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area. Along the way, there was a vicious tiger. Kong accompanied his
wives to a dense forest where the tiger always chased the people, cows
and buffaloes to eat. When they arrived there, the tiger came out of the
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to flee from the tiger, Kong ran into a wood cave, urinating and shaking
with fear. Neang Am and Neang Kom cooperated to hit the tiger until it
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Seeing the tiger die, Kong hurriedly came out of the wood cave and
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village. When the dead tiger was carried into the village, all the villagers
came to see it and asked, "How did you kill this tiger, because it was
very cruel and ate countless people, cows and buffaloes?" "When our
husband, Kong, saw the tiger run to us," said Kong's wives, "he hid
himself in the wood cave, while we were joined together to beat it to
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When he heard his wives say so,

at them, "No woman dared to kill the tiger; only man is strong enough
to kill it.""When the tiger sprang over me, I used my methods offighting
so that I could hit it," Kong boasted to the villagers while showing them
the martial arts. Every one of the villagers was very proud for Kong, so
he was named Kong Hean. Since then, Kong Hean was very famous in
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serve the army. A little later, there was a war to fight against the
invasion ofthe enemy. The king ordered Kong Hean to fight with the en-
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it was the king's order and on the other hand, he was a famous person.
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when they entered."Because the king ordered me to make war now,"
Kong Hean told his wives, "and I am scared with this battle; I don 't
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for the battle field and request to take his wives with him. Kong Hean
sat on the head elephant; while his wives, at the back behind him,
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Supposing that Kong Hean was shaking it to go toward the enemies, the
elephant ran ahead of the soldiers and no one could follow it. Whereas
his two wives were bravely and actively using bows and arrows to shoot
the enemies. When the enemies saw Kong Hean galloping the elephant,
they thought that he was a strong commander; so they were nervous and
defeated and ran for their lives.
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boasted at the officials. "Mr.
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asked the officials when they
saw Kong Hean excrete and
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Kong Hean was afraid of the enemies; and some, not so clever, were
very proud of Kong Hean. Kong. After winning the battle, Kong Hean
returned to the kingdom. As the king knew that Kong Hean defeated the
enemies, he was very happy and appointed Kong Hean a high-ranking
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merchants who operated the business by the waterway. People were
very afraid of it and no one dared to go into the water or to get on the
boat there. When the king knew this, he ordered Kong Hean to catch the
crocodile. Having heard this order, Kong Hean felt very nervous but
dare not refuse it, so he accepted the order. When he got home, Kong
Hean told his wives, "My dear, now the king gave me an order to catch
the very cruel crocodile in the water; this time I cannot escape from
dying as the crocodile will bite me to death. Previously, it was better to
see on the land, but this time it is in the water; how can I come back
alive. It was the king's order, how can I deny? Thus, I'll go and jump
into the water for the crocodile's food at once." Then, Kong Hean
pretendedly called for his children and nephews to catch the crocodile.
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saw the crocodile swimming close to the shore and right to a place where
there were two trees growing next to one another with a crotch. Kong
Hean jumped into the water there intending to allow the crocodile to eat
him. But, when the crocodile heard the sound of jumping into the water,
it was startled and then jumped up into the crotch in the middle of its
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sticking up in the crotch of the trees, he called for his relatives to raise
the spears and thrust the crocodile to death. People there, supposing that
Kong Hean caught the crocodile and threw it up on the trees, were very
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boastful and told the king that he caught the crocodile and threw it up on
the land. The king, then, was much happier and appointed Kong Hean
higher ranking official, and provided him with power as well as many re-
wards. The End
Fear is stronger than love.