short stories
星期一 十月 22, 2007 3:30 pm
The magic dragon
This summer we visited China. It is the first time for my son (Jason) to take a tour in China. We traveled four provinces and stopped at six cities during 30 days. The first city we visited was Beijing. We worried about the severely hot and dry climate. Friends supposed that we would be exhausted due to the bad condition.
But upon our arrival, it rained and the dusty sky was cleared away. The weather turned cooler and the air was fresh. How lucky we felt.
We stayed there for five days and we had wonderful sightseeing and other activities. Then we headed for NanJing, another hot and dry city which was 12-hour-driving away. Our friends there warned us in advance: Do not have a high expectation about weather condition. When we were close there, it started to rain. We were surprised at our luck.
and we had a good time in Nanjing thereafter. When it turned to hot and dry again, we left for Mountain Huang. There we experienced the four kinds of marvelous views: hills in rain, fog, sunny.
A Chinese saying said, when a dragon is coming, the rain is the prelude.
Since Jason was born in dragon year, so we made a joke that he was a dragon.
Jason was only six years old, he took it for real. On our last two journeys, Jason frequently observed the sky. When it rained again, we all smiled and were amazed. When we arrived at hotel, Jason told the receptionist, “I am a dragon. See, the rain, it is me to let it fall.”
On the whole journey, same pattern happened. In the end, we all believed Jason was a true dragon, a magic dragon.