Silk Tapestry and Other Chinese Folktales

Silk Tapestry and Other Chinese Folktales — page 3 — ONE DAY HE WAS VISITED BY THE LEGENDARY PHOENIX AND THE GREAT SEA TURTLE AND I AM WHY ARE SCULPTING YOU DOING A MOUNTAIN THAT FROM THE SALT OF THE OCEAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING THEY ASKED So WITH THE HELP OF HIS NEW FRIENDS PAN GU CONTINUED BUILDING THE PHEONIX CREATED WIND BY FLAPPING HER LARGE WINGS IN THE AIR AND WHILE HE CRAFTED P TREES FROM HIS LONG

Silk Tapestry and Other Chinese Folktales — page 4 — IHOPE TO FILL THE WORLD WITH MOUNTAINS AND TREES SO THAT O THERS LIKE ME WILL ONE DAY COME AND LIVE HERE WITH ME BUILDING A HOME FOR you AND YOUR KIND IS A NOBLE ENDAVOR MAY WE HELP YOU NC AND THE GREAT TURTLE DOVE INTO THE SEA CREATING WAVES AND BRINGING LIFE TO A ONCE STILL OCEAN WHEN PAN GU WAS THROUGH HE LOOKED UPON THE WORLD L ADMIRINGLY AND SAID THIS IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THANI HOPED A An Ann

Silk Tapestry and Other Chinese Folktales — page 5 — SO HE WAITED FOR THEM BUT DESPITE HIS NEW HOME AND ANIMAL FRIENDS PAN Gu WAS STILL VERY LONELY HE YEARNED FOR THE COMPANY OF HIS OWN KIND HE WAITED AND WAITED AND WHEN HE DIED HIS EYES BECAME THE SUN AND MOON HIS BODY FERTILIZED THE SOIL WITH FRUIT AND BLOSSOMS OF ALL SORT

Silk Tapestry and Other Chinese Folktales — page 6 — He WAITED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BUT STILL NO ONE CAME THE TEARS OF LONELINESS HE WEPT CASCADED DOWN THE MOUNTAINS AND CREATED RIVERS U FOR FROM HIS BLOOD WAS BORN THE RACE OF MAN HIS VERY SPIRIT WAS ABSORBED INTO THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING ON IT WAS INFUSED WITH HIS ESSENCE BUT EVENTUALLY PAN GU DID FIND HAPPINESS The CND

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