The Chinese Fairy Book

gun, and the time for sowing the high-growing millet had come. The little brother had no grain, and asked the big one to loan him some, and the big one ordered his wife to give it to h

hoed the sprout all day long. And the sprout grew mightily, like a tree, and an ear of millet sprang up out of it like a canopy, large enough to shade half an acre of ground. In the fall the ear was ripe. Then the little brothe

to harm me! What is this one ear worth to you? East of the sea is the isle of gold and si

. So he only heard the air whistling past his ears, as though he were driving through a strong wind, and be

he saw nothing but the radiance and shimmer of all sorts of white and yellow

nough?" ask

e enough,"

d the bird. "Moderation

ook him up, and car

ught himself a good piece of ground in the

, and said to him, harshly: "Where

th of the matter. Then the big brother w

n again and keep back one seedling so that it is not do

s pleased, and ran after him, and the Roc said the same thing he had said before, and carried the big brother to the island. There the big brother saw the gold and silver heaped up everywhere. The largest pieces were like hills, the

have enough. You will

" said the big brother. "Do not be in suc

s time

sun will appear in a moment," said he, "and

gh the clouds with tremendous power. The Roc flew into the sea, stretched out both his wings, and be

e, and the treasures on the island are spoken of as "all sorts of yellow and whit