Afterwards I related the story of encountering the brotherly boy and the monster to the uncle. At my words, the uncle sighed,”What you encountered is the tiger. He is a nice boy of goodness.The reason why he pushed you down the slope was that he wan...

It was so cold and there was a heavy rain just now. My clothing was not yet dry that I felt freezing after the wind whiffled through the trees. My body shrank with cold and my teeth chattered, which I had tried my best to restrain, but in vain. Why wa...

My adoptive-dad said,” Bean, you can’t use a nickname forever. You should have a formal one. Now you can use my surname, Jiang. For you are very quiet, I shall give you the name Jiang Jing[2]. Do you like it?” I nodded. I indeed loved it. 义父...

“I certainly do,”said the aunty. She nestled me in her side, caressing my head, and said,” What’s your name, my child?” “It’s Bean.” I looked at her, and I loved her. I liked beingstroked by the aunty. Her petting just was my mom to me...

She looked me up and down for a minute, and demand, “Are youalso my apprentice sister?” Her voice was very nice, but I didn’t know what the apprentice sister meant. The uncle answered for me with a smile, “Yes.” 丽颖妹妹看了看我，...