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Once he had walked until he was tired and 

 sat down under a large stone to rest. After- 

 ward this happened every day. One day when 

 he arrived at the large rock it suddenly 

 opened its mouth and said to him, "You poor 

 litde orphan, you may take some of my en- 

 trails and liver out of my abdomen to use." 

 The orphan replied, "Yes indeed." He then 

 stretched out his hand and took some of the 

 small entrails of the stone. These stone en- 

 trails were very fine gold, and in this way he 

 became wealthy. 



One day there was a man named Ndang 

 Do Seo (nd^aO To* sau, meaning a prodigal 

 or evil person), who came up from behind 

 and rode past on a horse. The orphan invited 

 this Ndang Do Seo to come in and visit. 

 Ndang Do Seo said to him, 'Tou poor boy, 

 you straighten out one leg and draw in the 

 other (from cold) and you have neither to- 

 bacco nor tea. What are you inviting me to 

 come and do?" And he rode on past. 



That night he returned and said to his 

 mother, "Today when I rode past that or- 

 phan's home he invited me to go in and visit, 

 and I scolded him a litde." His mother said, 

 "Tomorrow, if he invites you again, you go 

 in." On the next day he went, and when in- 

 vited he went in and saw many objects made 

 of gold and silver. The orphan cooked dinner 

 for him. When Ndang Do Seo sat down at 

 the table, he saw that everything on the table 

 was complete. When he had finished eating 

 he asked, "How did you get rich.?" The 

 orphan said, "These were given to me by that 

 large rock." He then reported to Ndang Do 

 Seo what the big stone had said to him. 



Ndang Do Seo returned home and took 

 the furniture in his house, his horse, and the 

 saddle, and sold them all and used the money 

 all up. He then carried a load of chaff on 

 his back and went to the big rock. The big 

 rock then called to him to take some of its 

 entrails and liver and use it. But his mind 

 was big (he was greedy). He grabbed a big 

 handful and hurt the large rock. The lips 

 of the big stone bit him until it pained his 

 hand. Then he could not take his hand out. 

 So his wife daily carried rice for him to eat. 



One day Ndang Do Seo said to his wife, 

 "You go and ask Ye Seo what I must do to 

 get loose." His wife then went and asked. 

 Ye Seo said to her, "Tomorrow when you 

 go, give your breasts to him to suckle. The 

 stone will certainly laugh, and when the stone 

 laughs and opens its mouth your husband's 

 hand will certainly be released." When she 

 went to her husband the next day, she acted 

 in diis way. The rock laughed, and Ndang 



Do Seo took his hand out. After that he did 

 not dare be so covetous. 



An Orphan Becomes Rich (148) 



In ancient times there was an orphan. He 

 had no clothing, food, or place in which to 

 live. Daily he went to the T'u Ti shrine ^^ 

 outside the temple to sleep. The T'u Ti said 

 to him, "Orphan, you suffer so, I will lend 

 you Ch'i Liang Sheng's ^^ three hundred taels 

 of silver. When he is born into this world, 

 you can repay him." These words were not 

 spoken to him while he was awake, but he 

 became conscious of them when he was asleep. 

 Next day when he got up and looked, he 

 saw below the terrace 300 taels of silver. He 

 took that silver and used it to make a living. 

 He gradually became rich. 



Later the T'u Ti said to him in a dream, 

 "Now Ch'i Liang Sheng is going to appear 

 upon the earth. You had better go and give 

 back the silver." But the orphan did not know 

 who Ch'i Liang Sheng was. He paid no at- 

 tention to directions, but rode a horse and 

 carried the three hundred taels of silver on 

 his back and went about over the world. As 

 he went he said, "I am going to pay back 

 Ch'i Liang Sheng's account." The horse went 

 as it pleased. One day it was about to become 

 dark. He arrived in a home where they were 

 building a house, and spent the night in that 

 home. That family did not hinder him, and 

 allowed him to stay there for the night. 



On the next day, when they were climbing 

 onto the beam, a son was born into that 

 family. The grandfather named him Ch'i 

 Liang Sheng. Then the orphan knew that he 

 was the right person, and gave the silver to 

 the new-born son. Later the son and the or- 

 phan were both rich. This song was com- 

 posed by them. 



Three Brothers. Their Father fustly Divided 

 Their Inheritance for Theryi. When the 

 Youngest Son Got a Wife, He Became 

 Famous (157) 



In ancient times, although there were 

 people, they knew little about healing or 

 medicine. There were always orphans. 



In a certain family, the mother first died. 

 Only the father cared for and taught the chil- 

 is The T'u Ti is the Chinese local deity or god 

 of earth, whose shrine was formerly found in 

 practically every locality and often in homes and 

 shops. 



^^ tj'i* liaO^ sAn\ apparently the Chinese equiv- 

 alent of the Ch'uan Miao words djai^ dso*'^, one 

 who straddles the top beam of a house. 



