The Chinese Fairy Book

physician, the second one married a magistrate; but the third, who w

r husbands, to wish them long life and happiness. The parents-in-law prepared a meal for their three sons-in-law, and put the bir

e of us must invent a verse, one that rimes and makes sense, on the words: 'in the sky, on the eart

w felt embarrassed and insisted on leaving. But the gues

began: "I will make a start

the phenix p

the lambkin

hrough an anci

I softly cal

ne continued

he turtle-dov

the ox paws u

ne studies the

e maid she swe

nd nothing to say. And when all of them ins

-flies a le

h-stalks a

-lies a pair

-I call the

w clapped their hands an

o not make sense. A leaden bullet is no bird, the stable-boy does his wo

er raised the curtain of the women's room, and stepped

et will shoot your phenix and your turtle-dove. On the earth our tiger-beast will devour your sheep and your ox. On the ta

know how to talk! If you were a man you would have had your degre

a fairy-tale tradit