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Once upon a time there peacefully lived a husband and wife far away
from the others making their living by working the field. Although the
couple had lived a good life, they had often felt very sad that since
getting married, they had never had a single child. "Ton ight, the moon
is perfectly full because people celebrate the salutation-to-the moon
ritual. So why don't we try our luck by having a wish for a child? ", said
the wife. So, the two had prayed to the celestial elements for a child who
would become a torchlight for the family's future.

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One year later, the wife had got pregnant as they had wished for. They
had felt very ecstatic. When the pregnancy tenn had come, she had
delivered a child, but sadly, the newborn had been a frog. The husband
had been so furious that he had almost killed the creature with a knife.
The frog cried out: "Wait! Wait! My dad to whom I am much indebted.
Why can you have the heart to kill me? I also want to see the sunlight
like the others".

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Stupefied by the frog's utterance, the father had not been able to raise his
hand, while his anger over the son had disappeared. He had managed to
look after the child until he had grown up. At the age of 16, Chao
Kingkuk (the frog) had been able to help his parents like the other kids.
He had often helped carry water, tend cows and other chores for both of
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One day his dad and Chao Kingkuk had gone to fetch firewood deep in the forest.
"What is that sound out there, Dad? " asked Chao Kingkuk. They had then walked up
to where a woman shout for help had come from. "The princess! Oh dear' What a huge
snake' It wants to eat the princess ' horse", cried out Chao Kingkuk. Upon hearing
CbaoIKiDIlaJk's vOlce.-me wild snake had released the horse and turned toward Chao
allow Chao Kingkuk as its feed. But in the end. it had
rged a diamond ring out of its head
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The princess had said to Chao Kingkuk: "You are a big powerful frog. I
am very thankful to you for saving my life". Chao Kingkuk had helped
the princess out of the forest.

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There had been a kingdom called Chakrath, where a crown prince

named Kamheng Rith had been known to be the most powerful. He had
learned the magic and sword skills on a mountain in order to conquer
and annex all other kingdoms. After completing the learning, he had
returned to the palace. Back at the palace, the crown prince Kamheng
Rith had asked the king to allow him to make war with Mohaphoup
kingdom. The king had agreed to the request.

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Upon having learnt that the kingdom of Chakrath had intended to

capture its land, Mohaphoup kingdom for its part had order its supreme
conunander to lead soldiers to counter attack. But he had been defeated
and wounded by Kamheng Rith, and had fled. Half way back to the
palace, the supreme commander had met his remnants. He had managed
to reach the palace. He had recounted the fighting to the king, but he had
succumbed before being able to finish it. After the death of the death of
the supreme commander, the king had made an announcement to look
for strong men and with the promise that if anyone had been able to win
the war, the king would offer his daughter as his spouse and a high title
as a reward.

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Chao Kingkuk had heard the announcement, and he had asked his father
to take him to the king. Once meeting the king, Chao Kingkuk had asked
the monarch to allow him to be the chief of the army. The king had been
astonished and said to himself: "How is a frog able to speak?". He had
not uttered a word. Chao Kingkuk had repeated his request, thinking that
the king might have thought that he had been just an animal ; that was
why he had not said a word. He said: "Your Highness! Even thC!ugh I am
a frog, I am really willing to defeat the aggressors of our land. I am also
one of Your Highness subjects". The king had been inspired by what
Chao Kingkuk had said. He had smiled and said: "My brave general!
May you be victorious!". "Thank Your Highness!", replied Chao
Kingkuk.
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Chao Kingkuk had led the anny through one province after another and
at last they had arrived at the area invaded by the enemy. Kamheng Rith
could not help laughing at Chao Kingkuk when he had seen the animal,
and asked: "Your kingdom may .not have any strong men . That is why it
chooses a small animal as an anny chief. Upon hearing this, the soldiers
of Chakrath kingdom had also started to laugh at the frog. Chao Kingkuk
had kept quiet and walked toward a palm tree. He had uprooted the
palm tree and thrown it onto the anny of Kamheng Rith. He had then
inflated his belly and ejected magic air, killing many soldiers. In
response, Kamheng Rith had uttered magic spells to create many snakes
to kill the frog, but all were killed by Chao Kingkuk .

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Rith had used his magic rope to tie Chao Kingkuk. "You! Bloody beast! Your body
will become a pool of blood under my magic rope. Ha! Ha!", shouted the general
Kamheang Rith. Chao Kingkuk had tried hard to get himself free, but failed.
Hopelessly, he had raised his hands and prayed to his parents to help him out of the
magic rope so that he had been able to save the kingdom on time. The rope had
suddenly been detached, and the general Kamheng Rith had been very furious. He had
then enlarged himself to become as big as a giant, and pulled out the sword to take
Chao Kingkuk's life. had spewed the magic diamond out onto
Kamhcng Rith and killed .
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After defeating Chakrath kingdom, Chao Kingkuk had got back to the palace. The
king had said to Chao Kingkuk: "I will not break my promise I have made with you.
You have save our kingdom from the enemy". Then he had turned to his daughter, who
had also been present there, and asked: "Will you agree to accept Chao Kingkuk as
your husband ?". The princess had answered: "Yes, I do agree because the general
Kingkuk has once saved my life while I was taking a stroll in the deep forest. Chao
Kingkuk had then asked the permission from the king to take the princess to his native
village to meet his parents. The two had said good-bye to the king and set out to meet
the parents. Back home, Chao Kingkuk and the princess had knelt down before the
parents and recounted the story to them. Chao Kingkuk had then told his mother to
draw a cross with the magic diamond on his head and raised both hands in prayers by
saying: " May my son become a man as I wish!". The mother had followed what her
son had told and Chao Kingkuk had been turned into a very good-looking prince.

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auspicious ceremony and lived together happily.