A Chinese Wonder Book
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A CHINESE WONDER BOOK
BY
NORMAN HINSDALE PITMAN
ILLUSTRATED BY
LI CHU-T'ANG
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
681 FIFTH AVENUE
[ii]
Copyright, 1919
By
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
________________________________________
All rights reserved
________________________________________
Printed in the United States of America
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A CHINESE WONDER BOOK
BY
NORMAN HINSDALE PITMAN
ILLUSTRATED BY
LI CHU-T'ANG
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
681 FIFTH AVENUE
[ii]
Copyright, 1919
By
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
________________________________________
All rights reserved
________________________________________
Printed in the United States of America
[iii]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
The Golden Beetle or Why the Dog Hates the Cat
1
The Great Bell
21
The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog
39
How Footbinding Started
52
The Talking Fish
68
Bamboo and the Turtle
88
The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest
104
The Nodding Tiger
120
The Princess Kwan-Yin
134
The Two Jugglers
147
The Phantom Vessel
160
The Wooden Tablet
172
The Golden Nugget
187
The Man Who Would Not Scold
193
Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven
206
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[v]
ILLUSTRATIONS
Facing Page
"Snake's blood mixed with powdered deer-horn"
Frontispiece
"Here son!" she cried, "look at my treasure!"
8
Clinging to the animal's shaggy hair was Honeysuckle
50
Throwing herself at his feet she thanked him for his mercy
56
"Ah," sighed the turtle, "if only the good god, P'anku, were here"
102
Putting his bill close to her ear, he told Hu-Lin of his recent discovery
108
The tiger gravely nodded his head
130
All day she was busy carrying water
138
Higher and higher he climbed
154
They saw shining in the pathway directly in front of them a lump of gold
188
As she dressed herself she saw with surprise that her fingers were shapely
214
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[1]
THE GOLDEN BEETLE
OR
WHY THE DOG HATES THE CAT
hat we shall eat to-morrow, I haven't the slightest idea!" said Widow Wang to her eldest son, as he started out one morning in search of work.
"Oh, the gods will provide. I'll find a few coppers somewhere," replied the boy, trying to speak cheerfully, although in his heart he also had not the slightest idea in which direction to turn.
The winter had been a hard one: extreme cold, deep snow, and violent winds. The Wang house had suffered greatly. The roof had fallen in, weighed down by heavy snow. Then a hurricane had blown a wall over, and Ming-li, the son, up all night and exposed to a [2] bitter cold wind, had caught pneumonia. Long days of illness followed, with the spending of extra money for medicine. All their scant savings had soon melted away, and at the shop where Ming-li had been employed his place was filled by another. When at last he arose from his sick-bed he was too weak for hard labour and there seemed to be no work in the neighbouring villages for him to do. Night after night he came home, trying not to be discouraged, but in his heart feeling the deep pangs of sorrow that come to the good son who sees his mother suffering for want of food and clothing...
| Publisher | |
| Binding | Kindle Edition (48 editions) |
| Reading Level | Uncategorized
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| # of Pages | 118 |
| ISBN-10 | B006HPHADC |
| Publication Date | 12/03/2011 |
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