NO. I 



CH UAN MIAO SONGS AND STORIES — GRAHAM 



133 



He had much silver money. Every year he 

 would hire many laborers. But he was in the 

 habit of using oppressive language toward 

 them. He would not pay them their wages. 



One year he hired a young Miao man. This 

 man helped him one year. At the end of the 

 year, he as usual cheated him and would not 

 pay him. But the laborer was determined to 

 get his money. Then the master said, "If 

 you want your money, you can eat all the dog 

 manure in our garden and I will give it to 

 you." 



At once the hired man quickly picked up 

 the dog manure with his hands and wrapped 

 it in his clothing. Then he went to his 

 master's kitchen and said to the master's wife, 

 'Tlease take the water out of your cooking 

 vessel. I want to boil dog manure in it." 

 Then the mistress quarreled with her hus- 

 band. She said, 'This dog manure is very 

 filthy. It can never be put into my vessel to 

 boil." Then the master said, "You tell him 

 not to do it." 



Ttvo Rich Daughters and a Poor Daughter 

 (109) 



A family had three daughters. The older 

 ones were married to rich men. The father 

 loved only the rich sons-in-law and did not 

 love the poor one. 



One day it was the father-in-law's birthday, 

 and the two older daughters each brought a 

 shoe of silver as a birthday gift. They rode 

 on horses to visit him. The third daughter 

 rode a big cov/ to visit him and carried some 

 dry biscuits as a gift. When she arrived no- 

 body entertained her, and she tied her cow 

 up near the horses. 



That night she went and untied the cow 

 and the horses and they began fighting. She 



then said, "Never fear about the cow that 

 belongs to me who am poor. You go and take 

 care of your horses. If you do not, I am 

 afraid that my cow will kill your horses," 

 and she waited while the two rich sisters went 

 to tie up their horses. Then she secretly re- 

 lieved her bowels on their beds. When they 

 came back they did not know it, but went to 

 sleep. 



Next morning the two older sisters got up, 

 and each saw on the other's body the human 

 manure. The two rich girls were ashamed 

 and secretly ran away home. When the father 

 arose he called them, but they were not to be 

 found. The poor girl alone stayed in her 

 father's house three days. When she went 

 home, the father wrapped up two packages of 

 gold and asked her to carry them to the two 

 rich daughters. When she had gone out with 

 the gold she took it and used it, and took two 

 corncobs and wrapped them up in the paper. 



When she arrived she said to her sisters, 

 "Our father said, 'Girls, as big as you are, 

 don't you know when you have eaten enough 

 and emptied your bowels in your beds?' He 

 asked me to bring some gifts for you both. 

 Hereafter if you want to go to his house, you 

 can carry these with you (to wipe yourselves 

 with). Otherwise you may again dirty his 

 bed." 



When they heard these words they were 

 ashamed, and their faces turned red, and they 

 did not dare to ask the poor sister about it. 

 Later they met their father on the street and 

 he said, "Did you receive the things that I 

 asked your younger sister to bring you.?" 

 They were ashamed and merely replied, "We 

 received them," and did not dare ask what 

 he had sent them, and went away. 



After the younger sister and her husband 

 got this gold, they gradually became rich. 



TEACHING OTHERS TO SING SONGS 



Two Men Went Far to Learn to Sing Songs 

 (463) 



Lan Do Tsai slept half the night, then 

 arose and went down to learn to sing songs. 

 Lan Do Tsang slept until midnight. Then 

 he also arose and went pursuing the guest 

 after the songs. He followed to secure these 

 songs until he arrived at the crossing of the 

 roads. He followed to secure the different 

 kinds of songs until he arrived at the edge of 

 the locality. 



Lan Do Tsai went seeking the songs and 

 got the different kinds of songs and returned. 

 He secured a book about the kinds of songs 

 and opened it and looked. He saw that the 



pictures of the kinds of songs were spotted 

 like eyes. Lan Do Tsang also brought die 

 book about the kinds of songs. He saw that 

 the kinds of songs were drawn like a road. 



These two, after securing the songs, then 

 went and slept. They slept until midnight. 

 They then remembered, and the two again 

 went after ceremonial songs. Lan Do Tsai 

 went in pursuit until he reached the level 

 portion of the mountain. But he did not 

 secure them. Then he again v/cnt in pursuit 

 to the level place below before he secured the 

 songs the second time. 



Lan Do Tsang also went pursuing the 

 songs and went as far as the shore of the great 



