Koh Noo Koh Maew

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By Photjanart  Kaewyot  

 

          Once upon a time, there was a Chinese merchant on Koh Yor.  He traded along the west coast of Thailand and journeyed by junk that carried a lot of goods from China .  He usually stopped his junk at the port of Songkhla .  The merchant had a magic crystal that could protect wind, waves and rainstorm.  He could also walk on the surface of the water while he was carrying the magic crystal.           

    One day, the merchant and his wife went to the market.  They decided to buy a puppy and a kitten, and brought up both pets on the junk.  They journeyed between China and Thailand for many years.  The dog and the cat stayed on the junk, and they grew quickly.

          Later both pets became bored with staying on the junk.  They thought of running away to the land, but they didn’t know how to do it because the junk was very far from the coast. They might die if they swam there.  They planned to steal the merchant’s magic crystal.  Since the merchant kept it in a locked coffer, they could not open it.  The cat had a secret plan for this.  He caught a small rat, forced it to go through a hole of the lock and steal the magic crystal.  The rat agreed with both pets because it also wanted to go to the land.  When the merchant went to bed, the rat stole the magic crystal.  It held the magic crystal in its mouth and led the cat and the dog along the surface of the sea. The cat was dishonest.  He wanted to eat the rat, so he grabbed it suddenly.  The rat was very frightened and ran away.  The magic crystal fell from its mouth and sank.  The cat, the dog and the rat could no longer walk on the surface of the sea, so they all had to swim.  The rat and the cat were very exhausted and both drowned.  Only the dog could swim to the coast.

          Since the cat was unfaithful, both the rat and the cat had to face disaster.  The area that the magic crystal sank, which is now a beach, is called Hadsai Kaew, and where the rat drowned, which is now an island, is called Koh Noo, and the last area where the cat drowned, which is another island, is called Koh Maew.  They are still in Songkhla province.

 

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