Another story about Grandpa Tan, now together with Grandpa Daeng, his neighbor. Grandpa Daeng bred ducks and had four to five hundred of them. He kept the ducks on his field, which was next to Grandpa Tan's field.
Do you drink rich? People say liquor is bad for you, but it's not that bad! A drink can contribute to your life. It can make you rich, you know!
About alcohol in heaven and a bald jerk in hell (from: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 7)
Grandpa Kaew drank all day long. From getting up to going to sleep. He drank three hip flasks of liquor a day. Three! Together more than half a liter. And he never went to the temple. In fact, he didn't even know where the temple was! Gifts for the temple and thamboen, never heard of it. As soon as he got up in the morning he drank a bottle; one after lunch and one in the evening. And that every day.
The poor man and the civet cat (from: Tantalizing stories from Northern Thailand; nr 6)
The poor man had a very small paddy field and could barely provide for his own food. The god Indra took pity on him and hid a beautiful woman in an elephant's tusk and dropped it in his field. He found that tusk and took it to his cabin. He had no idea there was a woman hiding inside.
This is the story of a man who had sex with his buffalo. He temporarily lived in a shed on the rice field and as soon as he saw the chance he took the water buffalo! His wife, who brought him his food there, had seen him do this time and time again. She wasn't stupid at all, but what could she do about that?
A rural man for the first time in the big city (from: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 4)
You sometimes say, less flatteringly, 'A country man for the first time in the big city'. Well, Mr. Tib was such a man; a real country bumpkin!
Grandpa Yaeng, Uncle Kham and the block of ice (from: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 3)
Mr. Yaeng and Mr. Kham, smallholder farmers, had bought plows in the village of Ling Ha and had sold them for some extra money. Before taking the bus in Chiang Mai, they decided to buy scrap iron from all the companies they came across.
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."
A new series of short stories. Titillating tales from Northern Thailand. White Lotus Books, Thailand. Translated from English and edited by Erik Kuijpers. Today: Two skulls in love
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