The fairy tale Tam Cam is a story that has existed for a long time, and has accompanied many generations of Vietnamese children.

The story revolves around the life of the main character, the gentle and modest Ms. Tam. Ms. Tam lost her mother at a young age. Not long after her father passed away, her father passed away, leaving her to live alone with her stepmother and her stepson, Cam. So much suffering in Tam's life was caused by this cruel mother and son.

During his childhood years until he grew up, Tam was forced by his stepmother to work hard all day, and endured scolding and deprivation. One time, my aunt took out her new peach bib to organize a contest for Tam and Cam to find crabs and catch snails. Of course, with his diligence, the majority will have to go to Tam. Unexpectedly, the cunning Cam plotted to trick Tam into washing her hair, so that she could take the basket of shrimp and crab home first. When Tam got to shore, there was only a tiny goby left in the basket. Tam burst into tears, then Mr. Buddha appeared and told her to bring the goby fish home to raise.

Tam raises fish in the well behind the house. Every day, I bring out rice to feed the fish, and sing my own song so the goby emerges. Unexpectedly, the evil stepmother was snooping around and came up with a bad plan. She tricked Tam into herding buffalo in the far fields, then at home imitated Tam and called the goby fish and ate it. After eating, she buried the fish bones in the corner of the kitchen. By the time Tam got home, brought the rice to the well, and called up the pot, all that was left was the bright red clot of blood. Sad, Tam burst into tears. Mr. Buddha appeared again, instructing Tam to take a handful of rice to feed the chickens, and let them dig through the ground to find goby fish bones. Then he told Tam to bury the bones in four jars, placing them at the foot of the bed.

Not long after, the king opened a festival to recruit wives, and daughters everywhere dressed up to attend the festival. Tam was also excited. She asked her stepmother to let her go to the festival. Unexpectedly, she forced her to pick up a pile of rice grains and beans mixed together before she could go to the festival. Heartbroken, Tam burst into tears again. Mr. Buddha appeared again, calling a flock of sparrows to help Tam. Thanks to that, she quickly completed the work assigned by her stepmother. But now, what should she wear to go to the festival, when all she has are old outfits? Seeing her concern, Mr. Buddha told her to pick up the vases at the foot of the bed. Alas, inside is a gorgeous dress and shoes. Wearing it, Tam is as beautiful as a princess.


Having the dress, Tam thanked Mr. Buddha and happily went to the festival. While crossing the river, she dropped one shoe into the water. There were so many people coming to the meeting that she couldn't go down and find her shoes. At that moment, the king's elephant passed by, caught his shoe, and refused to walk. The king sent his soldiers down to look at the shoes, looked at the shoes for a moment, and then the king pointed out: Whoever fits in those shoes will be the king's wife. So many girls came to try their luck, but no one was suitable. When it was Tam's turn, she immediately went to try it out. So Tam became queen.

Although she became the king's wife, Ms. Tam still maintained her hardworking qualities. That year, on the anniversary of her father's death, she asked the king to return to her hometown to celebrate his death. Returning home, she personally prepared a decent tray to worship her father. Later, the stepmother asked Tam to climb a tree to pick areca nuts. Then, while she was on the areca tree, he cut down the root, causing her to fall into the pond and die.

Thanks to a miracle, Tam did not die but turned into gold and flew into the king's palace. The king treasured his gold so much that he carried it with him wherever he went. This made Cam - the man who wore Tam's clothes to enter the palace to replace the king's maid - extremely jealous. One day the king was away, Cam caught a bird to eat, then threw the bird's feathers in a corner of the garden. From that pile of bird feathers, an unusually tall and luxuriant oval tree grew. Under the shade of the tree, the king felt very comfortable, so he let his soldiers hang hammocks under the tree and often go there to rest. Jealous of the neem tree, waiting for the king to patrol, Cam ordered someone to cut the tree down to make a loom. But every time Cam weaved, the loom would creak and make scary curses that scared her. So she had someone burn the loom to ashes, then dump it at an intersection far away from the king's palace.

Cam thought it was over so he was very happy. Who would have thought that from that pile of ashes, a huge apricot tree grew, and then the tree produced a single apricot fruit, emitting a fragrant scent. A woman selling water at the base of a tree saw this and asked the tree to let her take the fruit home to smell, and promised not to eat the fruit. Then the fruit fell into her bag. From that day on, waiting for the old lady to leave, Ms. Tam came out from the market and helped her with housework and cooking. The old lady found it strange, so she peeped and discovered her. She hugged Tam and asked to adopt her. From then on, the two became mother and daughter.

One day, the king returned from a patrol and stopped at the old lady's cafe. Looking at the betel pieces with phoenix wings that looked like his wife, the king immediately invited the betel maker to meet him. When they saw each other, they were both happy and sad, embracing each other in happiness. After that, Tam followed the king back to the palace and lived happily together. As for Cam and his mother, they were sent away to another country, never to return. It's worthy of two cruel people.