Chinese Fables 2: Parrot Tries to Put Out a Fire & The Orangutan Loves to Drink

Story 1. Parrot Tries to Put Out a Fire

A lovely parrot flew into a mountain.

All the animals in the forest were friendly and welcomed the new visitor.

After one month, Parrot went back to his home.

One day, a fire was blazing in the forest.

 Parrot saw it from a distance and he said anxiously,  

 What would Parrot do to help his friends?

Story 2. The Orangutan Loves to Drink

Orangutans loved to drink and wear wooden shoes.

At that time, a hunter planned to catch an orangutan. 

He put a lot of wine and many wooden shoes that were tied together with rope on the roadside, then hid in the forest and waited for the orangutans.

One orangutan said, “Look, it’s wine! Fragrant wine! Let’s have a drink!”

After a while, one of the orangutans put on a pair of wooden shoes. 

He said,

All the orangutans quickly went to put on wooden shoes.

Do you wanna know what happened with these drunk and exercising orangutans?

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Description

Age: Recommended for Grade 1 students.

Level: Helpful Chinese reading for basic level learners

Characters: Contains 600+ basic level Chinese characters

Introduction: Derived from folktales.

Moon Festival

Moon Festival, a traditional and important statutory holiday for Chinese people,occurs on the 15^th day of the 8^th month of the lunar calendar.

The moon plays an important role in family gatherings.

The focus of the celebrations includes watching the moon and eating moon cake. 

Do you know the legends behind the Moon Festival? 

We will introduce the stories  
Chang Er Flies to the Moon,  
Wu Gang Tries to Fell the Cassia Tree,  
The Jade Rabbit Grinding on the Moon, 
and The Legend of Moon Cakes. 

Four animation stories, 5Q-Book with English, and more Moon Festival information are included.

App ‘Moon Festival’ preview is below. Enjoy it.

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Description

Stories: Rewritten from folk legends.

Age: Recommended for age 8 to 12.

Level: Helpful Chinese reading for level 2 learners.

Characters: Contains 650+ basic level Chinese characters.

To Do Harm to Something by Being Over-Enthusiastic

 

Once upon the time, there was a farmer who was concerned about his gain. 

He would go to the farm and check whether the seedlings were growing or not all the time. 

 

Suddenly, he got a good idea. 

He thought if he pulled all the seedlings up, they should grow faster. Moreover, he could reap them quicker.

So, he spent the whole day to pull them up.

When he came home, he told this good idea to his family. But his son got nervous about his act.

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Do you want to know what happened with these seedlings?

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We also provide a comic strip, including an explanation and four words that help learners learn about the original and modern meanings of ‘揠苗助长.’ 

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Description

Age: Recommended for Grade 1 students.

Level: Helpful Chinese reading for basic level learners

Characters: Contains 300+ basic level Chinese characters

Introduction: Derived from Meng Zi.