So, back in Laos, an old guy was on his way to a funeral. He had to go through some forests, since Laos was just full of woodlands in between villages.
On the way, he heard a baby cry on the side of the road. So he stopped and peeked into the woods. He saw a little child holding a baby. They looked like humans but weren't. He knew right away they weren't. But they looked helpless and nonthreatening
.
"Why is the baby crying?" the man asked the nanny toddler.
"Oh, that's because mom and dad are out to a feast," the toddler replied without looking up at the man.
"Where are they at?"
"Way over that village."
"I'm going there," the man said.
"Can you tell them to hurry back? Tell them the baby is crying."
"Sure...um...bu
t how do I know which ones they are?"
"...you take this leaf and put it in your mouth when you get there. You'll see them and you'll just know."
The toddler handed the man a qos tsov leaf. The man took it, thanked the toddler and walked off.
"Please tell them to hurry back and that the baby is crying," the toddler yelled after the man.
As the man was approaching the funeral scene, the man put the leaf inside his mouth. He saw lots of ghosts chasing one an other, jumping all over the woks of boiled foods and the rice steamers and over and under the wooden stand for the dead...they were dipping their arms into the woks, pots, and steamers for foods, and eating and taking foods from one another...the other humans didn't seem to notice these activities.
"The child says the baby has been crying and that you should hurry back now," said the raised his voice and yelled out to the ghosts.
Suddenly, they all disappeared. The man noticed that the leaf in his mouth has been snatched away!
