Abi May-may (Old lady – Old man) is a tale about the daughters of a very poor old couple, who are abandoned by their parents. After a number of miraculous events, the girls meet the Gold King and the youngest sister marries the Gold King and the other sisters became her servants. The two older sisters become jealous of their youngest sister and try to destroy her children. They thwarted several times and at last throw them into the river in a box. They are rescued by a (Muslim) old man, who brings them up, building a palace for them. After further adventures, their evil aunts finally meet their karmic punishments and are swallowed by the earth. Tsewang Norzom, aged eighty-three, is a farmer’s wife in the village of Kumik. She is the oldest person in her village and was suggested as someone who still remembers old tales. She learnt the tales from other people as a child. She can still recall the times when people were still coming and asking her to recite the tales.