Coming of Age

Stories in the Coming of Age genre:

• The Story of the Buffalo Boy Jul 6, 2025

  

  In a small village nestled between emerald rice paddies and flowing streams in the Red River Delta, there lived a boy named Duc who was known throughout the community as “Cau Be Trau”—the Buffalo Boy. His family was among the poorest in the village, owning nothing but a tiny plot of land and a single, aging water buffalo named Xanh.

  Duc’s father had died when he was very young, leaving his mother to raise him alone. She worked tirelessly weaving baskets and mats to sell at the market, while young Duc took care of their precious buffalo and helped tend their small rice field.