On the bench he pulled out of his book bag the lao classic, "Thao Nok Kaba Phuak which in English meant "The White Nightjar."
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
lao means "bring" and jao "go."
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
The Story of lao Ting and the Luminous Insect It is of lao Ting that the saying has arisen, "He who can grasp Opportunity as she slips by does not need a lucky dream."
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc