The man who wanted sex with his sister-in-law (from: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 2)

This is the story about the husband who wanted to sleep with his wife's younger sister. That sister's name was Saeng La. One fine day he was working in the field far from his home. When his wife brought him his lunch, he said, "I want to have sex with Saeng La."

His wife was quick-witted and clever, and replied, "Really?" Do you want to have sex with Saeng La? What's so hard about that?' "Well, what should I do?" She saw a termite mound in the middle of the field and said 'Hmm. If you can clean up that termite mound, I'll arrange for you to have sex with Saeng La.'

'Real?' 'Sure.' 'Okay then. I'll take it away. That's a day's work. He'll be gone in a day.' 'Fine. If you can do that in one day, that's great. If you make it before dark, I'll arrange for you to sleep with Saeng La tonight. But don't touch her tits, okay? She's still a young woman and she doesn't like that. Take her tenderly, very tenderly. And remember this: when you get to the house, sing a song. Then I know it's you.'

He worked hard to shovel that termite mound away. Scooped and toiled until it was all gone. It was hard work. And when it got dark he took a bath, ate his rice and drank a sip of liquor. Then he left the shed in the field and went home to have sex with Saeng La.

As he approached the house he sang a tune to let his wife know he was on his way. "He's already here," she said to herself, letting her younger sister sleep in the matrimonial bed. His wife tied a cloth around her breasts and lay down in her sister's bed.

The man quietly entered the house and went straight to his sister-in-law's bedroom. No, of course he didn't know that his wife was lying there! He didn't recognize her in the dark, especially since he wasn't allowed to touch her breasts. And his wife had also said, "If you have slept together, run away." So, after the lovemaking, he took off and went back to the barn in the field. And fell asleep there.

The next morning his wife was late for lunch. She brought them to the field on time every day. But today she was late and he was annoyed. He was pouting, angry, and when his wife came with the food he turned away from her. But she knew what to do with that!

'Listen! What do you want? Food or sex?' 'Sex! Sex! Lay down!' She lay down next to him and when they had finished she asked 'How was Saeng La last night?'

'Phew! Nothing special. Really no better than with you…”

Source:

Titillating tales from Northern Thailand. White Lotus Books, Thailand. Translated from English and edited by Erik Kuijpers. 

The author is Viggo Brun (1943) who lived with his family in the Lamphun region in the 1970s. He was an associate professor of Thai language at the University of Copenhagen.

This story also comes from the oral tradition in Northern Thailand. For more information, see elsewhere in this blog.