Once upon a time, two herons had built their nests on the roof of a temple at Tientsin. For long years, dust had accumulated in the shrine within which lived a huge serpent. Whenever the young ones of the herons were ready to fly, the serpent would creep towards the nest and swallow everyone of […]
When the Emperor saw how faithful his wife was, he revealed the truth and told her who he was. He gave her beautiful clothes and took her to the palace with him. Now, they lived in luxury and happiness. After a few days, the Emperor said to his wife, “We enjoy and have fun every
Through the years, the beggar found his fortune, and became the Emperor. He returned and came to meet his wife. She did not recognise him. She only knew that he was the powerful Emperor. The Emperor asked her how she was getting along. “Why do you ask me how I am getting along?” she replied.
The King could not tolerate this but the princess insisted. Angrily, he drove her out of the palace. So, the princess had to leave the palace with the beggar. She had to live in a small hut with the beggar and search for herbs and roots which she had to cook herself. At times, they
Long ago, there was a proud King who had a beautiful daughter. But she was a child of ill-luck. It was time to get her married. All the suitors assembled before the King’s palace. She would throw down a ball of red silk among the suitors, and whoever caught it, would be her husband. Now,
Fa Hein grew a coconut plantation on his ancestral land. The leaves were green and lush on the trees. Now, Fa Hein had to wait for the leaves to dry. Finally, the leaves dried and started falling off the trees. While Fa Hein was busy collecting the fallen leaves, his wife was busy selling the
Fa Hein wanted to turn copper into gold. All his experiments had failed badly but he still believed that one day, he would be able to turn copper into gold. He had wasted all his ancestral wealth on his foolish dreams. His wife was very worried. She consulted a friend of her late father. He
In the beginning, there was darkness and chaos. The heavens and the earth were intermingled. Within the darkness was a big crusty egg. The egg cracked and the giant Pangu came into being. The upper part of the egg floated upwards and formed the sky and the lower part sank downwards, to become the earth.
Once, a man was selling spears and shields. He highly boasted of his shields and said, “Look at the best shields! See the design and the quality! And look at the shape! No spear on the earth can pierce them! It is the surest protection for your body! Buy it to be a respected warrior!”
Ki-wu said to the stranger, “We thought we were doing you a favour. If you are blind and could not see the treasure, there’s no one but yourself to blame. Come, Pao-shu; let us go back and have a look at the snake that is supposedly hiding in a chunk of gold.” Laughing and having
At last, they reached the spring. They were surprised to see that the place was already occupied by a countryman who lay stretched on the ground. “Wake up, fellow!” cried Pao-shu, “There is money for you close by.” Then, they described to the stranger the exact place where the treasure was. Eagerly, the stranger rushed
“See!” they both said together and pointed towards the treasure. Ki-wu bent down and picked up the nugget. It was as large as a lemon, and was a little heavy. “It is yours, my dear friend,” said Ki-wu, as he handed over the nugget to Pao-shu; “yours because you saw it first.” “No, no,” answered
Long ago, there lived in China two friends named Ki-wu and Pao-shu. They were always together and no unkind words passed between them. On a bright beautiful day in spring, Ki-wu and Pao-shu went for a walk together, for they were tired of the city noises. “Let us go into the pine forest,” said Ki-wu
The people took the bundle out of the river, and rescued the trader who was still alive. Now, the trader wanted to go back to Wuhu but the dog was missing. The trader was very unhappy. He searched for the dog but could not find him. After a few days, when he was on the
Once, there was a trader who did business at Wuhu. One day, when he was returning home with the huge profit he had made, he saw a butcher tying up a dog on the river-bank. He bought the dog for double his value and took him along with him in his boat. Now, the boatman
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