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1 Tam and Cam Once upon a time, there had a little girl Her name was Tam Tam’s mother died when she was child so her father decided to remarry on purpose the stepmother would take care of her The stepmother had a daughter whose name was Cam She gave her daughter Cam much love but she didn’t give Tam a little She hated Tam However, she also did not dare to mistreat Tam because of her father Years after, Tam’s father died Tam had to live with her stepmother and her sister From the time, she was forced to work hard, all of their housework while Cam didn’t need to anything One day, her stepmother called both of them to come and give each one a corf She asked them to catch fish She promised he would give a sheet of red silk to person whom could catch a full coft of fish and shrimps Tam and Cam obeyed They went toward fields and caught fish there While Tam worked hard to catch fish, Cam only wandered around She sang and lay comfortably on grass Till afternoon, she hadn’t caught anything yet while his sister, Tam had had a full fish corf “Sister! Sister, Your head is mud You have to bath Or mother will scold.” said Cam gently as she saw Tam’s corf Tam believed her She went to the shore, waded in river then then dived to wash her hair She put his fish corf on the shore before that When she was diving, Cam kept staying on the shore He took and poured entire Tam’s fish and shrimps into her scof then she hurriedly run toward home When Tam turned back the shore, Cam had gone There her corf was empty Tam broke in sobs Her tears dropped from her eyes and wetted her shirt Then But appeared and asked: “Why you cry?” Tam stopped crying She told But about her fish corf But listened carefully and then he said: “Do you see anything remaining in your corf?” Tam looked in her corf and discovered a little goby “There have only a little goby.” she said “Bring this goby to your home and put into your well Everyday, after meals, bring it a bow of rice When you come there, you have to call it Goby! Goby! Swim up, eat silver rice, golden rice Don't eat spoiled rice of others then die.” Then But disappeared Tam brought the goby to home He put it in the well after her house Everyday after meals, she always brought a bow of rice to there and dropped in the well Whenever the goby heard Tam sang, it appeared and ate the rice then disappeared after that The goby grew up very fast It Tam feel happy every time she fed it Unfortunately, her stepmother started paying attention in her behaviors She felt curious as Tam kept staying at the well to long after meals Therefore, she asked Cam follow after her and observe Cam obeyed She followed his sister to the well and hid herself Goby! Goby! Swim up, eat silver rice, golden rice Don't eat spoiled rice of others then die.” Tam sang The goby appeared and eat her rice Cam repeated Tam’s saying then made the way to her mother Shee told her mother all things she seen and heared The next morning, Cam mother called Tam to come and said: "Oh my daughter, villagers start forbid cattle on our fields Tommorrow you herd, you have to go away Don't let our cattle eat rice, people will catch cattle." Tam obeyed In the next morning, she herded the cattle away from the village while Cam and her mother kept staying at home They brought a bow of rice, went to the well and called the goby Goby! Goby! Swim up, eat silver rice, golden rice Don't eat spoiled rice of others then die.” Cam sang The goby appeared Cam’s mother had stayed by the well She caught it at one At afternoon, Tam brought the cattle back home After the dinner, she brought a bow of rice the the well and called the goby However, the goby didn’t appear as usual though Tam had called it many times At last, there had a blood clot emerging from the water Tam knew that her goby could be harmed She broke in tears But appeared and asked: “Why you cry?” he said Tam stopped crying She told But about her goby “Your goby had been slaughtered.” said But, “Don’t cry more Pind its bones, put into four small bottles then bury them under your bed’s feet Then But disappeared Tam followed But’s saying, found her gob’s bones She searched everywhere in the garden but she couldn’t find them a rooster saw her, it approached and said: “Give me a little rice, I find it for you.” Tam threw some rice to it The rooster ran into their kitchen, dug up ashes then took out the bones Tam picked up the bones, put in four small bottles then buried them under her bed’s feet as like But’s saying Short time later, king of the country held a festival Many people made their way to there and participated in the festival Clothes traders from everywhere in the country found the way to castle and sold their clothes for people participating the festival Cam and her mother dressed beautifully and managed to go to the festival Tam also wanted to go with them but her stepmother gazed at her She mixed two panniers of rice and bean then said: "Daughter, you have to sort them Don’t stop till you finish I will use the rice to cook our dinner When you finish, you can go wherever you want.” Then Cam and her mother left Tam there, the found the way to put on their dressed then rushed to the festival Tam’s heart sunk into bad mood She sat down and started sorting An hour passed but she only sorted a little Sadly, she bursted into tears But appeared and asked: “Why you cry?” “My stepmother forced me to sort I’m only allowed to go festival after I finish When I finish, the festival will have ended.” she said “Don’t cry more Bring them to midde yard, I will order birds to come and help you.” But said “If the birds eat rice, I will be beaten.” said Tam “When they came, you only need to say Small birds! Small birds! sorting! sorting! if you eat, you will be punished, punished!” But sang Seconds later, dozens of birds flew down her yard and began sorting They kept doing and only short time later, all rice and bean were sorted When they scattered, Tam burst in sob again But appeared and asked: “Why you cry girl?” “My clothes looked too shabby People will never let me go in the festival.” she said “Do you remember four goby bone bottles?" asked But, “If dig them up, you will have all things to participated the festival.” Tam obeyed She dug up the bottles When she dug up the first bottle, she had a beautiful dress, a sheet of silk, a camisole and a nice hat When the second bottle was dug up, she had a pair of embroidered shoes which fit completely on her feet She opened each by each glass jars They poured white smoke When she dug up the third bottle, there had a little horse When they put the little horse on ground, it neighed then transformed into a normal horse She dug up the fourth bottle and there had a set of horse harnesses Tam hurriedly go bathing, dressed them mounted on her horse then rode to the festival Only short time, she had arrived to capital However, as she rode cross a muskeg, she dropped a shoe there Tam didn’t have time to pick it up She kept riding to the festival When she came there, she wrapped the other shoe then rushed into the crowd of people going the festival The king and his soldiers marched to the festival after that When they arrived to the muskeg, two elephants which led the crowd of people suddenly stabbed their ivories on ground They roared didn’t want to move The king ordered soldiers to wade in water and find Later, they found the embroidered shoe Tam had dropped there The king took it He kept watching it didn’t felt bored “Oh this shoe is beautiful Its mistress must be an extremely beautiful person.” thought the king Immediately, the king informed for all women in the festival to try on the shoe He would get married with the person who could put on the shoe The crowd turned noisy Women rushed to try on the shoe but no one could put on Cam and her mother also were in the people When they left the crowd, Tam made her way to there Cam hinted her mother to see Tam “Mother, who looks like sister Tam also come to try.” said Cam “Oh my daughter,” said Cam’s mother, “Jade bells also can’t be the king’s wife, how can the broken jar which was left by fence?” she sneered However, when Tam put on the shoe, it fit completely She unwrapped her other shoes and put on They were a pair Soldiers started yelling happily Maids were ordered to come and bring Tam go to castle Tam walked on the palankeen front of Cam and her mother who felt both angry and jealous with her Though the life in castle was happy, Tam didn’t forget her her father's anniversary of death When it came, Tam begged the king to let her back home help her stepmother to a feast When she came home, the envies of Cam and her mother grew up again Her stepmother immediately had a plan to harm her “You have been great in climbing before.” she said, “Please climb on the areca tree and take a chamber of areca I want set it on your father's altar.” she said Tam obeyed When she climbed up to top of the areca tree, her stepmother kept staying under the root, took machete and started chopping it The areca tree shook, Tam turned down and asked: “What are you doing there mother?” “It has a lot of ants there I am expelling them They will come and bite you if I don’t it.” she said Then the areca tree was fallen down Tam fell in water then died Her stepmother hurriedly took of her clothes gave it to Cam She brought Cam to the castle lied that Tam in accident drowned Therefore, Cam was brought to there to replace her After Tam died, she transformed into an oriole The oriole immediately flew to the king’s garden after that There Cam was staying by a well washing king’s clothes The oriole stoped landed on a branch and said: “Dry my husband’s clothes, please dry on pole Don’t dry on fence, it will be torn.” said the oriole Then it flew toward the castle at one, landed on a window and sang very well The king was very sad because of Tam, now suddenly an oriole appeared and accompanied with him It made him feel relieved much “Oriole! Oriole! If you was my wife, please go in my sleeve.” Immediately, the oriole landed on the king’s hand then got in his sleeve From the time, the king always accompanied with the oriole He even forgot eating and sleeping as he stayed by it Cam hurriedly went to home and told to her mother Her mother told her to slaughter the oriole and found the way to lie her Tam went back castle She waited for the king walked out She caught the oriole, slaughtered it then threw it feathers back garden The king lost his oriole, he found Cam and asked Cam lied him “I am pregnant I crave bird meat so I have slaughtered it.” she said The king didn’t say anything He left after that The oriole’s feathers buried in the garden transformed into two neems When then king strode to there, their canopies bent down and covered on his head The neems were beautiful The king liked them very much He ordered soldiers to hang a hammock there He kept staying there and had a rest When he left, the neems stood up straight Their canopies turned back their places From that time, the king always came there and took resting under them Cam knew it He found the way to back home and told her mother Her mother to her to chop the neems and found the way to lie him When she came back castle, she ordered soldiers to fall down them and created a loom When the neems were fallen down, the king found the way to ask her, Cam answered him “The neems were fallen by storm I ordered soldiers to creat a loom and weave your clothes.” she said However, as Cam sat on and started sewing, the loom spread out terrible sounds and a muttering voice “Creeek! Creeek! Rob my husband! I hook your eyes!” Cam was frightened She rushed to home, found her mother and told her about it Her mother told her to burn the loom and found the way to drop the ashes away from the castle When Cam went back castle, she burnt the loom then took ashes to a road distant from the castle then poured it there The ashed on the roadside grew up an fruit tree The fruit tree grew up very high It had many braches and leaves When the season of fruit came, it only bore fruit However, its sweet smell spread out whole the place An old woman lived near that One day, she went cross there and smelled it She raised her head and saw the fruit She took out her posket then muttered: “Fruit! Fruit! Fall down in my pocket I don’t eat you I only smell.” 10 ... accompanied with him It made him feel relieved much “Oriole! Oriole! If you was my wife, please go in my sleeve.” Immediately, the oriole landed on the king’s hand then got in his sleeve From the time,... there waiting for her The maid gave him her serving and said: ? ?I only received it, a bowl of burnt-rice It may help you to relive your hunger." But received it and ate entire it “Why did you cry?”... forced me to sort I? ??m only allowed to go festival after I finish When I finish, the festival will have ended.” she said “Don’t cry more Bring them to midde yard, I will order birds to come and