Reading Notes: Chinese Fairy Tales and Folklore Part A

 Why Dog and Cat are Enemies

Man and wife has a ring of gold. It was a lucky ring but they sold it for a small sum without knowing. They began to get poorer and poorer. They have a dog and a cat and they are hungry as well. The cat caught a mouse and the dog carry them both over the river. The rat chew a hole in the chest and got the ring. Cat got home quick because it can climb while the dog run and dodge the houses. The cat gave the ring to the owner and the owner swear to give her everything. The dog got beat and the cat never said a word. The dog grew angry at the cat and then he would chased her and tried to seize her. Ever since that day, dog and cat became enemies.

Lady of the Moon

A prince named Hou I was a good archer. There were ten suns in the sky but Hou I shot nine of the down. Hou I came to Kunlun Mountain and met the Queen-Mother of the Jasper Sea who gave him the herb of immortality. He took it home and his wife Tschang O ate some of it. She floats into the sky and ran into the castle on the moon, and since then live there ever since as the Lady of the Moon. Everything on the moon looks silvery like it is made of glass. There were dances and music on the moon.

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Bibliography: "The Chinese Fairy Book" by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens. Source.