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Tiger Shoes
Tiger shoes are commonly found on
babies' feet in the countryside of China
even today. The shoes are entirely made of
cloth and their toe-caps are made intotiger's head. There is a
popular story behind
their long history.
Long ago, in the famous old town
Yangzhou lived a boatman called Big
Yang, who was very generous and ready to
help others. Because of his charities, he got
an old drawing as a present from an old
female passenger. In the picture, a beautiful
girl was embroidering a pair of tiger shoes.
The boatman was very pleased with thegift. He liked the picture
dearly. As soon as
he got home, he put it on the wall above his
bed.
One evening, the girl in the picture stepped out of the picture
and had a nice time with Big
Yang. Since then, they met every night. Years later, they had a
son who brought much happiness
to the couple. But unfortunately, the magic picture was seized
away by the official of the town,
who had heard about the beauty in Big Yang's picture. Big Yang
was angry with the evil official
though he could do nothing. The greedy official put the picture
on the wall above his bed and
waited the girl to come down every night. To his disappointment,
nothing happened.
The son was crying for his mother. The father tried to deceive
him into believing that his
mother had gone far away to the west. The son insisted on
looking for his mother. Finally, the
son went on the trip to find his mother. He traveled westwards
day and night, and in the end, he
saw his mother in a pool in the forest bathing together with
many other fairies. "Well, my son,
how have you been looking for Mum a long way here!" said the
mother, weeping the tears off
her son's cheeks. "Mum, let's go home. You know how I missed
you." "We won't meet until you
go into the official's bed room, wearing that pair of tiger
shoes I made for you. My son. Shut
your eyes, and I'll send you home first."
After a whirl of gale, the son was surprised to find himself
already at home. He informed the
official that he could call down the lady from the picture. On
hearing the news, the evil officialwas very pleased for he was
eager to find a way to get in touch with the beauty. So the boy
was
lead directly into the bedroom. As soon as the boy saw his
mother, he spoke to the picture.
"Mum, let's go!" the son said deeply. The mother got down right
away and walked out with the
support of her son. But the evil official stopped them right
away. He wanted to detain the beauty
as his concubine forcefully, but he was refused. The official
became angry and thrust at the
mother and son. The boy fought back bravely. While they were
fighting, the tiger shoes shook
off from the boy's feet and turned into a large tiger. It jumped
up quickly over to the sinful
official. The calls for help from the poor man and the roars
from the fierce tiger were mixed
together, which was heard by the whole town. It was the tiger
shoes that saved the mother and
son, and the family united again. Since then, people made tiger
shoes for their own babies hoping
the family and their babies well protected.
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Question :
1. Whos called boatman?A. Ying Yang
B. Big Yang
C. Ji Yang
D. Liem Yang
E. Xi Yang
2. What the figure that has painted the picture?
A. A beautiful girl was embroidering a pair of fox shoes
B. A beautiful girl was painting a pair of tiger shoes
C. A beautiful girl was embroidering a pair of tiger shoes
D. A beautiful girl was embroidering a pair of hippo shoesE. A
beautiful girl was sewing a pair of lion shoes
3. Who was seized away the picture?
A. The official of the village
B. The queen of the town
C. The secertary of the cityD. The official of the town
E. The treasurer of the town
4. Where the son saw his mother?
A. In a pool in the forest
B. In a pool in the townC. In a pool in the motel
D. In a pool in the field
E. In the jungle
5. How the son can meet and go home with his mother?
A. Go into the official's bath room, wearing that pair of tiger
shoes mother made for him.
B. Go into the official's bed room, wearing that pair of lion
shoes mother made for him.C. Go into the official's red room,
wearing that pair of tiger shoes mother made for him.
D. Go into the official's bed room, wearing that pair of tiger
shoes mother made for him.
E. Go into the official's bed room, wearing that pair of pig
shoes mother made for him.6. When the son and his mother has thrust
by the official, the tiger shoes off from the boys feet
and turned into
A. A large pig
B. A large lion
C. A large tiger
D. A large monkey
E. A large puma
7. Why people made tiger shoes their own babies after they was
heard the tiger shoes that saved
the mother and son, and the family united again?
A. Hoping the family and their babies well reduced.B. Hoping the
family and their babies well injured.
C. Hoping the family and their babies well limited.
D. Hoping the family and their babies well detected.
E. Hoping the family and their babies well protected.
