Summary+of+the+Story+of+Krai+T'ong

​ (This picture is the crocodile of Thailand.) There was a man who was a handsome man. He had been standing in a place but nobody looked at him. After sunset, the man went to the river and he became ‘Chorakay’ the crocodile. There was also a man who named Krai T’ong. He was the best student that Teacher Pak had ever taught. The Teacher Pak was an old monk and he had had many bright students before, but Krai T’ong was the quickest to learn and showed much promise for the future. In addition, he completed learning with the knowledge of the ‘akom’, the incantations which could control the forces of nature so that he would surely be ready to fulfil his destiny which he couldn’t be avoided.
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The Crocodile which was changed from human was a Prince of Crocodile. His name was Chalawan. He had spent much time that day in his human guise and the sun had dried his strong, impenetrable skin, causing him discomfort and irritation. When he became a real shape, a crocodile, he was powerful. Actually, other crocodiles were killed by the crocodile hunters, he was safe. He was not gotten hurt by hunter’s spear and had diamond teeth and killed hunters to eat. He never worries about his food because many people should come to river to wash dishes, drink water, something else, and then he fed those people. But while he was out of the water like he was a human, his skin was cold because of crocodile’s blood and really weak so if someone found he was the crocodile, he will be killed. Therefore, he was always careful and using magic to stop anyone from paying any attention to him. But one day, he thought that whether he had to get a wife of human or crocodile, or both.

One day, a man named Krai T’ong was sitting on his favorite log and he found that Teacher Pak taught him many powerful spells but he didn’t want to use them at that time. When Krai T’ong was a child, his parents died. Therefore, Teacher Pak took care of Krai T’ong as his son. After Krai T’ong became eighteen years old, he had two girls who wanted to be his wife. They were really beautiful, and he felt happy to talk with them.

One day the girls went to the river to watch their clothes. Then, the crocodile, Chalawan, thought that he wanted one of the girls to be his wife because boh of them are beautiful. And he took Ta Pow Tong into the river. Ta Pow Knew found her sister bottom of the river with crocodile so that she dived. After that many boys of village tried to find the girls because the girls were loved many people and boys wanted to rescue them.

In the following months, Krai T’ong tried to kill Chalawan with spears but an old man stop him to do because he knew that Krai T’ong will be beaten by Chalawan. Instead to fight with Chalawan, Krai T’ong started to study about how to use ‘akom’. ‘Akom’ could control water, air, and the animal world. Three months went by; Teacher Pak gave Krai T’ong some magical weapons to help him defeat Chalawan and return daughters. After Krai T’ong finished preparing for the battle with Chalawan, he called the name with ‘akom’. After Chalawan appeared, Chalawan and Krai T’ong introduced themselves each other and the battle was started. The battle was really hard for both of them. When Chalawan decided to kill Krai T’ong slowly like to torment him but Krai T’ong also decided to kill him by using powerful spear and he forced the spear into the crocodile’s heart and got success to kill him. After that the girls returned safely and their future would be brighter and happier for them all. 

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