1. Nang Bughoykhan
(told by Suksan Petborom)
Long ago , There had one woman name Wantha. She is
meddlesome person. She likes to talk for making people to
quarrel each other. One day, She missed her relative who live
so far from her. She decided to go to visit them. While she was
travelling, She was strayed to go to the desert where no have
any water for her to drink. She got so tired and felt thirstily.
Suddenly, the couple of eagle was flying to find food saw her.
They suggested each other to help this woman. “Look look my
dear, that is a woman who got so tired”. They catch a wood for
her to hang and they also fly on the sky. While they were flying,
Nangwantha still think to talk for making this couple of eagle to
be polemical. She told the male eagle that “madam I think your
husband fall in love me” then she moved to a male eagle and
told him that “Sir, I have some secret to tell you. Your wife had
love with another eagle”. She moved and moved to tell this
couple many times. So, both of eagle so very angry, they
argued each other until they were leave that wood down.
Suddenly, the meddlesome woman falled down too. When she
falled in the floor, she became some plants which is very itchy.

2. When she falled in the water, she became some shellfish which
is very itchy too. The causes of gossipy are many problems that
make people angry each other.
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4. The weapor to kill the tiger
(told by Kirayano)
In the past, every animal could talk and communicate
each other like human. There had a village where villagers live
together with peaceful. They had easy ways of life, they to go to
find forest food in the forest and mountains. At that time, the
villagers were facing with big problem that the tiger from deep
forest came to harm and kill people there. The headman of this
village was announced to the villager to prepare some weapons

5. to kill that tiger. Before they go to forest, tiger was ensconced
behind the trees. The headman asked his villagers that which
weapon they had. Someone told that “I have a hoe, I have a
shovel, I have a knife” and etc. Until a man told him that “ I
have just my penis”. The tiger heard the word “penis” he felt so
scared and ran a way to escape there. While he was running,
he saw a pregnant woman who cutting dry wood in the forest.
He asked her that “what did make your stomach became so big
like that”. The pregnant woman told that” a penis of my
husband was lunge me. So, the tiger felt more scare and run
very fast until he was stumble and died later.
Storyteller : Kirayano Age : 63 years old Occupation : monk
Place correction : Chaichumphon temple, Khamrieng sub-
district, Kantarawichai district,Mahasarakham province
Date correction : 20th august 2012

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7. The Monk and the Neophyte

8. (told by Kirayano)
Onece, long ago. There had a monk and neophyte lived in
a temple. The new neophyte just ordained so short time, So he
didn’t know any ceremony of Buddhism monk as well. One day,
People were making merit at the temple. The monk called a
new neophyte to join having lunch. Suddenly, a neophyte was
comings, then the monk asked him to offer things to a monk.
He didn’t know how to offer these things. So he asked that “
How I offer these things to you monk ? Then the monk picked
some egg and hurl it to the neophyte’s hood and said that” This
is the way to offer thing to me, please remember well”.
Next day, the monk went out around village to receive food
offering where had many children been run and played each
other. At that time, many dogs were barked him also. The old
woman who had some problems for hearing told those children
that “ everyone !! everyone please banish monk for the dog.”
Then, He saw an old woman and asked her that “Where are
you from? And what are you carrying in your basket?” she was
a not good remember so. she said that “I am carrying monk
from temple to go to my field sir ”

9. One day, people came to make merit at the temple. They
took some jackfruit which is the favorite fruit of the monk. He
asked a new neophyte to offer him that jackfruit. The neophyte
remembers how to offer that the monk taught him before. So,
he took the jackfruit up and hurl it to the monk’s head. A monk
asked him that “Why you do like this” and he said “I do like this
because of your teaching”
Storyteller : Kirayano Age : 63 years old Occupation :
monk
Place correction : Chaichumphon temple, Khamrieng sub-
district, Kantarawichai district,Mahasarakham province
Date correction : 20th august 2012
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