Have you ever heard that quote "Even if no one's there, someone's always listening"? Yeah, that shit scares the shit outta me.
Sometimes when I'm crying to myself at night and it's late enough, I'll get a weird feeling like someone is there with me and so I'll stop and look at pictures of my dog to feel better. Also, I'm pretty terrible with my Hmong, so please bare with me because at least I'm trying. 😭 If there are any correction that needs to be fixed please tell me. 😭😭😭
When I was little, my step sister was telling me a story of a little girl who cried at night because she missed her parents. Her parents always told her that it's okay for her to cry, but never at night. One day, they went on a trip to Thailand. They were gone for a long time and so she started to miss them.
One night she was in her room, looking out her window, crying. She was saying,
"Kuv niam, kuv txiv, kuv nco nco nej." ( "My mother, my father, I really miss you guys." )
As she kept saying that, her room door opened. She heard voice that sounded just like her mother's ( her parents were still in Thailand. ) She said in a dead like voice,
"Me ntxhai, ua cas koj quaj o?" ( Little girl, what are you crying for? )
The little girl turned around and saw what looked like her mother and her father. She noticed that something was a little off about them, but she didn't think much about it because she missed her parents so much. She responded with,
"Niam, txiv, nej tuaj o? Kuv nco nco nej." ( Mom, dad, you guys are here? I've missed you guys a lot. ) She went and hugged the both of them.
The "father" told her,
"Me ntxhais, txhob quaj thaum tsaus ntuj. Mus pw tam sim no." ( Little girl, don't cry during the night time. Go to sleep right now. )
She looked at her mother and father. She asked them if she was going to see them the next day. They both nodded their heads. She did as she was told and went back to sleep. The next morning, she was expecting to see "them", but couldn't find them and so that night she was sad again and the same thing happened. For the next couple of days, the same thing kept happening.
One night she got a call from her parents ( real parents ) who were still in Thailand. She said,
"Nyob Zoo ah." ( Hello )
Her mom was on the other phone. She said,
"Kuv tus me ntxais, kov puas nyob hauv tsev?" ( My little girl/daughter, are you at home? )
The little girl felt a little sketchy. She said,
"Uwb, kuv nyob hauv tsev. Niam kov puas nyob qhov twg?" Her mom explained that her and her father were coming back soon. At that moment the little girl turned around and saw her "parents" standing behind her in her room. She asked her mom,
"Niam, koj puas nyob hauv tsev?" Her mother explained to her that her and her father was still Thailand and that they were coming back in a few days time. She hung up the phone with her mom. The "mother" said,
"Me ntxhais, ua cas koj quaj o?" She responded with,
"Kuv tsis quaj o niam." ( I'm not crying mother. ) They both turned their heads to look at her.
"Pev tsis yog koj tus niam tiab txiv. Pev yog daj. Pev los coj koj." ( We are not your mom and dad. We are monsters/ghosts. We came to take you. )
The mother and father came home from Thailand a few days later and they never found their daughter.
