The Chinese Fairy Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: your turtle-dove. On the earth our tiger-beast will devour your sheep and your ox. On the table our pair of scissors will cut up all your old books. And finally, in the room?well, the stable-boy can marry your maid Then the oldest son-in-law said: Well scolded Sister-in-law, you know how to talk If you...
More Description

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: your turtle-dove. On the earth our tiger-beast will devour your sheep and your ox. On the table our pair of scissors will cut up all your old books. And finally, in the room?well, the stable-boy can marry your maid Then the oldest son-in-law said: Well scolded Sister-in-law, you know how to talk If you were a man you would have had your degree long ago. And, as a punishment, we will empty our three glasses. Note: This is also a fairy-tale traditionally handed down. HOW GREED FOB A TRIFLING THING LED A MAN TO LOSE A GREAT ONE ONCE upon a time there was an old woman, who had two sons. But her older son did not love his parents, and left his mother and brother. The younger one served her so faithfully, however, that all the people spoke of his filial affection. One day it happened that there was a theatrical performance given outside the village. The younger son started to carry his mother there on his back, so that she might look on. But there was a ravine before the village, and he slipped and fell down in the middle of it. And his mother was killed by the rolling stones, and her blood and flesh were sprinkled about everywhere. The son stroked his mother's corpse, and wept bitterly. He was about to kill himself when, suddenly, he saw a priest standing before him. The latter said: Have no fear, for I can bring your mother back to life again And as he said so, te stooped, gathered up her flesh and bones, and laid them together as they should be. Then he breathed upon them, and at .once the mother was alive again. This made the son very happy, and he thanked the priest on his knees. Yet on a shap point of rock he still saw a bit of his mother's flesh hanging, a bit about an inch long. That should not be left hanging there either, said he, and hid it i...