Adaptation of a Chinese folktale. Read by Marcia Gay Harden. Accompanying book: Illustrated by Blair Lent. 1st Square Fish ed. New York, NY : Square Fish, 2007. Originally published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1968.
Summary:
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
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