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Kham, a young novice in a yellow robe, sits cross-legged by a stream holding a wrapped mieng, while his red rooster Gai Dang struts beside him.

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Double-Crossed

Xieng Mieng · Book 2

Nor Sanavongsay

How Xieng Mieng got his name. Kham, a young novice at the wat, loves tricks and mieng. When two merchants bet they can carry the king’s mieng across the stream, he shows them what crossing over really means.

Double-Crossed: How Xieng Mieng Got His Name is Xieng Mieng Book 2, written and illustrated by Nor Sanavongsay.

Before he was Xieng Mieng, he was Kham, a young novice at the wat who loves two things: playing tricks and eating mieng. When two merchants bet him they can carry the king’s mieng across the stream, Kham shows them what crossing over really means, and earns a new name along the way.

How it’s going

We’re rewriting the story, so the details may change. The first few spreads are drawn. Here’s a peek.

A bald man in a white shirt shouts and points at Kham, a young novice sweeping the temple yard with his red rooster beside him.
Kham dreams of baskets of mieng, then naps in a hammock by the stream while his rooster sleeps on a rock.
Two mieng merchants with baskets on their backs shout, and Kham tumbles out of his hammock as his rooster flaps away.

And after this one, another Xieng Mieng story is on its way.

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