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Horse and the Mysterious Drawing: Stories of the Chinese Zodiac, A Story in English and Chinese

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This beautifully illustrated Chinese children’s book tells a traditional myth in both English and Chinese characters.

Long ago in China, there was once a little boy who lived a nomadic life with his circle of relatives. Hunger and hardship followed them wherever they went. They tried to grow food once, but each time the seeds were sown, winter came and the entire seedlings became frozen.

One day, whilst passing by the Yellow River, the boy’s white horse all of sudden got free of the reins and plunged into the river. After a whilst, the horse sprang out of the water with a drawing on its back.

Everyone wondered what the drawing meant, but only the boy was once clever enough to figure it out and explained to his circle of relatives: “This drawing shows the cycle of the changing seasons. The horse wants to lend a hand us grow grains to make food. Why don’t we do what is on this drawing and sow seeds in the spring, water them in the summertime, and harvest in the autumn. In the winter, we want to let the earth rest.”

Following the farming method on the drawing, people had bountiful harvests year after year, providing enough grain for rice and dumplings. They were in a position to stay in one place to build homes.

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