Once upon a time, there was
an unknown stretch of land on the far far East,
leaning its back on a range of old mountains
and looking out facing the oceans from a long
shoreline.
One day there came from the ocean a mighty
dragon with sparkling golden scales. Landing
on the ground, the dragon turned into a strong
and handsome young man in a golden cloak, whose
name was Lac Long Quan. With his strength and
brave heart, Lac Long Quan travelled to different
parts of the land to seek and destroy all the
evil forces.
There also lived at the time high in the mountains
a fairy clan whose princess was the young and
beautiful Au Co. Au Co was very skillful at
medicine and with her benevolent heart, Au Co
had gone from one place to another to heal all
the sufferings.
Just as destiny had spelled it, the hero met
the beauty one day, and Lac Long Quan and Au
Co found out from their hearts that they just
could not walk away from each other. Out of
admiration and deep respect for the other’s
deeds and visions, they decided to bond their
lives together and hence became husband and
wife. Together, they did more good deeds throughout
the stretch of land ever since.
Time went by, their deep love bore its beautiful
fruits, and Au Co gave birth to a pouch of 100
eggs, which in their due date hatched out 100
babies, all healthy and chubby.
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