Once upon a time in a southeast Asian country far, far away, there were two male cousins (let's name them Cousin A and Cousin B for identification s and also for confidentialit y purpose). Cousin A was older than Cousin B by a few years but they were first cousins and so very close, also neighbors in the same village where a gorgeous chick was a resident of. Let's name her Girl.
The two cousins actually dated Girl simultaneously but secretly. (Of course, Girl knew that. But this is not a blaming post, so we aren't going to make cheating or playing an issue here.)
One day, Cousin A married Girl. She agreed to marry him. Upon learning of it, Cousin B was so hurt, like a knife piercing through his heart. Only she could mend his feelings. Every moment without hear made his entire sky dark as night. He had no motivation to do anything else in life, except to think of her and his burning pain.
About 3 months later, Cousin B went to a hill deep in the woods where elders had been known to hunt. He carried some big rocks--head-sized--up the higher grounds and put them in a net that he tied onto some trees to hold in place.
Cousin B came back home and invited Cousin A to go hunting with him. So, they went towards that area. "Let's go hunt on different mountains," said Cousin B. "Whoever gets here early should cook for the night."
Cousin A agreed.
Cousin B actually went to a mountain nearby, although Cousin A actually went farther away.
When night came, Cousin A returned to the shelter area, he saw that Cousin A had already returned and started cooking.
The cooking and shelter were just right under the netted rocks.
So, Cousin B sneaked behind the hill and cut the net loose.
Cousin A's body was later found but no one knew who was the killer. So they just took that to be an accident. His funeral was handled properly according to traditions.
Unfortunately, Cousin A didn't have any younger brother. So his family had no son to transfer Girl to for a marriage within the family.
Cousin B said to the elders he would be willing to bow down and take the responsibility of marrying Girl.
The proper ceremonies were done. The two got married.
A few months later, Cousin B went hunting with some elders at a nearby area. And since it was far from home, they also stayed overnight.
At night, everyone was already sleeping under some fern tents. An old guy was still smoking his giant watered bamboo pipe and so he did not sleep at the same time as they rest. While he was puffing, the old man saw a reddish cave rat sniffing around the fireplace and crawling towards Cousin B. The rat had a glowing leaf in its mouth. The old man watched it as it climbed up Cousin B's body. The rat dropped the leaf onto Cousin B's chest. The rat then scurried away.
The old man said to himself, "Bah, why does that cave rat put this thing on the boy's chest? Let me throw it away."
The old man reached for the leaf and moved it onto a burning log on the other side of the bonfire.
A few minutes later, a huge tiger pounced right onto the log, bit it, and shook it around--creating sparks all over the place.
Everyone got up as the tiger ran off into the dark!
