The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-03-31
VOLUME 81.


y sidessys u wonli dip do~nward, and
= once when be was summoned TO see the
emperor 10 Chi Li--th.t then vas The ear,
itsl Of the empire ip far north. he saw
y that tho needle dipped more than IA did
. IN Qaaus, Tong. 80 he said. There mus,
! be some place where II will point straight
down, and that will be the north pole.
! Then be built bis boat. aud made II With
wheels. so that II would so over the land
. aud he made . great sail Of ham hoo mai
.ius, and sailed away 10 tho north After
, he hsd s,iled two tbousand mile., he came
! to the sres, deli Of Toe; bat hs did no,
} stop, for bis toat had wbeols. 50 be saii
! over the ice where It wss low aud IA, for
J five days. aud two great white bears chas
ed him TO eat him mp Though his boat
sailed fast, be could not get away fr,m
them.
Then he spread open his great silken
umbrella that he carried 10 keep of ths
sun and rain. and held II 40 ss 10 make
smother sail Of It. for il was very strong, Il
was msndsrin's umbrella, and /, was
made OF bamboo and the bes, Of ,ilk, and
WAS embroidered all over with vines and
flowers, and two dragons, eneh as live in
the north, with teeth aud claws strong,
er and sharper than any other creatures
When Wong Tai Yen saw ,hst he could
not get away from the two bears even by
spreading all his sail and his grea, um hrel
10, he was stricken with tear, though be
was q brave man, and he prayed much to
Buddha aud the angels: and Buddha, who
listens when a good man prays to him,
heard Wong Tai Yen. aud seut him
strong west wind; Tor the wind had como
from the south before, aud WONG Tai Yen
had sailed strsiaht north,
Then he tackled his boat. aud sailed
toward the east. But the two bears saw
this and running swiftly Tor him, they
caught up with the boat. and one of them
climbed up over the side. aud the other
caught Wong Tai Yen by the hair; Tor bis
hair was long aud wsvy, and hing down
over bis shoulders like the hair Of young
girl.
Wong Tai Yen thought he must surely
die. and be prayed again to Bnddbs. and,
behold q great wonder was wrought for
him. For the boat sailed on ten times az
fast as II had before, and the bear that had
caught him by the hair could not climb
into the boat, because IL was gong so fast;
neither could he let go OF the hair. for 1t
was stretched out into rope. and the
rope WAS wiDed about the bear paw aud
caught in his teeth, so that he was drag
ged along on the ice, and struck many OF
the hnmmocks, which the wheels Of the
boat never struck. and he wos pounded to
death and torn TO pieces
But greater wonder than this Buddbs
performed 10 the boat. For as the bear
which had clim bed into the boat saw what
was done to his mate, be roared terribly,
and sprang toward Wong Tai Yen to de
your him; but before he could come at
him, the two fierce dragons embroidered
90 Wong Tai Yen's umbrella sprang down
before the bear, and grew suddenly very
large. Then they vomited fire. and roared
louder than the bear, and spraDg upon
him. They tore him to pieces with their
,lsws. and ate him mp, and then grew
small % suddenly as they bad grown large
lnd they went back on the mbrela, and
vent to sleep.
Then the wind ceased until Wong Tai
Yen has loosened the rope OF hair from
he first bears teeth and claws. Then he
was very much afraid. and he knew that
Buddhs did not will that he should
Ind the north pole, and he journeyed
ZONE.
And when he looked In his mirror bis
lair was straight and the rope was q cue,
nd his eyes had been pulled by the bear
i'll they we're oblique, and they were ney.
II straight again. And he told the emper
n whst he had seen 10 the North. and the
mperor commanded that every ChiDaman
hould shave his head, aud wear y cue.
md after the Cinnamon bad worn cues for
We years. all their eyes we're obliqne. like
Yong Tai Yeo's and they knew thai Bud'
ha had done IL.