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September 10, 2017

THE STORY OF THE TORTOISE (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

THERE was once a man who had two wives. Now as everybody knows it is always the chief wife that the husband loves best, while the other instead of being Mae Long, is only Mae Noi, and this...

September 8, 2017

HOW THE HARE DECEIVED THE TIGER (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

AT the beginning of the world a hare, tiger, ox, buffalo, and horse became friends and lived together. One day the tiger was out hunting when, it being in the middle of the hot season, the...

September 7, 2017

STORY OF THE PRINCESS NANG KAM UNG (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

THERE was once a king who reigned over one of the largest States in the hill and water country. For a long time there had been war between him and the sau hpa of the neighboring State, but...

September 6, 2017

THE TWO CHINAMEN (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

AGES ago, when this world was new, having been created but a short while, two Chinese boys left their native country and started out on their travels to discover things new and strange. After wandering for...

September 5, 2017

HOW BOH HAN ME GOT HIS TITLE (SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES, 1902) BY WILLIAM C. GRIGGS

BOH Han Me was one of the greatest generals who ever lived in the hill and water country. Just what his original name was nobody knows now, but this story tells how he gained his title....

September 4, 2017

Moonshine (STORIES OF THE FOREIGN LEGION, 1947) by P. C. WREN

La Cigale, the Mad “Grasshopper” of the VIIth Company, was solemnly dancing by the light of the moon. He was a fine soldier and a hopeless lunatic, and had once been a Belgian Officer...