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  BU-08311     2005 To Order   

Orphan Boy the Farmer - Tub Ntsuag Tub ua Teb

Written By Cha Yang

Copyright ©  2008  Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.


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Orphan Boy the Farmer is a series of three short stories that portray the life of an (fictitious) orphaned Hmong farm boy.

The three stories illustrate hazards, behaviors, consequences, and control strategies related to farm work assigned to Hmong children and depict safe work practices of three tasks: Rototilling, Knife Use, and Marketplace Skills. Imagery and humor are incorporated as well as the serious consequences of unsafe practices.

Hmong folk characters (e.g. an orphan boy, his older brother and nasty sister-in-law, three princesses and benevolent spirit) and settings are the context for the stories and create a comfortable and supportive atmosphere through which children and adults can learn about safety and health when working in the garden or on the farm.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi
Preface xii
Chapter 1: Why the Crops Don't Come Home Anymore 1
Lessons Learned from Chapter 1 29
Chapter 2: How a Cucumber Helped Orphan Boy Find a Wife 31
Lessons Learned from Chapter 2 63
Chapter 3: The Grandmother Shares her Safety Wisdom 65
Lessons Learned from Chapter 3 87
About the Author 88
About the Illustrator 89

Chapter 1:

Why the Crops Don't Come Home Anymore

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Ua Cas Qoob Tsis Taug Kev Los Tsev Lawm

 

Hmong people believe that at the beginning of the world, Lou Tou and his wife, Ntsee Tyee, came out to the world through a crack in the mountains. When they came out, there were no plants or animals on the earth. They brought with them a magical flower that gave them seeds for food. As they explored this new world, they ate some of the seeds from the flower when they were hungry, while planting most of them all over the place.

     In a short time, the seeds that they spread throughout the world sprouted and grew into all kinds of plants. Among the plants that came from the seeds were rice, corn,

 

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