A long time ago, in the northen part of Vietnam, there was a widow, she had to go to a river to catch crabs and snails everyday to bring up two her children, a boy and a girl. The boy was To Van, he was ten years old and the girl was To Thi, she was about eight. They played together all day and they were very naughty.
One day, To Van threw a stone to play with his sister and suddenly the stone hit To Thi’s head. To Thi fell into a dead faint from fright and blood ran out of her head. To Van was very scare and he ran out the road as fast as he could.
Fortunately, after that a neighbor came and saved To Thi’s life. When the widow came back, To Thi could sit up but To Van did not come back.
He went away without a trace. Day after day, the widow found everywhere but she could not find him. The widow missed him very much and she was sick. Then the widow died and left To Thi alone. The neighbor brought up To Thi and a few months later all of them moved out of their house to another place, near Lang Son.
To Thi grew up and became a very beautiful and perfect girl, so there were lots of men wanted to date with her. She worked in a small food shop. There were lots of customers in her shop, most of them not only came there for food but they also came for asking her.
One day, there was a young man who was over twenty, he brought Chinese traditional medicine from Cao Bang to Lang Son to sell. He heard about To Thi’s shop and he looked for it. He came to the shop many times and they fell in love. They got married and a year later they had a baby girl.
One day, the husband was sitting on the stair and he was telling some funny stories to his wife. His wife was washing her hair, suddenly the husband saw a scar on her head and asked her about it. The wife told him why she had the scar on her head and the husband’s face became white. He knew exactly that his wife was also his sister. He was very sad and wretched about that. Before he thought that his sister might die, so he could not go back his house because he could not explain to his mother about his stupid action. And he thought that if he goes far away again, his sister may be able to get married again because she is still young and she did not know about their story.
He decided to join the army to forget everything. He wrote a letter and left his sister again. To Thi was sad and she cried a lot. Day after day and night after night, she carried her baby and went to the Tam Thanh temple to pray for her husband and cried. She went to the temple everyday and waited for her husband wretchedly but her husband did not go back.
One day, it was dark and there was a heavy rainstorm, To Thi missed her husband very much and she climbed up a rock. She stared into the horizon and she cried. Suddenly, there were lots of thunder and lightning, the mountain shook. It rained heavier but she still stood there with her baby on the rock.
Next day, the weather was calm and the sun was bright over the forest without wind. Everybody saw To Thi but she became a rock with her baby in her arm.
Nowadays, there are still lots of tourists who travel to Lang Son to see the legend rock and they can hear the story in many ways. There was a Vietnamese folk about the rock:
One day, To Van threw a stone to play with his sister and suddenly the stone hit To Thi’s head. To Thi fell into a dead faint from fright and blood ran out of her head. To Van was very scare and he ran out the road as fast as he could.
Fortunately, after that a neighbor came and saved To Thi’s life. When the widow came back, To Thi could sit up but To Van did not come back.
He went away without a trace. Day after day, the widow found everywhere but she could not find him. The widow missed him very much and she was sick. Then the widow died and left To Thi alone. The neighbor brought up To Thi and a few months later all of them moved out of their house to another place, near Lang Son.
To Thi grew up and became a very beautiful and perfect girl, so there were lots of men wanted to date with her. She worked in a small food shop. There were lots of customers in her shop, most of them not only came there for food but they also came for asking her.
One day, there was a young man who was over twenty, he brought Chinese traditional medicine from Cao Bang to Lang Son to sell. He heard about To Thi’s shop and he looked for it. He came to the shop many times and they fell in love. They got married and a year later they had a baby girl.
One day, the husband was sitting on the stair and he was telling some funny stories to his wife. His wife was washing her hair, suddenly the husband saw a scar on her head and asked her about it. The wife told him why she had the scar on her head and the husband’s face became white. He knew exactly that his wife was also his sister. He was very sad and wretched about that. Before he thought that his sister might die, so he could not go back his house because he could not explain to his mother about his stupid action. And he thought that if he goes far away again, his sister may be able to get married again because she is still young and she did not know about their story.
He decided to join the army to forget everything. He wrote a letter and left his sister again. To Thi was sad and she cried a lot. Day after day and night after night, she carried her baby and went to the Tam Thanh temple to pray for her husband and cried. She went to the temple everyday and waited for her husband wretchedly but her husband did not go back.
One day, it was dark and there was a heavy rainstorm, To Thi missed her husband very much and she climbed up a rock. She stared into the horizon and she cried. Suddenly, there were lots of thunder and lightning, the mountain shook. It rained heavier but she still stood there with her baby on the rock.
Next day, the weather was calm and the sun was bright over the forest without wind. Everybody saw To Thi but she became a rock with her baby in her arm.
Nowadays, there are still lots of tourists who travel to Lang Son to see the legend rock and they can hear the story in many ways. There was a Vietnamese folk about the rock:
“Dong Dang has Ky Lua street,
A To Thi rock and Tam Thanh temple”
A To Thi rock and Tam Thanh temple”
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