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A hunter is walking in the jungle when he
encounters a man trapped in a pit
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The man, the head chow’s goldsmith, asks the
hunter to help him escape. If he does, then the goldsmith will always remember
his kindness, and he offers his assistance for anything he might need in the
future
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The hunter then finds a tiger that was caught in
a snare intended for an elephant
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The tiger says, “if you ever need help, just
call me and I will come”
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The hunger then finds a snake trapped in a well
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The snake also offers his assistance in the
future whenever the hunter may need it
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Unbeknownst to the hunter, the tiger killed the
chow’s child after being freed by the hunter
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The hunter wanted to see if the tiger would hold
true to his word, so he called him in the forest
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The tiger gave the hunter a long golden chain
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The hunter went to sell the chain at the goldsmiths
(the one he saved), and the goldsmith recognized the chain and proclaimed that
the hunter is the one who killed the chow’s child
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The goldsmith had his men apprehend the hunter,
and he took him to the chow so that he could collect the reward
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The chow told the hunter that he would die tomorrow,
and the hunter begged for seven day’s respite, which was granted
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The hunter then called on the snake
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The snake brought the hunter a medicine to cure
blindness, and then the snake put his venom in the eyes of the chow’s wife,
which caused her to go blind
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The chow searched for someone to cure his wife’s
blindness
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The chow heard of the hunter’s aptitude with
herbs and medicine so he sent for the hunter
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The hunter gave the wife the medicine that the
snake gave him and cured her
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The chow wanted to reward the hunter, and the hunter
tells him how he got the chain, the medicine the serpent gave him for helping
it, and of the goldsmith, who forgot the good deed the hunter did for him and
accused the hunter so he could get a reward
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Upon hearing the truth, the chow put the
goldsmith to death and gave half of his province to the hunter
Tiger. Source: Wikipedia.
Bibliography: This story can be found here. Story source: Laos Folk-Lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson, with photographs by W.A. Briggs (1899).
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