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Thach Sanh and Ly Thong Chapter 2

Chapter 2: attack to the giant eagle
One day, as Quynh Nga who was the King’s daughter was walking in the garden, a giant eagle flew down from the sky and brought her away. The eagle flew cross the hut where Thach Sanh now was living. Thach Sanh saw that eagle so he shot a arrow. The arrow stuck on the eagle’s left wing but it took the arrow out by its beak and continued flying.
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Thach Sanh followed blood dropped on the ground and found out a cave where the eagle lived. He ticked on the entrance of cave them he came back his hut. 

After the princess was taken, the King was worry. He forced Lý Thông had to find out where was princess and to take her back safely. She said him that if Lý Thông took the princess safely he would let him marry with princess but if he didn’t, he would be killed. Lý Thông was worry. He held a festival to collect information about eagle. After that, Thạch Sanh came to the festival. He met Lý Thông and said him that the eagle was shot and was hidden in a cave that he ticked. Lý Thông was so happy he treated Thạch Sanh a big meal the asked him to lead him to the cave.
After arrived the cave, Thach Sanh dropped down a rope and followed down the cave. He met the princess and gave her a jar of dream poision, talked her let the eagle drink. The eagle fell in dream at immediately. Thach Sanh tired the princess by the rope the, shook it to hint Ly Thong pulled up. As the princess was on the ground Ly Thong made his servants took her came up castle and pretended that he stayed to fight with the eagle but he forced his servants took stones, threw down to fill the cave then he went back the castle to marry with princess.
Thach Sach, in other hand, was waiting for Ly Thong but Ly Thong had never gone back. Further, the eagle had woken up, didn’t see the princess it roared madly and sprinted to attack Thach Sanh. The eagle was injured so Thach Sach had killed him after short time. The entrance was filled so he had to find another. He found around and met the son of the God of water who was confined in the cave. He let him out. To thanks Thach Sanh the son of God of water invited him came under the sea.
Stay in the sea, Thach Sanh was treated very good. Before he left, God of water girted him very much treasure but he did take, he only took a monochord to play as he was lonely and a magical cooking pot. 
That time, souls of the snake and the eagle was wandering. They met each other and planed to steal treasure in the castle and threw at the hut where Thach Sanh was staying. Thach Sanh was caught, detained and was waiting to be judged. Meanwhile, Ly Thong who was responsible for the adjudication planned to kill Thach Sanh. So sad, Thach Sanh playing the monochord it generated plaintively voice as thought it was talking sin of Ly Thong and blamed the princess didn’t keep her promise when they was in the cave.
The voice came to princess who was muted since she didn’t see Thach Sanh came back. She was suddenly cured and talked his father to meet who was playing monochord. As she met Thach Sanh she broke into sobs because of happiness then she talked the king whole story. So angry the king forced his soldier to kill Ly Thong but Thach Sanh who felt sorry for them prayed to let them live. They was allowed to come back but as they was on the road which led to their home, they was thunderstruck. They died and was transformed in to maybugs to price for what they had done.
The King allowed Thach Sanh to marry with the princess. That news came to princes of 18 neighbor country. They was angry because the had come to propose the princess to many time and was refused. They led soldiers come to attack. The king made Thach Sanh to fight against. Thach Sanh took his monochord and played. It made a voice as though a admonitions came to soldiers’s ear that made them lost violence so nobody want to fight. They gave up and prayed to have some food before leaving.
Thach Sanh took his magical cooking pot and cooked for them. Front surprise eyes of all them he took out rice again and again from the little pot, give them. This cooking pot was so amazing. It was full immediately after it was over. After fulling, they thanks to Thach Sanh and came back.
Thach Sanh married with the princess and became the heir of the king. They live happily until they died 
THE END
 "Translated by Hung Nguyen"

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