Nor Sanavongsay THE LAOTIAN TIMES Sat, Sep 12, 2020

King Kabinlaphom is a demigod who thinks he’s smarter than any creature alive. One day, he heard of a great sage name Thammaban. Thammaban, in human boy form, is a creature higher than humans but lower than gods and can understand animals.

The King asked Thammaban a riddle in hopes to outsmart him. If he wasn’t able to answer the riddle in 7 days, he’d be decapitated. However, if he can answer the riddle, the King would be decapitated.

Thammaban learned the answer from two pigeons in the woods and won the bet on the seventh day.

King Kabinlaphom cut his own head from the loss.

He warned his 7 daughters to take great care of his head. If it touches the Earth, they’ll be great destruction.

This year, the princesses weren’t able to wash his head, so now we have destruction all around us.

Nor Sanavongsay THE LAOTIAN TIMES, LAOS Sat, Sep 12, 2020

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