The Fourth Daughter and the Rat Clan
The fourth daughter of Abutie married to a big rat.
At that time,rats could fly.The big rat flew out to find food,and turned into a man when returning home.The rat and the fourth daughter had a son,and soon the son was about fourteen or fifteen years old.
One day,the big rat went out to look for food and did not return till night.The fourth daughter said to the son,“My boy,go to look for your father!”
The son took the bolt to the edge of the river and waited for his father.When he waited,he looked at the rope slings on rope crossing.He waited for a long time but his father didn't appear.His stomach growled with hunger.Suddenly,a big rat came crawling up the rope.The son shot down the rat with an arrow,set up a fire to burn the rat and ate it.After eating,he took the rice bag left by the rat back home.His mother was waiting for them anxiously.As soon as she saw her son,she asked,“Where's your daddy?”
“I didn't see him!”
“Where did you get the rice?”
The son told the story of the big rat running over the rope.After hearing the rat had been burned to death,his mother cried,“My boy,my silly boy!That big rat is your father!”
Later,the fourth daughter and her son moved to Nushui county.And the son's descendants are the Rat Clan.