A FRAGRANT-HAIRED PRINCESS
Once a long time ago, a beautiful daughter was born to a powerful and feared giant king. He named her Neang Sork Kro Oub or the Fragrant-haired Princess. Her beauty and fragrant hair attracted many suitors to the palace, but only heavenly suitors would endear the king.
One day, as an ordinary handsome young man was caught by the fragrance in the breeze. He was determined to follow the source of it. Finally, he met Neang Sork Kro Oub while the giant king was away from his palace. Once the man and the princess met, they instantly fell in love with each other. The man would marry her but he was afraid of her father who wanted a heavenly suitor for the princess. They thought and thought and finally they decided to escape to the thick forest.
When the giant king came back and found out that his daughter had fled the palace with a man, he was so furious. He ordered his giant soldiers to surround the forest and uproot the trees to search for his beloved daughter. Yet, the giant soldiers could not find the lovers. Then, the giant king thought the man and the princess must have gone underground. Then he ordered to dig the entire forest to find his daughter and the thief.
So, the giant soldiers dug and dug the ground, but in vain. They gave up and returned to their city without a trace of the daughter. After they retreated, rain fell and filled the hole in the ground with water. The place became a great lake, which the people called Yeakh Laom Lake since then.
Which statements are the solutions to the problems in the story?
I. A thief stole the beautiful princess so the giant king asked to seek her.
II. The man was an ordinary man so he asked the princess to flee from the palace.
III. Princess and the man decided to escape to the forest to get away from the king.
IV. The princess’ hair is very fragrant so, many suitors refused to marry the princess.