The Magical Starfruit Tree: A Chinese Folktale Wang Rosalind
The Magical Starfruit Tree: A Chinese Folktale Wang Rosalind The Magical Starfruit Tree teaches children about the virtue of sharing, especially with those less fortunate than you through the…
Specifikacia The Magical Starfruit Tree: A Chinese Folktale Wang Rosalind
The Magical Starfruit Tree: A Chinese Folktale Wang Rosalind
The Magical Starfruit Tree teaches children about the virtue of sharing, especially with those less fortunate than you through the retelling of a Chinese folktale by an author and illustrator who are both Chinese.The Magical Starfruit Tree tells the story of a greedy peddler, Ah-Di, a kindhearted young boy, Ming-Ming, and an old beggar on a hot day. Although he has little, Ming-Ming offers to buy a piece of fruit for the old man. In spite of the heat and the old man's apparent thirst, the miserly peddler refuses to give him a juicy starfruit.
Calling for someone to bring him a pot of hot water, he plants the seed. The beggar gratefully accepts and eats the fruit, saving only one seed. The old man uses his magic to make the seed grow, blossom, and bear fruit, all before the eyes of the bewildered crowd.
In the end there is enough fruit for everyone, the peddler
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