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BANGKOK, Thailand-A village of 181 people was saved from the Asian tsunami because of an ancient lesson passed along the generations. The Elders of a community known as the Morgan sea gypsies say if the water recedes fast it will reappear in the same quantity. When the sea drained from some of the beaches along the southern coast, some Thais went out to pick up the fish left behind, but not the gypsies. They fled to the mountains of South Surin Island, saving themselves from the giant waves that killed 150,000-plus people on Dec. 26.