Legend of Mak, Plu and Poon

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By Wichunai  Chaiboon

 

Once upon a time, Nang *Plu, *Mak and *Poon lived in the same village.  Mak and Poon were twins; Mak was the older, and Poon was the younger. Both of them fell in love with Nang  Plu.  When Poon knew that Mak also loved the same woman, he decided to leave them.  Mak had a chance to marry Nang Plu, and they lived together happily.

          One day, Mak had to leave home to work outside the village, so he entrusted Nang Plu to his twin brother, Poon.  Poon had to move into Nang Plu’s house.

          People in the village saw Poon and Nang Plu living in the same house for many years, so they talked something bad about them.  When Mak came back, he saw both of them were very close.  He was very angry, and he left them immediately. 

          Nang Plu and Poon had been looking for Mak.  Nang Plu found Mak unconscious, and he was dying.  Nang Plu cried and told Mak to trust her, but Mak didn’t.  Before Mak died, he vowed never to meet the woman named Plu again.  When Nang Plu heard this, she also vowed to follow Mak forever.  Then she held her breath and died.

          When Poon arrived home, he found them dead.  He was ashamed because he thought he was the cause of Mak and Plu’s death.  He vowed to look after them forever.

          Since then whenever people eat Mak, they have to eat Plu and Poon together.

 

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*Mak and Plu are kinds of plant.  Old Thai people like to chew them with Poon.  Poon is pink paste.  Old people believed that chewing Mak, Plu and Poon together made their teeth strong.  Foreigners have known Mak and Plu as betel palms.

 

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