Sometimes they tell stories when we go to sleep. Usually, they tell the stories in the bedroom. The whole family gets together so everyone can hear. Everyone sits on the bed together. Both parents take turns telling stories.
Some stories are true.
The parents tell things that happened to them in Laos and in Thailand. They tell us a lot of stories now, more than when they lived in Thailand because we are older and we understand better. This is a Hmong story told by one of our parents. A long time ago there was a king. So the king had three sons.