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**shieclulaweew** · 09-21-2012, 03:33 PM

The king asks the peasant to explain his strange behaviour and is told:

The money I bury in the ground is the money I spend on alms and making merit. The money I give to my creditors is what it costs me to keep my father and mother, to whom I owe everything I have. The money I fling into the river is the money I spend on gambling and drink and opium; and the money I give to my enemy is the money I give to my wife.

(Siamese Tales Old and New, A. le May's translation, London, 1930)

See Makiyo? So close...

Parents, wife (wives?), vices and merit. Uniquely Thai.

09-21-2012, 03:33 PM	#5
shieclulaweew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	The king asks the peasant to explain his strange behaviour and is told: The money I bury in the ground is the money I spend on alms and making merit. The money I give to my creditors is what it costs me to keep my father and mother, to whom I owe everything I have. The money I fling into the river is the money I spend on gambling and drink and opium; and the money I give to my enemy is the money I give to my wife. (Siamese Tales Old and New, A. le May's translation, London, 1930) See Makiyo? So close... Parents, wife (wives?), vices and merit. Uniquely Thai.
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