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Chor Chitchea (Generous Thief). When the boy grew up, his
father passed away, leaving him to live with his mother. The
thief never thought of making his living. When the sky was dark,
he came out to steal the villagers' belongings. His mother always
gave him advice, but he never obeyed what she had told,
therefore she decided to send him to study the language at a
pagoda. This young fellow, however, did not study hard, he stole
belongings of the other people to feed his mother and himself
and never obeyed his teacher's advice.

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where he ordered all officials to meet him. "There is a
vacancy for the position of a district governor," the king
said to all officials. "If anyone pays 40 Kahapanaks for the
royal bank, I'll offer him that position." Then the king
went back to the royal palace. At that moment, when a low
ranking official arrived home, he was very anxious to hold
that position.

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king said that if anyone had paid 40 kahapanaks for the royal
bank, he'd allow him to hold the position of a governor of the
= =d:::"istrict." His wife replied, "I really want you to have this
position, but we're very poor. How can we have this sum for
the king?" Then both husband and wife prayed to Devata,
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thief sat under the house of that official and heard their
prayer; the thief felt pity for the offici at so he went to get 40
kahapanaks from his home and wrapped it in red cotton
cloth. The thief put his arm through the wall to leave the
package for the official and returned home. The next morning,
the official got up and found the red package. Unwrapping
the package, he saw 40 kahapanaks. To his surprise, he told
his wife, "We now get 40 kahapanaks from Devata./I His wife
suddenly and hurriedly approached to see with her own eye.
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cheerful.
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In the afternoon, the official took 40 kahapanaks to the king to

put in the royal bank. The king then assigned him the head of
that district. When the generous thief was aware that the low
ranking official was appointed as the head of the district, he stole
the properties of the people in that district and let the owner
capture him. The owner took the generous thief to the governor's
house. The governor ordered a prison leader to chain the thief
and detained him under his house. In the quiet night, the generous
thief talked to himself, "My God! I felt pity for him because he
wanted to be the governor, so at nighttime I myself left him 40
kahapanaks in red cotton cloth. He is now a leader of the
but unkin d to me. I am sadly detained by that
" And the generous thief kept saying his words.

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When the district leader and his wife heard this saying, they consulted
with each other. "The thief's words are similar to our story," said one
of them. "Let's go down to ask him." The district governor went
down to ask the thief, "We heard what you have said, we have
understood some words. Say it again, please." The generous thief
replied,
"I have always stolen things from people every night to earn a living.
When you were a low ranking official, not yet a district leader, one
night, after returning from stealing, I sat under your house hearing
you tell your wife that you needed 40 kahapanaks for the king, since
you wanted to be the district leader in a province. I felt pity for you,
so I went home to bring 40 kahapanaks wrapped in red cotton cloth.
I put it at your head side and then returned home. When I heard that
you became a district leader, I came to steal the people's belongings
in your district in order to be captured. When taken to you, I was
severely punished."
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the governor replied, "It's true. I could become a district leader
because of your assistance. Don't worry! I'll free you tomorrow. And
we'll be friends."
The district leader asked, "What's your name?"
"My name's Chor Chitchea," the thief replied.

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When the sun was rising, the governor released Chor Chitchea and said, "Pal! I'll
raise you, so stop stealing from people."
"] can't stop," refused the thief, "] steal only little money to raise my widowed
mother." The leader gave Chor Chitchea 30 kahapanaks for his mother, but he
declined the offer. "Where's your house?" asked the governor.
"It's over there," the thief replied. Then he requested to return home.
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for months. The low ranking official intended to kill the minister. He
had an honest maid, who was very good at serving her master.
In the quiet night the official talked to his maid, "I need your favor. I
am full of hatred for the minister and want to assassinate him. I do not
have anyone to help me but you. I've discovered that you're the
cleverest among the others."
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serve him best as what you have done to me. After the minister trusts
you and he will permit you to work indoor, at a time of quiet when he
is deeply asleep, pour some boiling lead into his mouth. He must be
boiled to death and no one knows how he is killed. And if the scheme
is successful, I'll pay to free you from slavery." The maid listened and
took her master's order.

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house. He h eard every word the official spoke to his maid. Later, the maid left the
official to borrow som e money from the minister and asked to work for him . The
minister bought her back in order to serve him. She tried her best to serve the
minister and his wife that they had never been upset. The minister and hi s wife
tru sted her and let her serve them closely inside the house ever since.
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anyone is possible to find the murder of the minister of justice, I will allow him to
replace his function", said the king and went back inside after hi s proclamation.
All officials return ed their hom es respectively. Meanwhile, the distri ct governor,
who was a friend of the generous thief, had strong desire to take that position. He,
therefore, went to see the generous thief. "My dear friend, what are you lookin g
for?" asked the generous thief. And the governor told him, "1 want to ask yo u
about the death of minister of justice who was secretly killed and no one has
known what caused him to death." Now the king said, "1£ anyone can find who
killed the minister, he will appoint that person to take the position of the minister
of justice instead, ha ve you known this matter? As 1 am desperately anxious to be
a person in charge of that position. The generous thief replied, "1 have known this
matter clearly, because that night after stealing the people, I sat und er the house
of a low ranking official, just not far from the north of the minister of justice's
house, hearing tha t official talk to a servant." And the generous thief narrated all
the account of story to his friend. The thief sa id, "Please tell this story to the king,
and ask for the permission to dig up the corpse. If the lead is found inside the
dead body's belly, you will be appointed as the minister of justice eventually,"
added the generous thief. The di strict governor returned home happily after he
had listened to the story.
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tell the story to the king; there he ordered his servants to arrest tha t official and
his m aid servan t. After that he ord ered to have the corpse dug up an d cut open
the belly; then the lead w as really found inside the dead body. The klng ordered
to have a hearin g, and the maid servant confessed that she rea lly killed the
minister. Therefore, the king sentenced both of them into dea th, and then he
app ointed the district governor as th e minister of justice ever since.

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servant to invite the generous thief, his friend to see him. The genero us thief
arri ved as invited by minister, he suddenly said, "My dear friend! you have done
me a lot of fa vo rs; I nowadays became the minister of justice, because of your
assistance. So you sho uld abandon stealing other people's properties from now
on, and 1 pledge to s upport you and your mother for whole life." "I would steal
once", replied the generous thief, a nd went back to his house. At night, he went
to steal a m erchant from whom he had collected much money and a lot of clothes
for his moth er.
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"Dear friend! Last night I stole the money and a lot of clothes.
Please believe me; I will abandon my job of stealing from
now on." The minister replied, "I am very cheerful that you
decided to drop out of such a job. You can come to me at any
time if you are in the shortage, and I ensure to support you
for your whole life." The generous thief, after all, left the
minister and lived happily with his mother. And they both
became closed friends, who supported each other as their
promise. The End
The generous person is always supported.