Here in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao Folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations.
The reader may recognize a whisper of Aesop or a Jataka tale, but each story is disti.
We find a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages fluently.
We meet the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng who matches his wits with merchants, monks, and kings.
Here in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao Folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations