ນິທານໄກ່ແກ້ວ ວັນໜ່ຶງ ທ້າວກໍ່າພ້າເຫັນໄກ່ໂຕໜຶ່ງງາມແລະມີກິ່ນຫອມ ທ້າວເລີຍໄລ່ຄຸບເອົາ ແຕ່ຈັບໄດ້ແຕ່ຂົນ ໄກ່ນັ້ນກໍ່ແລ່ນເຂົ້າຮູ ແຕ່ຂົນໄກ່ນັ້ນໄດ້ສົ່ງກິ່ນຫອມໄປທົ່ວພະນະຄອນ ຈົນເລື່ອງຮູ້ໄປເຖິງພະຣາຊາ ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ປະກາດຫາຄົນໄປຈັບໄກ່ແກ້ວນັ້ນ. ທ້າວກໍາພ້າ ຈຶ່ງອາສາຈະລົງໄປຈັບ ແຕ່ມີເງື່ອນໄຂວ່າ ພະຣາຊາຈະຕ້ອງລ້ຽງດູມານດາຂອງຕົນຢ່າງອຸດົມສົມບູນ. ເມື່ອທ້າວກໍາພ້າລົງໄປໃນຮູ ກໍ່ເຫັນຜູ້ສາວຮູບງາມ ຊຶ່ງນາງກໍ່ຄືໄກ່ແກ້ວ. ທັງສອງເກີດຄວາມຮັກເລີຍໄດ້ເປັນຜົວເມຍກັນ. ແຕ່ກໍ່ຖືກພະຣາຊາກັ່ນແກ້ງຍາດເອົາເມຍໄປ. ຮ້ອນເຖິງເທວະດາທີ່ຕ້ອງຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອທ້າວກໍາພ້າ. ເມື່ອທ້າວກໍາພ້າຮູ້ວ່າ ພະຣາຊາທໍາຜິດສັນຍາແລະເອົາເມຍຂອງຕົນໄປ ຈຶ່ງເຮັດສົງຄາມສູ້ຮົບກັນ ໃນທີ່ສຸດ ທ້າວກໍາພ້າຊະນະ ເລີຍໄດ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຄອງເມືອງພ້ອມທັງໄດ້ເມຍຕົນຄືນມາ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ່ ໑໕ ໜ້າ ໒: ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມຕູດຊ້າຍແລ້ວ ເດືອນ ໓ ອອກໃຫມ່ ໑໔ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ໖ ພ.ສ. ໒໔໕໗ ປີຂານ ພຣະສົມເດັດຈັນ ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາໃນພະພຸດທະສາສະໜາເປັນອັນຍິ່ງ ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ສ້າງໜັງສື ລໍາໄກ່ແກ້ວ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພຸດທະເຈົ້າ. ຊາດຈັກມາພາຍຂ້າງໜ້າ ຂໍໃຫ້ຜູ້ຂ້າໄດ້ບວດແຕ່ນ້ອຍນ້ອຍ ຄຣູບາອາຈານເຈົ້າກູອົງໃດຢ່າໄດ້ດ່າຂະນ້ອຍທ້ອນ ອ້າຍເນນເອີຍ ຕົວບໍ່ດີບໍ່ງາມທໍ່ໃດແລ້ວຄຣູບາເອີຍ.
The story of a chicken. One day, Thao Kampha (the orphan) saw a beautiful and fragrant chicken. He then chased after her, but caught only a feathur. The chicken ran into the hole. The feather sent a fragrance all over the city. Until the news reached the king, he announced to find someone to catch the chicken. Thao Kampha volunteered to go down and capture the chicken. But he had a condition that the king had to provide for his mother. When the orphan went down into the hole, he saw a beautiful girl who was the kai kaeo chicken. The two fell in love and became married. But the king snatched the orphan and took his wife. This made trouble to the angels who must help the orphan. When the orphan realized that the king has broken his promise and takes his wife away, they go to war. Eventually, the orphan was the conqueror and became the ruler of the city and regained his wife. Colophon: Folio 15 on the verso side: The writing was accomplished at the time of tut sai (between 12.00–13.30 o’clock), the fourteenth day of the waxing moon of the third lunar month, the sixth day of the week (Friday). BE 2457, a khan year (Year of the Tiger). Phra Somdet Chan had the most ardent religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript [entitled] Lam kai keo, to support the Teachings of the Buddha. In my future life, may I be ordained since I am very little. Any teachers or monks please do not blame me. Dear novices and monks, my handwriting was not so beautiful.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 16 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 5.5 cm, width 57.5 cm, depth 0.8 cm.
Condition of original material: Some folios are damaged on the margin.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, BE 2457, a khan year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 17.
