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Krason Kingdom. The King had two queens. The first queen was called Vong Thyea
and had two sons, namely Voreak Vong and Sora Vong. The second queen was called
Muntea and had a son, named Vei Vongsa.

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Since the three sons became of age, the second queen named Muntea was obsessed
with jealousy, for she was afraid that all the royal properties would be granted to the
sons of the first queen. Hence, she tried to ignite trouble every day. One day, Sora
Vong and Voreak Vong were playing in the campus. Then , she suddenly grabbed the
two royal boys and caught them between her thighs. And she called out to the others
and made an accusation that the two royal boys looked down on her and forcefully
abused her as the second queen. Having seen that, the King became furious and
ordered the executioner to kill the two royal boys without any further consideration.
However, due to the power of good deed of the royal boys, when the executioner was
about to kill them, the queen named Vong Thyea plead the executioner not to ki II her
sons. The executioner felt sympathetic and brought the two royal boys out of the
Kingdom. The queen gave a royal ring to each of the royal boy and she asked them to
promise to return to the Kingdom in ten years. Following the advice from their
mOlther-,ti)c:,tvm royal boys started an adventurous journey into the forest due to their
asleep under a tree in a quiet forest, for they were exhausted.
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At that time, the Indra saw the princes; he immediately created a white magic chicken
and a black magic chicken coming to look for food around the princes. And they said,
"I am a black chicken. If anyone eats me, he will take reign in seven years. " [ am a
white chicken. If anyone eats me, he will take reign in seven months." After saying that,
the two chickens fought with one another in front of the princes till their last breathe.
The princes were astonished. As they were starving, Sora Yong picked the white chicken,
while Vireak Yong picked the black chicken and cooked them for food with peaceful
mind. After eating the chickens, the princes traveled for seven months. They alTived at a rest
hall in a forest near Kunthapor Borei Kingdom. And they took a rest there.
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and soldiers organi zed a search for the fortunate person to govern the royal properties
of their country. They co mp leted the parade and started the j ourney by placi ng the
royal elephant with the royal canopy in the front, ded icating that if the fo rtunate
person is found , may the royal elephant stop in fro nt of him. When royal elephant
arrived at the rest hall where the princes were sleeping, it stayed still. The roya l
servants and soldi ers got up to the rest hall and invited the prin ce named Sora Yong to
reign the royal properties in Kunthapor Borei.
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servants did not agree with the prince; they carried him and put him onto the roya,..-4-
canopy and paraded him to the capital The prince was filled with great nostalgia for
his younger brother and asked the royal servants to bring him along, but they refused
to do so. When they arrived at the Kingdom, a ceremony was organized for the
marriage of Sora Yong and the princess named Sa Boch Pha who was the daughter of
the then King, and for granting him the crown to be the King with peace ever after.
For the princes named Yoreak Yong, when he wake up and could not find his older
brother, he cried and became so worried. He walked around to call out for him
throughout the forest, but he could never find him. Yireak Yong felt hopeless. He did
not know where to go. He decided to walk across the forest following the footprints
of the elephant till he arrived at the royal palace of his older brother. He asked
permission from the guard in order to get in and look for his older brother. However,
he was refused and even threatened.

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walked away from there according to his fate. Having traveled across the
for five days and nights, he arrived at the house of an old lady nearby the royal
.....:s,.mla1ce ofthe King named Preah Bat Thoranit in a Kingdom. He then asked the old adv- - - i
a stay for one night. She allowed him to stay with glee. However, the vicious old lady
royal ring and assumed that he was a thief stealing the royal property. She got . . .
and infom1ed the King about it. The King was raged and ordered the soldiers to catch
and tie the prince up for interrogation. Though the prince answered that the ring was
inheritance from his mother, the King still accused him as a thief and ordered the
soldiers to put him in the iron cage with a brutal situation. One day, a ferocious giant
invaded Chey Borei Kingdom reigned by the King named Sor Toat who was a close
of the King Thoranit the Kingdom was in great turbulence. The giant event came
the royal palace and chased out the spiritual guards guarding the royal palace gates.
And the giant intended to eat the King Sor Toat. However, he had not the place
to catch the King yet. He himself in a the splP'LUal gqarus si nred.
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to inform him about the matter and ask him for assistance. Once Preah Thoranit
informed, he ordered the soldiers to push the junk into the water to Chey ~~.:__ •
Kingdom. However, the soldiers were not able to push it into the water, and
""'-::~~armo'mc,ed for a strong person to do this. The prince named Vireak Yong who wa' _'J'
iron cage claimed that he could push the junk The King promised if he could
junk, he would be released and given a lot of gifts. Due to his predestination, uW_.""." W
push the junk at ease. The King then traveled by the junk to Chey Borei Ki"ou\Jp;
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to tell her that the prince Voreak Vong was her spouse in the previous incarnation. From
the time she woke up, she had been thinking about the prince till she fell deeply in love
with him. The prince was also in love with her. From day to day, the prince and the
princess had been talking to each other. Following his talk with Preah Bat Sor Toat, her
father, Preah Bat Thoranit added that, "T have a boy who had stolen the royal property.
And I put him for punishment into an iron cage. But this boy is very strong; he could
push a junk that many people could not do it. He accompanies me, and now he is in the
camp outside the palace. We should let him try with the giant. Let's see whether he
agrees to do it. If he does, though he could not win over the giant, it would not matter,
as he is already an offender." Having thought about that, he instructed a servant. to call
the prince Vireak Vong, and he told him about the vigorous giant who wished to eat the
King SOT Toat at the time. He asked the prince to kill the giant. If he could do it, the
prince would get a lot of gift.

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dan geE e then let his daughter named Voreak Votey be the queen of the
the prince reign the whole Chey Borei Ki,ngdom as well. The prince reigned the two
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second queen, they were living happily in Chey Borei Kingdom. The spiritual guards
who used to take care of Chey Borei Kingdom and had escaped at the time, came back
to guard Chey Borei Kingdom. And ey ffered Keo Moniroat (crystal ball) to Preah
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like visiting the Kingdom of his parents as advised by his mother that he should return
in ten years. The King said good bye to his father-in-law a!!f!.t~e queens ~ visit the
Kingdom of his parents alone. But the queen Kes Kesey didlnot agree to stay. She
wished to go with the King. However she was pleaded to stay, she l;i:lU~ agree to
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queen Kes Kesey swirled the ball and flew away. When y am~d ~ the hut of a
hermit, they took a rest there. Then, the King walke<Mfi' lUnd w·M his queen. At that
time, the hermit stole Keo Moniroath (the cryst<jl. iiirI-) swirle it and flew up in the
air for fun. Since the wind was so strong that th~~mi ell dow · with his head pulled
~~ offand died, while Crystal ball fell into the Kunthapor Borei Kingdom, the Kingdom
of the older brother. The soldi ers picked up the ball 0 Preah Bat.$ora Vong.
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the King Voreak Vong and queen Kes Kesey knew that the hermit stole the ball
away, they walked up to the bank of a river. They swam holding on to a piece
in the middle ofthe great vast of water. Unfortunately, the King and the queen
by the storm and placed apart away from the piece of wood. The queen Kes
J\..e,,,ey drifted on the river bank. She tried to look for her King, but she could not find
him. She used her handkerchief as the flag so that her King would recognize her and
know that she was still alive. And she walked through the forest all alone. Till she
arrived in Kunthapor Borei, she met a hunter. She begged him for a stay in his house.
The hunter felt so sympathetic toward her and asked her all about her story. Then, he
brought her to his home.
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Unfortunately, the queen was scorned by the hunter's wife with many heartbreaking
words and accused that she was a vicious woman who tried to love her husband.
Though the queen agreed to be their mad, she still behaved in a way that looked down
and threatened the queen every day. The queen was trying to focus on her work,
cleaning the house regularly like a slave. When she reached seven months of pregnancy,
she was to deliver the baby. The queen felt great pain in her abdomen; she cried, but
no one could ever help her. The hunter's wife chased her out to deliver the baby outside
the fence of her house, for she was afraid that it might bring bad luck to her house.
The queen tried to crawl with her hand holding on to her abdomen till she reached the
road outside the fence. At that time, she gave birth to a baby in the open area under
strong rain, thunder and stonn with loads of suffering.
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At that time, the Indra saw the queen delivered a baby in a situation like that. He
magically created an aged lady to take care of the baby and promised the queen that,
"You can take back the baby at my house in the East. To recognize whether the child
is yours, you shall leave something with him. She then took off the royal ring the King
gave her and tied it to her baby neck. Then she returned to work for the hunter's wife
as before. Upon her return, the Indra magically created a big vulture to stay over and
protect the baby, and magically created a clean piece of cloth "silk cloth" to put the
baby on at the place, through which the King of Kunthapor Borei Kingdom usually
traveled. One day, Preah Bat Sora Vong, the King of Kunthapor Borei Kingdom went
hunting. He saw the vulture was covering the baby in the middle of the road. He
ordered the soldiers to bring the baby to him. The King then saw the ring of his
younger brother, prince Voreak Vong. He was wondering; then, he returned to his royal
palace and had a rest hall built.
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In the hall, the King instructed to have painted pictures of his story from the beginning
till the time he reigned the Kingdom. And he announced about his donation to the
public. If anyone asked for anything from the King, he would give it in the public hall.
From that time on, the crowds of people often went there to get the donation from the
King and they looked at the painted pictures on the wall with joy. Talking about
Yoreak Yong, since he was hit by the storm and separated, he drifted to the river bank.
He had been searching for his queen. And he found the handkerchief the queen placed
it as a sign. He realized that she was not dead. Then, he continued looking for her for
many months. When he knew that the King donated all kind of food to people, he
entered the hall with the intention to get food. When he saw the paintings on the walls
of the hall depicting his own story and the persons looked like his older brother and
him, he was sobbing and became fainted there.

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The royal servants saw that and informed the King. The King then instructed them to
bring him in. In the royal palace, Preah Chao Sora Vong recognized tbat he was his
younger brother. He cried and told him all about the story since they were separated.
Preah Bat Sora Vong learnt about that and presented the baby and the crystal ball he
had found to Preah Bat Voreak Vong. Preah Bat Voreak Vong recognized the royal ring
and the ball that they were his belongings. Then he went out to look for his queen.
Coincidently, the queen could no longer stand with the hunter's wife, for she badly
bullied her. The queen Kes Kesey sneaked out and ran away. And she met her King
with joy. They both went to meet the King brother and told him all about her story.
They then stayed in peace in the palace. Preah Bat Voreak Vong asked his older brother
to visit their parents' Kingdom as advised by their mother that they had to return in ten
years.

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The older brother told him that, "the four of us - the Kings and
queens, shall not go there on our own, as we are the Kings. We
shall get organized in parade ready to travel by land and water
to prevent any danger along the way. Preah Bat Yoreak Vm"'...._
received the order. Then, he returned to the two ",-,,' ,1;;UUII" \
of his parents-in-law by swirling the ball in order to get the
army troops, while his older brother arranged the navy
troops. When the troops were mobilized, Pres Bat
Yoreak Yong was the commander of the army troops and
Preah Bat Sora Yong was the commander of the navy
troops. Having arrived ('<It Krason Kingdom of his
parents, the troops set the camp getting ready to surrowld
the Kingdom. Preah Bat Sorya who was the father, after
he instructed the executioner to kill the two sons, had the
queen Yong Thyea put in an iron cage with suffering
accusing her for being an unfaithful woman. He then
handed over the royal pI:operties to the prince Yei
Yongsa who reigned the Kingdom after him.
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Having known that the enemy soldiers were surrounding the Kingdom, Preah Bat
Vei Vongsa was so frightened and restless. Preah Bat Voreak Vong instructed the servants
to inform Preah Bat Vei Vongsa that, "Give me the Kingdom, or the war will start."
Preah Bat Vei Von gsa responded that, ''I'm not scared. If your King wants my
Kingdom, I will give it to him only if he wins the elephant fighting. If I win, I will
only reign this Kingdom." The servants went back and told Preah Bat Voreak Vong all
about the response. Preah Bat Voreak Vong agreed to have the elephant fighting as
suggested. In the battle, Preah Bat Voreak Vong and Sora Vong as well as the elephants
killed Vei Vongsa and his elephants. Preah Bat Sorya, the father, was frightened when
he knew that his beloved son lost in the war and he went in to surrender. When he was
there, he could not recognize his sons, assuming that they were killed by the
executioner he ordered. And although the princes tried to tell him the story, he would
never believe it. The two princes told him the story from time when the executioner
took them to be killed up to the time they were there by presenting him the royal rings.
Then, he believed that they were his sons.
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Having known that they were his sons, he asked about what had happened from the
beginning. He learnt that the queen Muntea was a vicious woman who tricked to have
the princes and the queen Yong Thyea separated from him. He instructed the executioner
to kill the queen Muntea. And he relea ed the queen Yong Thyea and gave her back
the title as the queen. Then he hande over the royal properties to the two princes.