Within two months, my daughter has lost her phone service, then her power. "Anna's a little spacey," my daughter explains. "She forgot to pay the bills. She's manic-depressive and she can't afford her medicine." Power and phone service are restored after a week. Bill collectors housed in cubicles in Wilmington, Del., call constantly, but all calls are screened with caller I.D. If no power and no phone aren't bad enough, imagine this: Anna has five cats; my daughter has one. This makes a total of six cats using one litter box. Of course, the lease has a no-pet clause. We will get to that later.
Her midterm grades in the spring are horrid. She says, "It will be fine. Don't worry." She reminds me of the midterm F in biology she somehow turned into a C last semester, a miracle on the order of turning water into wine, if you buy the analogy of a C representing wine. Let's say it's cheap wine.
Around this time I notice I'm putting on weight and my writerly slouch seems to be folding into an elderly hump. I stop stepping on scales. I begin to avoid large plate glass windows where, in my virile past, I would steal a glance at my slender profile and think, "Looking good!"
I sleep progressively less. Sharp pains pelt me in unlikely parts of my body, like behind my eyes. Much of my life, including some semblance of control over my 18-year-old, is slipping away.
The cook dumps my daughter. She stops attending classes, but I don't know this yet. "I threw a shampoo bottle at him when I went to pick up my things," she says.
"You had 'things' at his house? Had you moved in?"
"No, no. Just some CDs and videos." And shampoo.
Something in the image of that shampoo bottle flying across the room makes me realize that her final grades are not going to be of the dean's list variety. I am hoping for a 2.0 GPA.
SMILEWIN

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/aesophca.html
Grimm's Fairy Tales
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
Folklore and Mythology
Electronic Texts
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

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Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh
(Lord of Mountains and Lord of Sea)
Long, long time ago during the Hong Bang Dynasty (2879-258 B.C.), King Hung Vuong The 18th had a young and very beautiful daughter named Mi Nuong. Her beauty was so renowned to many young, handsome, and powerful men within the kingdom and from many other foreign lands. Many had come to King Hung Vuong and expressed their wish of taking the Princess' hand. However, none had won the Princess' heart nor the King's approval. Days after days, Princess Mi Nuong was getting even more beautiful than ever before. Because of this, King Hung Vuong was very worried and anxious that he could not find perfect suitor for his daughter.
One day, there were two young, mighty, and very distinguished men came before King Hung Vuong and expressed their wishes to marry the Princess. They were Son Tinh (Lord of all Mountains) and Thuy Tinh (Lord of all Seas). They each introduced themselves to the King.
"I am Son Tinh. I ruled over all mountains and their creatures." And "I'm Thuy Tinh. I ruled over all seas and all creatures under the seas."
Upon talking with the two, King Hung Vuong was very pleased. However, he could not decided whom he should choose to marry his only daughter. The King thought to himself and then said:
"I had only one daughter, but both of you wished to marry her. I don't know which of you I should choose. So to be fair to both of you, tomorrow morning, whoever bring the wedding gifts in to me first, shall marry my daughter."
Each went back to his own kingdom and ordered his subjects to go out and the most beautiful and rare gifts within his kingdom. The next morning, Son Tinh was the first to present his gifts to King Hung Vuong. As promised, the King allowed Son Tinh to marry his daughter, Princess Mi Nuong. After the wedding, Son Tinh took his wife to his home on Tan Vien Mountain (now Ba Vi Mountain in Son Tay Province). Thuy Tinh also came with gifts from the seas, but found out that he had lost to Son Tinh. With his hot-tempered, Thuy Tinh was furious. With his magic sword, he ordered rain to pour down, raised up the sea level with tidal waves hoping to flood all Son Tinh's mountains. Son Tinh, on the other hand, also had a magic wand. Every time Thuy Tinh raised his sea level, Son Tinh also raised up his mountains range. He also ordered lightning to strike down on Thuy Tinh killing a lot of Thuy Tinh's subjects. Thus had forced Thuy Tinh to withdraw his sea level down in defeat while Son Tinh lived happily with the Princess on top of Tan Vien Mountain.
Since then, they became enemy. Each year around June and July, Thuy Tinh would raise war against Son Tinh again. As the result, each year around these two months, there would heavy rain and flooding.

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Legend Of The Watermelon
Long, long time ago during the Hung Vuong Dynasty, lived a seven years old boy named Mai An-Tiem. He was a foreigner and an orphan. He came ashore one day through a commercial trading ship. King Hung Vuong was so moved upon seeing the boy. He adopted the boy and brought the him back to the Kingdom to be one of his people. Time had gone by. The boy grew up to be a fine young man with integrity and virtue. An-Tiem was gifted with a great mind. He could remember everything he encountered and remembered them well. King Hung Vuong loved him very dearly. He appointed An-Tiem to be one his Mandarins and helped An-Tiem find and marry a beautiful wife.
An-Tiem and his wife lived very happily within the Kingdom of King Hung Vuong. They both had all wealth and richness had given them. People admired and respected him for his talent and virtue. They gave him gifts of all kinds. Eventually, An-Tiem wealth grew to be so large that he had became the richest man in the Kingdom. As the result, An-Tiem became so boastful, proud and arrogant. He used to say to his wife and other people that all his wealth and fortune are from his own predecessors. He had never depended on anybody for his fortune nor had he ever asked for help from anybody.
Upon hearing this these words, King Hung Vuong became very angry and sadden because An-Tiem had forgotten the King's love and support for him since he was an orphan boy. He was so upset that he said:
"A Subject who is too boastful to recognize his Lord and his helper; who is not thankful for what he have today does not deserve to live within my Kingdom."
Out of anger, the King ordered to have all of An-Tiem's wealth and fortune be taken away and banished An-Tiem and his wife to a far deserted island. However, fearing that An-Tiem and his wife will starve to death in a short period of time, the King allowed them to bring along enough foods *****rvive for at least three or four months.
An-Tiem's wife was so afraid of the lonely and deserted island upon arriving that she cried day after day. An-Tiem, however, with his confidence said to his wife: "God had given us life, He will give us foods." Before long, during the April time frame, a white Crane flew in from the West and landed on top of a small hill. Standing on top the hill, the Crane made a few calls and several of the watermelon seeds came out of his mouth. Upon seeing this, An-Tiem's wife grew very suspicious and afraid. She thought that this was a very strange omen and peculiar. However, An-Tiem was very calm. He said to his wife:
"This is not a strange omen, but rather foods God has given to us."
Days passed by and the seeds had come out to buds. Eventually, they filled up the small hill and yielded many fruits. An-Tiem took one and cut it our to eat. It had a very pleasant smell. An-Tiem ate it and gave to his wife. It had a very sweet and refreshing taste. He didn't know the name of fruits. However, he remembered that it was the white crane which brought over from the West direction. So, He named the fruit "Tay Qua" (Fruit from the West). It is now know as watermelon. He began to cultivate more around the little island. Eventually, they more watermelon that they could not eat them all. An-Tiem began to introduce to fishermen near by the island. They began to trade watermelons for others foods and materials. Words spread out to many people in nearby land and commercial ships that passed by. They also began to cultivate watermelons in lands. People like this fruit so much that they called An-Tiem and his wife "Tay Qua Phu Mau" meaning the "Parents of Tay Qua."
Meanwhile back in the Kingdom, King Hung Vuong missed An-Tiem and worried about him so much. One day, he asked his men to go out to the island to see if An-Tiem and his wife were still ok. So, they did. On their way to the island they heard so many thing about the fruit named Tay Qua and that people began to cultivate it everywhere. When they arrived, they noticed that An-Tiem and his wife were still alive and were doing very well and that Tay Qua was the fruit which An-Tiem introduced. They went back to the Kingdom and told everything to the King. King Hung Vuong was very pleased to hear that An-Tiem and his wife were still alive and doing well. However, he regret that he misunderstood An-Tiem and said:
"An-Tiem had never lied that everything he had was from his Predecessors. It is truly indeed."
The King then ordered his men to bring An-Tiem back home and gave the Mandarin title back to An-Tiem. He also named the placed which An-Tiem and his wife lived as "An-Tiem Chau Sa." The King remembered what An-Tiem said and began to used the fruit known as Tay Qua (now known as watermelon) during any major celebrations or feasts, especially during ceremony to remember pay homage to ones' ancestors. Thus had begun one of many Vietnamese's customs. Today, people still used watermelons in their feasts to remembered and pay homage to their ancestors as well as used it during New Year celebration or any major occasions.

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Banh Trung - Banh Day
(A Devoted Son)
Very long time ago even before the Birth of Christ, King Hung Vuong VI of the Hong Bang Dynasty, decided to retire from his throne after defeating the Chinese Invaders. He thought to himself that he was too old to lead the country. It was time to choose his successor so that he could enjoy the remaining days of his life in peace and leisure. So, one day he summoned all of his sons and said to them:
"I am now too old to handle and lead the country and am very tired. I want to have some peace of mind and enjoy the remaining days of my life in peace. I intend to hand over the throne to one of you, but I don't know which one of you would have the ability and wisdom to lead the country. So, I decided to test your heart of conscience. Whoever among you could prepare the best dishes to offer to our ancestors and also satisfy my taste shall be succeeded to the throne."
Upon hearing this, each prince set out on his journey to every corner of the kingdom to find the most exotic, unusual, and far-fetched foods to present them to the King. Among the princes, Prince Tiet Lieu was the youngest and poorest, but was the most devoted and considerate of all. Unlike his brothers, he chose to stay home with his father. However, he so poor that he could not afford to buy any exquisite dishes to offer to the ancestors and his father. He was very sad and worried because he didn't know what to do. It wasn't because he wanted *****cceed his father's throne. He just wanted to make his father happy.
One night after thinking about ways to make his father happy again, Tiet Lieu was exhausted and fell asleep. In his sleep, he saw an old man with white-silvered hairs approaching him and said:
"Your devout and caring has touched my heart very deeply. You truly deserved the royal throne of your father. You don't have to go anywhere to find foods. It is just a waste of time and money. Of all the foods, rice is the most precious and valuable of all, yet very abundant. You find anywhere in your father's kingdom." Said the Fairy. "Go and use glutinous rice. Cook it very thoroughly then mould it into a round rice cake, and call it Banh Day. This will symbolize the sky you live under. Then do the same for the square rice cake. Stuff cooked bean paste and ground meat in the middle of the square rice cake and call it Banh Chung. This will symbolize the earth. Present these cake to your father as offerrings to your ancestors." Having said that, the Fairy disappeared.
After waking up, Prince Tiet Lieu was very happy and set out to do exactly what he was told in the dream. The time came and King Hung Vuong summoned his sons again to find out what kinds of foods they brought to him. After tasting each and every foods of Tiet Lieu's brothers, the King shook his head in disappointment. However when the King ate the rice cake, he could sense a very special flavor and taste that he had not ate before in his life. Tiet Lieu then explained the meaning of each cake to his father. The King was so pleased that he decided to give his throne to Prince Tiet Lieu. After that, King Hung Vuong VI ordered that this recipe be passed out to all people in his kingdom. As the result, it has been a widely known in the Vietnamese customs. Every year during the New Year celebration, the Vietnamese people would cook Banh Chung and Banh Day and use them as a special offerings to their ancestors as well as special gifts to relatives and friends during the new year celebration. It has been the Vietnamese tra***ion until this day, even in this foreign land...

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Legend Of Betel Leaf and Areca Nut
Once upon a time, very long long time ago during the Hong Bang Dynasty, lived a very strong and tall man named Quang Lang. Because he was big and tall, the Emperor gave him a last name "Cao" (meaning tall). He had two identical twin boys. The older named Tan, the younger named Lang. They both lived and studied with the same teacher named Luu who also had a very beautiful young girl. The two bothers looked so much alike that people often mistook one for another, even their parents couldn't tell one from another. They loved and respected each other very dearly.
As they grew up, the bond between them also grew stronger. At the same time, their teacher's daughter also had grew up to be very beautiful and virtuous. They both fell in love with her, but never revealed it. It was so happened that it was time for the young girl to find a perfect husband. She decided to marry one of the twins. It was our custom that the elder was to marry first. However, she could not tell one from another. So one day, she brought a bowl of soup and a pair of chopsticks for both of them to see who was the elder. She noticed Lang (the younger) offered the bowl of soup to his brother, ( It is Vietnamese custom that the younger must pay his/her respect to the elder at all time. This was why the younger offered the bowl of soup to his brother to eat first.) and told her parents. As the results, she and Tan (the elder) were married. They became very intimately in loved with each other.
Meanwhile the younger twin (Lang) was very sad and disappointed, but felt glad that his brother had found true happiness. As time passed, the younger became very sad and lonely. He felt that his brother had distant himself from him. He no longer had the same attention, love and care that his brother used to provide. He wasn't mad nor angry at his elder brother for he knew that his brother had a wife and a family to take care.
One day, Lang (the younger) came to see his brother in his study room. However, his brother wasn't there, but instead his sister-in-law. Since the two look so much alike, she mistook him for her husband, but wasn't aware of her mistake. Thinking that he was her husband, she showed her affection. However, Lang felt deeply ashamed afterwards for what had happened that he ran away from home. He wandered aimlessly through the woods and villages. He came upon the edge of a small river. There wasn't anything for him to use to cross the river. He sat down and started to cry. So tired and exhausted, he passed away. At the spot of his death, sprang up a slender tree with a tuft of forlorn leave at the top. This tree was later known to be an areca nut tree. Its nuts are about the size of an adult's big toe and in the shape of a heart.
When the elder twin learned of his brother disappearance, he was deeply concerned. He decided to leave his wife in search of his brother. He too, went through woods and villages inquiring about his brother's whereabouts, but no luck. Finally, as though guided by fate, he also came to the edge of the same river, and learnt of his brother's death. So tired and exhausted, he leaned against the areca nut tree and cried. Before long, he went into a deep sleep and never wake up again. His body transformed into a block of limestone.
The wife, without knowing her mistake, waited for her husband at home. However, days had passed and no sign of him in sight. She decided to go out and look for her husband. She too also came upon the same river and discovered her husband's death. She held the block of limestone and started to cry to her last breath. She became a betel tree creeping and twining around the limestone and up the areca nut tree. The girl's parents later went out in search of their children and came upon the river. After discovering their daughter's death, they set up shrine at that spot to venerate. People from generation to generation praised the brothers for their devotion and unity - chastity and virtue for the husband and wife.
During the Summer, the Emperor often went out and usually stopped at this shrine to rest. He used to sit on the block of the limestone under the shade of the areca tree which had been covered by the betel leaves. One day while resting, The Emperor realized the beauty and serenity of the place. He asked how it came about. They told the story. So moved after hearing the story, he took the heart of the areca nut and a betel leaf to chew. He felt a comforting sensation like drinking the best wine in his kingdom. He spat on the limestone and his great astonishment, the liquid was as red as blood itself. After that, the Emperor declared that every festival, or party should serve these at the beginning. From that time on, betel chewing has been the beginning of every conversation. Especially, it has been the emblem of love and marriage. Until this day, betel leaves and areca nut are still the main offerings during any marriage engagement.

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The Snake & The Turtle
Once upon a time at a green river lived a snake and a turtle who bitterly hated each other. Each wanted to rule the whole the river as his own territory. They had fought with each other many times for control of the river without any compromise. The snake who was very greedy and proud of his fast and cunning move, always snicking behind and waiting for a chance to kill the turtle by biting his neck. The turtle, even though very slow, had a very thick and strong protective armor. Thus, every time Snake made his move, Turtle withdrew his head inside the safe, protective armor. As the results, Snake could not kill nor does any harm to the turtle.
The snake was very angry every time he went home defeated. He could not understand why Turtle's skin is so thick and strong that he couldn't bite nor break it. Because he was so greedy for control over the river, Snake ran out of patience. So, one day he decided to find out why he could not bite Turtle's neck, and what did Turtle do to make his skin so thick and strong. Snake thought to himself that will pretend nothing had happened and ask Turtle directly. However, Turtle knew of Snake's ill-intention, and resorted to trick by saying:
"It's useless. You will never be able to bite my neck nor my skin because we, Turtles had an old family secret method of making our skin strong as steel."
He then walked away without explaining any further. Snake was bitterly angry as he watched Turtle walked away. He vowed to himself that he will find out about this "old family secret" of Turtle, and promised to destroy Turtle after that for sure. So every night, he secretly snicked close to Turtle's house to see what "secret method" that Turtle had been practicing that would make him invincible. Since Turtle knew Snake's ill-intentioned, he continued to play his trick by pretending that he didn't know Snake was watching him. Every night, Turtle purposely stood in front of his house slashing his head off using the wooden knife. In reality, Turtle did not cut his head off. He just withdrew his head inside his shell and waited for Snake to leave, then came out again.
After watching Turtle's act, Snake was very excited that he finally knew a way of making himself invincible just like Turtle. So one day, he met Turtle and said:
"I had finally knew about your "old family secret" that would make you invincible. However, I'm still not quite sure what you were doing. Could you explain it to me?"
"I'll be happy to explain it to you." Turtle said. "It's really quite simple. It is actually an old practice of chopping your head off to make your skin invincible."
Because of his cruel, avaricious, and selfish nature, Snake also wanted to be invincible like Turtle. He pretended to be disappointed and said to Turtle:
"You are so lucky to have both arms and legs. I don't have the luxury of having arms to chop off my head." Turtle pretending to be helpful and unselfish, said: "If you mind, I am willing to help."
Snake was so delighted when Turtle offered his help. He thought to himself that he had tricked Turtle to reveal his secrets. He was excited that the moment has come for him to get rid of Turtle, but did not know the real danger was awaiting for him. The next day, Snake called all of his relatives to come to the bank of the river so they all could learn to be invincible. Turtle also called all of his relatives out to the river. Each was carrying a wooden knife and one by one cut off the head of each and every snake.
Greed, selfishness, and boastful of his cunning nature had blinded Snake. He could not see the real danger was awaited him. Deeply involved with the notion of getting rid of Turtle so he could rule the river by himself had cost his own life.

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Here Is My Wisdom!
Long, long time ago at a small village in Vietnam, lived an old farmer and his water buffalo. Every day, the Farmer went out to tend and work on his paddy rice field. And every day, his Water Buffalo would patiently and laborously help his owner pull the plow.
One day, while the Farmer and his Buffalo were plowing up the the rice field, a Tiger was wandering out of the jungle. He saw Buffalo was laborously and patiently pulling the plow and occasional receiving a strong whip from the Farmer. Tiger was totally surprised, amazed and confused at the sight. He thought to himeself - "why a big and strong Buffalo would endure such hard labor without any complaints. And, why such a smaller and weaker Human could control a strong Buffalo?" Tiger couldn't walk away without knowing why. So, he waited.
At noon time, the Farmer let loosed his Water Buffalo so he could also relax and have his lunch as well. Tiger took the opportunity to approach and talk to Buffalo.
"Hey, Buffalo! You are much bigger and stronger than the Human. Why do put up with all that hard work and still being whipped?"
Wasn't upset nor showed any sign of shame at Tiger's remarks, Buffalo, while eating his meal, turned around and whispered into Tiger's ear:
"Even though the Human is smaller and weaker, he has Wisdom!"
Tiger's curiosity grew stronger after hearing that. At the same time, he was puzzle for he didn't know what exactly is "Wisdom." He had never heard nor seen it before. So, turn around and ask Buffalo:
- "What is Wisdom? How does it look?"
Buffalo didn't know how to explain it to Tiger, so he just answered it plainly:
- "Wisdom... is Wisdom! What's else? If you want to know, why don't you go ask the Human?"
Could not walk away without satisfying his curiosity and knowing what exactly is Wisdom, Tiger slow approached the Farmer and asked:
- "Hey Farmer! Where is your Wisdom? Can I borrow and take a look at it?"
Thinking for a moment, the Farmer said:
- "I left it at home. I have to go home and get it. If you like, I can even give you some."
Tiger was very excited when he hear that. The Farmer stood up and pretend to go home. He walked a few steps then stopped suddenly like he forgot something. He turned around and said:
- "I can't go home. I am afraid that while I am gone, yo will kill and eat my Buffalo. Would you agree to let me temporary tie you up against this tree while I am gone? This way I could have the peace of mind to go home."
Because he was so anxious to know what is Wisdom, Tiger then agreed to be tied up against the tree. The Farmer then found a long twisted rope and tightly wrap Tiger against the tree. After he was done, the Farmer then piled up around the tree, including Tiger, with dried grass hay.
The Farmer then started to burn the dried grass and hay arund Tiger. Fire grew stronger and hotter. Tiger was stuck inside; all his fur was burnt. He screams, roars and struggle to free himself, but no luck. Buffalo, witnessing this scene, could not hold his laughter. He laughed so hard that his upper jaw hit a rock nearby breaking all of his upper teeth.
Fire continued to burn; Tiger was burnt so badly. Fortunately for him, fire had burnt off the twisted rope. Tiger took the opportunity and ran off into the jungle without looking back.
Until now, all Tigers still have the burnt marks on their bodies. These burnt marks are caused by the burnt rope.

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ONE HUNDRED EGGS, ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN
Thousands of years ago, Kinh-duong-vuong, King of Xich-quy, married Long-nu, a princess from Dong-ding-ho. Because of Long-nu's origin, their son Sung-Lam, popularly known as Lac-long-quan, was believed to be descended from the line of the Dragons. Lac-long-quan had superhuman strength, and he liked to stay near the water. He succeeded to the throne of his father, and governed the Lac-Viet tribe.
During that time, the Lac-Viet tribe was still isolated. Monsters and demons often appeared to harass people. There was a giant fish called Ngu-tinh, who lived hundreds of years in the East Sea. Ngu-tinh always swallowed up big fishing boats when they passed by his gulf. Thus, the fishermen were very frightened of him.
Lac-long-quan heard about Ngu-tinh's evil deeds and decided to exterminate him. He commanded his tribesmen to make a huge boat and went looking for Ngu-tinh. When he saw Ngu-tinh, he launched the sharp trident into the giant fish's mouth. This put Ngu-tinh in great pain. He soon died, floundered about the water. Lac-long-quan cut off Ngu-tinh's head with his sword. Thus, he had terminated the oppressing force for all the people in the Coast.
There was another evil oppression at Long-bien Province. The children there were often being taken away by Ho-tinh, an wily old fox with nine tails. Ho-tinh lived in a deep **** and usually got out at night to kill children. Lac-long-quan weaved five colors of threads into a big lasso and set up a trap at the entrance to the ****. When Ho-tinh got out that night, he was trapped; his neck was stuck in the lasso and he died.
On the way to the highlands of Phong-chau, Lac-long-quan was told about the evil stories of Moc-tinh. Moc-tinh was a century-old tree demon. He usually transformed into a human-form and went to sabotage the villagers' farms at nights. Lac-long-quan asked his men to make a big axe. he cut that tree down and Moc-tinh died within the tree.
After completely destroying the tree demons, Lac-long-quan educated his tribespeople about agriculture: how to sow rice seeds and harvest rice. Rice can be cooked by putting in a bamboo tube with some water and broil over the fire. One then splits the bamboo tube to get cooked rice.
Fishing boats usually had two big eyes painted on both sides of the anterior end. Fishermen had tattoos with designs of ferocious animals. Lac-long-quan believed that it was beneficial to have tattoo when the fishermen dive into the water, they would scare off the other marine animals with their mimicking designs.
At that time, De-Lai, King of another northern tribe made a trip to the South. He liked Lac-long-quan very much and married his daughter Au-co to Lac-long-quan. The groom was a talented man, the bride was a beautiful lady. They were a well-assorted couple. Pople in the tribe were very happy. They feasted for months.
Au-co got pregnant after one year. The tribespeople gathered up to help Au-co prepare for the birth: some boiled water, others sewed clothes or diapers. But Au-co only gave birth to a big membraneous sac instead of a baby.
The sac then became bigger and bigger. On the seventh day, it suddenly bursted; inside there were one hundred eggs. Each egg hatched into a little boy. The boys stood up and ran to their mother.
Au-co and Lac-long-quan spent all days and nights taking care of their one hundred children. The tribespeople often brought fruits and rice to the boys. The boys ate a lot and grew up very quickly. After a short period of time, they were as tall as their father.
Even though Lac-long-quan had a family of his own, he missed the Coast very much. He often went to visit his mother Long-nu. Au-co was sad because she thought her husband was not paying attention to their children.
Lac-long-quan said: "I am from the Dragon line. I like to dwell in the Coast. You are from the Fairy line, you like to be on highlands. Therefore we cannot live together. It is better that we separate now. You take fifty children to the highlands and I take fifty children to the Coast."
Since then, Lac-long-quan and Au-co separated; one went to the highlands and the other went to the Coast. The children of Lac-long-quan and Au-co were the ancestors of Lac-Viet. That's why Vietnamese call themselves "Dragon and Fairy descendants.
- THE END -

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