Tam+and+Cam

=**Tam and Cam **= = =  [|The Story of Tam and Cam]

The story of //Ta////m and Cam// originated in Vietnam. There was a father; he  had a daughter named Tam. He was a widow, and he remarried to a very evil and ugly woman. The evil  woman had a daughter named Cam, she was very ugly. The father died and Tam was left to her step-mother and step-sister. Her step-mother was very jealous of Tam because she was beautiful and Cam wasn't. The step-mother forced Tam to rub the floors, cut the wood, feed the animals, do all the cooking, the washing up and many other things. One day the while the Tam was down by the water, when she was crying the Goddess of Mercy, came from almost no were. After the Goddess of Mercy listened to her troubles she gave Tam a fish but not just any fish, this fish was the best looking and of all and it had magical abilities. Tam was then told to feed the fish and take care of it and she gave the fish what little she could spare from her petty food. The fish then granted her wishes. One day the step-mother told Tam to go get wood and she obeyed her, then her stepmother took her jacket, and went to the well, once the fish came up the stepmother killed it and cooked it. The Goddess of Mercy appeared to Tam and helped her finish her chores so she could go to the Autumn Festival. The Goddess of Mercy gave Tam the most beautiful dress and pair of slippers. Cam spotted Tam at the festival and Tam ran home because she was scared. She ran home because her step-sister and step-mother started to realize she was the beautiful woman. On her way home she dropped a slipper and the guard picked it up and brought it to the king. The king then found her and had her try it on, and it fit perfectly.Tam then pulled out the matching one and her rags turned into a beautiful dress. At her father's anniversary, Tam went to go pick nuts off the tree in their backyard and the stepmother cut down the tree and Tam died. Then the King married Cam. Tam's spirit was reincarnated into a nightingale, that sung to the mourning king and he then put it in a golden cage and it always sung to the king but one day the king went outside and Cam, came in and smashed the cage and the bird, and Tam's spirit was reincarnated into a tree with a single golden fruit. One day an old woman walked by and asked the tree to drop a fruit in her basket and she promised not to eat the fruit just smell it. One day the woman went to sleep and when she woke the whole house was cleaned. She then pretended to go to sleep and Tam came out of the fruit and cleaned the house. The woman then adopted Tam as her daughter and when the King went out in the woods, he wandered into the yard of the cottage. He sat down to eat some betel and said it tasted exactly like his old wife made and asked who made it. Then the woman called for Tam and when the King saw her he took her for is wife again and in the kingdom Cam asked her sister how she got so beautiful and white, she said she bathes in boiling water and the sister did and as soon as she hit the water she died and then the stepmother died of a broken heart.   =**Vietnamese Culture <span class="wiki_link_ext"> ** = =<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: Georgia,serif;"> =

<span style="color: rgb(255,5,45); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **<span style="color: rgb(255,5,45); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the story //Tam and Cam,// Tam went to the Autumn Festival. The Autumn Festival in Vietnam is called Têt-Trung-Thu. Têt-Trung-Thu is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It also can be called the Children’s Festival. One of the activities is a candlelit lantern service. The lantern represents brightness. Most children get a star lantern; there are also making masks and lanterns, dancing, and contests. The children listen to fairy tales and eat mooncakes. ** Capital: Hanoi Population: 87,375,000 Language: Vietnamese [|Vietnamese Culture] **
 * <span style="color: rgb(187,0,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">President: Nguyen Minh Triet <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">