The Saint Giong
An invasion by the An enemy ravaged the country during the reign of the sixth Hung King. Everywhere villages were set on fire and the population massacred. Everywhere the drum rolls of the war mingled with the cries of the victims. The King sent messengers out to every corner to discover a hero capable of saving the homeland. At this time there lived a woman in Ke Dong who was no longer very young but still celibate. One day, on crossing the garden planted with aubergines, she saw the enormous footprint of a man. One does not know why but she had the idea to compare the footprint with her own. Scarce!y had she put down her foot then she felt a strange sensation. Some time after, she found that she was pregnant. Ashamed, she abandoned her native village and went to live in the forest. At the end of twelve months she brought a handsome boy...