Lao Folktales Rights to culture these essays are accessible and

these essays are accessible and informative

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Domonique Lonchant

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Lao Folktales Rights to culture these essays are accessible andHere in one slim volume is a selection of the best known and best loved Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. We meet the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng who matches his wits with merchants, monks, and kings. We find a quick witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages fluently. The reader may recognize a whisper of Aesop or a