A long time ago in a small town in China, big sister, middle sister and little brother were very excited to celebrate Chinese New Year. They knew that on Chinese New Year Eve, they would receive gifts from their mom and dad!
The big sister and middle sister said, “we can’t wait for tomorrow, Chinese New Year Eve!”
The little brother responded “Me too!”
But when Chinese New Year Eve came, their mama and baba needed to sell tofu so that they could buy gifts for their children. That day they got up very early…so early that the sky was still dark.
“My three lovely children, after we have sold all the tofu we will be back to celebrate our New Year Eve!”, Mama and Baba promised.
The three children waited and waited. Finally, they saw their mom and dad had come back. Their hands were holding three pairs of boots… red boots, and they looked gorgeous!
“Mama, Baba, we missed you so much!” The three children ran up to them and gave each of them a big hug.
Then the big sister put the biggest boots on, and said “wow, perfect!” The second sister put the medium size boots on, and said “yes! perfect!” The little brother was also trying to put his boots on, but he was way too little to do it by himself, so he asked: “Mama, help, help!”
On Chinese New Year Eve day, the whole family: Mama, Baba, big sister, middle sister and little brother had a great time! They set off fireworks and put a paper cut 福 picture on their door and windows. In English, 福 means happiness and good fortune. Oh, they also said “过年好！which means---- Happy Chinese New Year! J
Happy Chinese New Year!
The End :)
I LOVE your Zoom! Your interpretation is really cute - the cut out people ending with the photo really brought the story to life. I was in China (Beijing, Chongqing, & Shanghai) this past summer....your Zoom reminding me of my visit! Thank you :)
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ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely story. Did you make the story?
I like your paper dolls and the last picture too.
They are very artistic!!
Chinses new year is a big day in Korea too.
Xin,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the others. I enjoyed the story and the cut-out illustrations. Even in such a short story, I found myself looking forward to each illustration after the next.
JD
I loved yur story too! It was so neat to see how you made your cut out people and props for your story. Thank you for sharing you talent with the rest of us.
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