Chinese Children's Favorite Stories. Mingmei Yip

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      Text and illustrations by

       Mingmei Yip

      TUTTLE PUBLISHING

       Tokyo • Rutland, Vermont • Singapore

      When my brother and I were very small, both our parents liked to read us bedtime stories. Sometimes, when Mother had tucked us in for the night, Father would come into the bedroom, wink at both of us, and then proudly say, "I'm the storyteller tonight."

      I still remember how on many evenings, an arm around each of us, my young, handsome father would keep us spellbound with traditional Chinese tales—The Monkey King, The Ghost Catcher, The Frog Who Lived in a Well—either from memory or retold from the popular magazine, Children's Happy Garden. He would tell each story in a lively, animated manner, sometimes even jumping up to show us kung fu movements in imitation of the Monkey King or the Little Immortal. But Father's expression would become serious when he explained the story's moral—kindness and wisdom as in The Wolf and the Scholar, helping others as in The Fish-Basket Goddess, or overcoming obstacles as in the Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate. One night, after he had finished telling The Frog Who Lived in a Well, Father stared at us and asked, "You don't want to be like that frog, do you?

      Thinking that a tiny well is the whole universe, and he's the smartest fellow in the whole world?" He reached to pat our heads. "Remember, never be boastful, for there may always be a mountain higher than the one you live on."

      I believe this is how children in China grow up and learn to meet life's challenges—by listening to tales filled with precious lessons passed down from their ancestors.

      It is my hope that, by retelling some of these thousand-year-old Chinese stories, I can pass along the gift of my parents, their generous spirit and their love for children—and inspire other children for many generations to come.

      —Mingmei Yip

      To my husband Geoffrey, for his compassion and wisdom

      —Mingmei Yip

      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 USA and 61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12, Singapore 534167

      Text and illustrations © 2004 Mingmei Yip

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      ISBN: 978-1-4629-0795-3 (ebook)

      Printed in Malaysia

      First printing, 2004

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      Contents

The Fish-Basket Goddess	9
The Mouse Bride	15
Dream of the Butterfly	25
The Cowherd and the Spinning Girl	27
The Ghost Catcher	36
The Frog Who Lived in a Well	43
Chang-E Flies to the Moon	50
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