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Show LAND OF THB DRAGON. Del let la Thle tlnilghtly Creator Is Oeeerat la thle. I In China the belief In dragons la general. gen-eral. There are good and bad draiains In that land, and while It Is easy to gain a dragon'a favor, It I) Just J uy to Irritate him. Some drngons live underground. un-derground. Other) fly In the air. Thus earthquake) ara caused by uiuler-ground uiuler-ground dragona moving tueinsolve tempoaluously. Ecllpaoa are cauavj by aerial dragons, wherefore firework! ara act off and gongg are beaten to frliht-en frliht-en them. The overflowing of rivets la Imputed to ft specially bad dragon named Klao. One of the oldest Chios books, tha Calendar ot the Ilia, recommend recom-mend In caaea of Inundation that tha authorities organise a hunt through the country to discover and rapture tha dragon. They alwaya find him. They tell a groat dragon atory of the present pres-ent young Kmperor. Borne tluw ago there were drouth and famine In an Important Im-portant aectlon ot tha north. Aa, In spita of many proceealong In bis honor, the dragon continued to withhold the lain, the Indignant Emperor at last hurled a thundering edict condemning hi in to perpetual exile along the shores of the river HI, In the province ot Tor-got Tor-got Officials bad started to find tha dragon and execute tha aentenoe upon him, when the latter, with touching resignation, lent word they do not aay how that he bad atarted already for the desert of Tartary. Such an example exam-ple of obedience "melted tha heart" ot tho Pekln Supreme Court Tha utemo mandarine got together and throw themselves at the foot of tha Emperor. "Spare the dragon!" they beggni Tb young Emperor was touched It his turn. Tho sentence of banlabmeil waa revoked, and one of the imperial ruea-sengera ruea-sengera waa gent galloping aero) the land to overtake tha dragon ana. ao-quulnt ao-quulnt him with hla good luck. He found the dragon, and the grateful anl-niul anl-niul Immediately aont abundant rila. |