Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares
Description:
Transcription of a retelling of Sraa nao le svang nao ktaang ktloo ki paomin (the Story of the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares), as told by Belun Sankhil. One of several retellings of a traditional story where the rich hunter switches his quarry, a bird, with that of his poor hunting partner, absurdly claiming his trap up high in a tree had caught a deer. In this version it is the fox who parodies the rich hunter's reasoning by claiming he burnt his feet during a flood.
Date:
August 27, 2017
Creator:
Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner:
UNT College of Information