A long time ago, a few families lived in a village. They were just a few people, and their houses were not near each other, either.
A couple named Yer and Nue Qia had been married about five years. They had two children, and they lived quietly in the house They also had some chickens, pigs, and a small farm. Their life was not rich, but they were kind and good to other people. Nue Qia went to the farm every day while his wife stayed home to take care of the animals and their children. At lunch time, she brought lunch to him at the farm.One day Yer said to Nue Qia, "When you go to the farm, you shouldn't sing a song." But he didn't know what his wife meant. One day when he went to the farm, he thought to himself, "Why did she say that to me? I am going to sing and see what happens." When he finished singing, he heard the sound of a woman singing in the forest. A few days later, he got sick.
After he got sick, his wife went to the forest everyday to look for medicine for him, but he didn't feel better, and his wife stayed home to take care of him. Then there was nobody to take care of their farm or their animals. One day, she told her two children that she would go to get some water, and they must stay home with their father. When she went through the back yard, she heard a sound like a little girl singing and she hid behind a tree. When the sound came near the tree, she saw a little ghost holding a banana trunk on its back. She thought maybe the ghost was holding that thing to exchange it for her husband, so she picked up her sword to kill the ghost and the ghost died.
Finally, she went back home and saw that her husband was feeling better. At night, the ghost came to her in a dream. The ghost said, "Yer, you are a very brave and strong woman. I was afraid of you, so I will let Nue Qia stay with you." Then their family lived happily, and Nue Qia didn't have any probems until he was 120 years old.
