Judges and lawyers have to eat too… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 59 and last)
This story is about cats. Two cats and they were friends. They always looked for food together; actually they did everything together. And one day they came to a house where buffalo meat was hanging to dry in the hallway.
Another story about a monk. And this monk claimed to be able to do magic and asked a novice to come with him. 'Why?' he asked. "I'll show you a magic trick. I make myself invisible! I'm pretty good at that, you know. Look very closely now. If you can't see me anymore, say so.'
See, it's about the intention; that counts… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 57)
This is a story from the time when Buddha lived. There was a woman then, well, she really liked it. She hung around the outbuildings of the temple all day long. One fine day a monk was sleeping there, and he got an erection.
Well, it only seemed like… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 56)
A man had a crush on his mother-in-law, and his wife, who had just had a baby, took notice. Now he slept between his wife and his mother-in-law; he lay in the middle of the mattress.
Look how your father stomps rice… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 55)
This is about a woman who got her husband to do everything for her. The man was from the village of Phae, and she was lazy. All her time was spent on the baby she always rocked to sleep. Then her husband asked, "You mash the rice, okay?"
The husband with a needle and thread… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 54)
A man had no urgent work to do so he stayed home. "I'm taking the day off," he said, and grabbed his wife's sarong and went to mend it. He was sewing his wife's sarong, stitching from front to back and back and forth, when his friend came to visit.
My grandfather is bigger and stronger and…! (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 53)
Two old men each had a grandchild and they were two mischievous young lads. This story takes place in winter time and all four were warming themselves around a fire. The children hung around their grandfathers' necks and one of them said 'Who is taller, your grandfather or mine?'
Why the owl always looks so gloomy (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 52)
This is a story about the 'Flame of the Forest' tree (*). This tree belonged to the ruler and bore many legumes. One day a monkey came and shook the tree. All the pods fell out. Plop!
Three very simple souls… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 51)
He was a smart man, and he had a goat. He set fire to a pile of rubbish and the next morning he spread the warm ashes and embers on the ground and then threw them into the river. He lived close to the Ping River. Then he swept the ground clean.
The Karen who pooped on the mattress (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 50)
This story is about a young woman. One day a Karen man passed by selling water buffaloes. Karen often have a buffalo, you know. He asked if he could sleep in her house but she wouldn't let him in.
That's what you do to a bald cracker! (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; no. 49)
Long ago, there was a man who could cure baldness. Now I don't talk negatively about bald people, you know, because I'm bald myself. Anyway, he could cure bald people of baldness but you had to pay for it. Goods and fifteen rupees. Rupees were then in use. So bald people came to him to get their hair back.
Because you look like my mother… (From: Stimulating stories from Northern Thailand; nr 48)
The man had been walking all day and was hungry. He knocked at a house and asked to eat some steamed glutinous rice. The old woman in the house went into the garden to pick a banana leaf to wrap the rice. She had already taken the rice cooker off the heat.
The Kathin ceremony at the end of the Pansa, Buddhist Lent, Lent. The public provides new robes and offerings to the monks. A very important event.
A Buddha statue with balls (From: Tantalizing stories from Northern Thailand; nr 46)
A monk had his eyes on the mother of one of the novices. He was in love. Whenever the novice brought his mother's offerings to the temple, he would say, "All these gifts are from my mother," and the monk would repeat it loudly each time. "Offering from this novice's mother."
How a cat catches a mouse (From: Tantalizing stories from Northern Thailand; no. 45)
Was that a mouse that bit the cat or….. Titillating tales from Northern Thailand. White Lotus Books, Thailand. English title 'The cat has caught a mouse.'
The Khamu who listens to the Vessantara Jataka (From: Tantalizing stories from Northern Thailand; nr 44)
A Khamu listened to the reading of the Vessantara Jataka for the first time. (*) The monk came to the Maddi chapter, in which Prince Vessantara gives up his two children to a Brahmin priest who binds their hands and pushes them before him. The monk read: "Sorrow trumped, and the children had tears in their eyes."
This is again about a monk. No, not a monk in our temple again, remember! Another temple – very far away. This monk closely guarded a breadfruit tree on the temple grounds. And should the tree bear ripe fruit, he would not let anyone near that tree.