A Chinese Wonder Book by Norman Hinsdale Pitman

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[Illustration: "SNAKE'S BLOOD MIXED WITH POWDERED DEER-HORN."]

A CHINESE WONDER BOOK

NORMAN HINSDALE PITMAN

ILLUSTRATED BY LI CHU-T'ANG

[Illustration: Colophon]

NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & CO. 681 FIFTH AVENUE

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Printed in the United States of America

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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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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1: A Chinese Wonder Book by Norman Hinsdale Pitman
2: The Wang house had suffered greatly
3: Full to the brim of pork dumplings
4: These wonderful pork dumplings
5: Aren't you afraid of Blackfoot
6: Go to that very black box and take out the golden beetle
7: Purred Whitehead in Blackfoot's ear
8: But it was afraid of Whitehead
9: Heaping praises upon Whitehead
10: And yet permit me to say that Kwan yu
11: Kwan yu appointed a day for the casting
12: Around the walls stood Kwan yu's friends
13: The unhappy Kwan yu fell upon the floor
14: Kwan yu lay on the floor surrounded by his attendants
15: And so we may say that Kwan yu was prepared to die
16: Hsieh the Chinese word for slipper
17: When Honeysuckle has been naughty
18: Poor Honeysuckle lay in agony for three days
19: The noble dog barked three times
20: Dog and his fair Honeysuckle are sprung
21: At one time the wicked Chow sin
22: To be robbed of his lovely Ta ki
23: Thus for a second time was Su nan victorious
24: Now we must not forget Fox Sprite
25: Hence they demanded the death of Fox Sprite
26: Just then Ta ki opened her eyes and looked about her
27: That rascal Wang has been with me these ten years
28: Into the quiet waters of the fish pond
29: Nature forgot to give you any scales
30: Li saw a gigantic carp idly floating about in a shallow pool
31: 'A hungry carp often falls into danger
32: Carp is his favourite delicacy
33: It sounds as if the carp were talking
34: He had never been outside the Hsi Ling forest
35: I should think you would have the backache
36: Asked the turtle when Bamboo swung the iron gates open
37: In one hour we shall be above Thibet
38: But which he knew was the phoenix
39: And Bamboo felt himself slipping
40: Hu lin and this goose were close friends
41: Hu lin entered the house on tiptoe
42: It is more than my goose brain can think out
43: Beware of idle boasting and of breaking the law
44: Said Hu lin and Ch'ang together
45: And lin is surely good Chinese for a grove of trees
46: Making her way along slowly by means of her crutch
47: Li neng slept off his drunkenness
48: All the time Li neng was speaking
49: The tiger gravely nodded his head
50: Kwan yin kowtowed before her royal father
51: After Kwan yin had shed many tears
52: But no one thought of Kwan yin
53: Kwan yin alone remained in the room
54: When Kwan yin was put to death
55: We are jugglers from a distant province
56: Oh graceful is that peach tree of course
57: Handing the fruit to the mandarin
58: The mandarin rose and addressed the jugglers
59: The ball grew brighter and brighter
60: Suddenly turning and coming up to Ying lo
61: Ying lo listened in wonder to Iron Staff's little poem
62: Looking round and recognising Ying lo
63: THE WOODEN TABLET Illustration Yes
64: The boy stood looking at the tablet
65: Snatched the precious tablet from the shelf
66: You are only the spirit of my grandfather
67: The tablet was nowhere to be seen
68: Felt much ashamed of his own ragged garments
69: At the same time handing it to Pao shu
70: One day in this forest is worth a thousand nuggets
71: Lin was nowhere near to hear old Wang thanking him
72: Wang began to pull the feathers out by handfuls
73: The longer Wang talked to himself
74: And Wang freed from his trouble
75: A tiny soapstone image of the goddess Kwan yin
76: Over there was the great city with its thousands of sleepers
77: It is the dear goddess Kwan yin
78: Below were the dirty fishing smacks which Lu san was used to
79: Lu san stepped into the fairy car