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Once there Iived a big wolf· When breeze started blowing, he roamed the areas to find ponds or lakes which had just dried up °to catch fish for food. When arriving at a pond which had completely dried up except a muddy hole full of a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs , the wolf was very glad and thought :I'm very lucky today. It is an unusual luck." The hrimp was indeed clever. On hearing what the wolf had exclaimed, he pleaded with the wolf, saying : We are all your food, brother wolf, but we are so muddy that we are not delicious for you to eat in such a state. " The wolf then said : What can I do to make you more delicious? The shrimp said: You should wash us clean first and eat. Then,. it will be more delicious. The wolf said: How can I take all of you to wash clean as there are so many of you? The shrimp replied:  be won-ied. I assure you of that, but you have to follow my instructions. The wolf said: do whatever you tell me to. So you have to lie down in the  the shlim...

Once upon a time, there were two men living next door to each other. One day, they agreed to go to lay a trap. In the late afternoon, the two men set offfor the forest where they would lay the trap. One of them said, I will lay a trap at the foot of this tree as this tree has fruit and animals often come to eat the fruit." The other man said," I also wish to lay my trap here, but as you have decided to lay yours here, so I have to lay mine at the top and let's wait and see in the morning whose trap will catch an animal." Then, one of them laid his trap at the foot of the tree while the other was climbing the tree to lay his at the treetop. After having laid their traps, the two men came back home. At that night, the man who laid trap at the treetop talked to his wife. He said," Since my ancestral period, I have never heard of anyone laying a trap at the top of a tree and catching afourfooted animal that walks on the ground. Now, how can I catch an animal as I ha...

  Long time ago, in Khmer kingdom there was a king named Preah Bat Bayong, who had a royal palace in Dangrek Mountain. The king had a wife named Neang Sak Kraob. She was the most beautiful woman with smiling face, and white complexion like an angel. The good fragrance of her body could be smelled around 16 kilometers. Then, this great fame was publicized to Siam king. This king sent a spy to find out and finally they knew that the queen was really a beautiful and faithful woman. The Siam king made a bad scheme to catch her to his kingdom for the great honor of his country. When Preah Bat Bayong knew this trick, he immediately took his wife, group of ladies- in- waiting, servants, officers and all soldiers to leave the palace by the junks toward the southeast in the nighttime. Before leaving, the king raised his both hands on the head and prayed to God, "May I achieve three wishes 1. Have a safe journey on the waterway, 2. Be not caught up by Siam soldiers 3. Find a good residence....

  In the west of Sangkae River in Sankae district about more than 10 kilometers in the south-east of Battambang town, there is a mountain called as "Phnom Banan". It is sacred place where the villagers always celebrate traditional ceremonies. The legend related to this mountain goes as follows: There was a millionaire who had a daughter called "Neang Rumsaysork". She always suffered from the menstrual disease for many years. Later there was a well-known hermit whose name was "Ta Kream”. He guaranteed to cure her health until she was healed. When she recovered from the disease, the millionaire married her to the hermit. The hermit instructed her to master various magic such as the magic to make tornado, etc ... The hermit and his wife lived in a cave known as Preah Teuk or Brateuk. This cave is located in the south of Phnom Banan nowadays. At that time Phnom Banan was called as "Phnom Prasat". Afterwards, there was a prince whose name was Chao Reachkul...

  Once upon a time, there was a king, his wife and a son as well as a lot of women servants, knights and other high-ranking officers.  The king ordered the people to cut down the forest in order to build the royal palace and a temple there. It was named “ Brasat Village” .  After Brasat was already built, the Kind ordered the people to cut down another forest at the northwest of Brasat to build another place with stone wall for woman savants. That place was called royal palace village or “Phum Vaing” ever since. After the royal palace was already constructed; the King ordered the people to cut down another forest at the west of Brasat to build a warehouse to store his assets. It was called “ Phum Sangklaing”. At that time, the Majesty gave the royal order to have the forest cut down at the southwest of Taing Krasaing Vallage for the residence of his concubines. It was then called “ Phum Cahmbak” ever since.  At the southwest of Chambak Village, there was a big lake w...