The story of Tấm and Cám

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"Oh goby, oh goby

Go up and eat my golden and silver rice

Don't eat those spoiled rice and porridge of theirs."

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 The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese: Truyện Tấm Cám) is an ancient Vietnamese fairytale collected by L. T. Bach - Lan in Vietnamese Legends, which is split into two main parts: Tấm's life before she married the king and after that. The first part of the tale's plot is very similar to the European folk tale Cinderella, whereas the second part is not. The second part is controversial for its references to murder and cannibalism, and so there are edited versions of this part of the story in Vietnamese textbooks.

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Main characters:

Protagonist:

Tấm: a gentle and kind young lady whose parents passed away, so she had to live with her mean stepmother and half-sister.

Antagonist:

Mother of Cám/Stepmother of Tấm: a wicked woman who made Tấm become a servant and treated her badly after her father had passed away.

Cám: the half-sister of Tấm, who was mean and always tried to bully her elder half-sister.

Supporting characters:

Bụt: a god in Vietnamese fairytales taking the form of a gentle old man.

The king: Tấm's ticket to happiness, serving as a reward.

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