Reading Notes: Laos Folk Lore Part A

A Child of the Woods

Main Character: 

An old woman who is honored as a princess in her village

Setting:

In a large village deep in the forest of the North 

Plot:

The main character explains to a stranger why she is considered a princess in her village. She talks about how when she was younger, she got tired of her people so she went into the jungle that no one has every explored because it was known as the tiger eating jungle. She never was harmed by any wild beast and ate just fine so she lived there for a while before coming upon a bordering village. They were amazed at how she was still alive after living in the forest and took her back to her village where she was honored with gold and jewels.

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Bibliography. "A Child of the Woods" from Laos Folk-Lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson, websource