Show doaa alq IS ra 4 tale A oe mary GRAHAM BOMMER rr journeying david was wag wandering along with the yangtze river over in china 1 I must tell you i wn iv i fit ssi about the grand bakk canal said ball yang etze it was built OB as a trade route from me to the valley of rei neiping ping it goes right across the plain passing many cities and towns along the way there are so BO f many walled cities too and there are canals and lochs and dikes wliam it was w all so 60 beautifully arranged and david did not dot wonder tb this Is bamboo trees was an old old were to be land for it appeared seen so very wise and yet ret so quiet about its wisdom As they wandered more and more green and purple and yellow and black bamboo trees were to be seen been growing so tall and yet always so graceful and now as it was getting darker the lanterns along tile the way were being lighted candles were flickering and the flowered pagodas tile the swinging lanterns the orchards hartig of mulberry trees the low voices of the people the funny old water buffaloes and the quiet friendliness of yangtze made david feel as though he were in a maile magic land later on he be left yangtze and took a trip down along tile the yellow sew sea passing shanghai and coming finally to canton where here he be spent the night and the fragrance of the floi flower er pagodas and the music of strange reed instruments lulled him to sleep much more quickly than he be wished bet david thought he might like to visit slam where he had been told he be could see pale elephants as well as children who were famous for their swim mine powers or he thought he might like to see the malay peninsula so BO slim and proud of its figure but he knew he see all the countries on this trip and be had bad always thought he might like to see india some gome day wind came for him and gave him breakfast and then carried him to talk to the river ganges danad certainly felt familiar with rivers by this time and he greeted ganges cringes most cordially you may find it a bit warm ganges told him as we have a good deal of hot weather and then we have heavy rains too there used to be a bad time in the olden days when the water would go rushing down to the sea but dams were built and now the country Is well irrigated of course I 1 can use such big words to you now that youre so familiar with rivers david nodded now the and I 1 join forces to make a fine due delta at the head licad of the ray bay of bengal such a fine delta US as it Is 19 so 90 fine in fact that that was as why they built calcutta here and calcutta Is a busy important city the big ships come in here from the sea and meet the smaller boats that come down our rivers it if you wander along see temples and interesting te people and see how bow we love tea and spices and sugar cane and cotton you can have a ride on OD an elephant too hut but I 1 keep you long as youve an invitation to go to the nome bome of the snow Q find it chilly so BO better aw not get too used to the warmth he greeted here ganges if you see any more of my river relatives you might tell them that ganges sent his respects so david left ganges then and was glad that he be had bad had a little glimpse of india and its temples and had had a short ride on one of the elephants through a thick thick jungle |