Shadow Puppet Show

I went to a Shadow Puppet Show last night. Shadow Puppets are very much a tradition in Cambodia. They cut intricate puppets out of leather, then stand behind a screen and use the puppets to tell a story. The stories are all in the Khmer language. I had a written description of each story, so I was able to follow them. The really are very silly stories! My favorite was about a man and a woman who each had a bull. They decided to have the bulls fight and bet on the fight. The loser would pay the other money. In the end, one bull died and the other ran away. The man's bull died, and he wanted the woman to pay him for it. She didn't want to because she lost her bull too. They started fighting. The police came and asked what was going on. When he found out, he arrested them both because it is illegeal to bet. So, they both lost! See? Silly!