Reading Notes: Folklore of Laos, Part B

The Justice of In Ta Pome

This is a story that I could almost do over with different characters and a new god. I liked how the story was based on following the god's command in exchange to receive the chemical they wished for. As I read along I thought the ending was going to be a little different where the Siamese would have gotten the chemical but lost his son forever. I could make the story longer and flip the ending to where the god grants the chemical to the Siamese. After making so many rocks into gold and gathering an enormous wealth, the Siamese decides he wants his son back but it is already too late.

(Gold Nugget from Australia: Wikimedia Commons)

Bibliography:

Folklore of Laos by Katherine Neville Fleeson: link to Reading B