Phenix
Student/Chen Yanzhi
Long ago, there was a kind-hearted girl, named Xiao Mei. When she was a child, her mother passed away. His father married another woman. She came to this family with another girl two years older than her named Xiaoyu. Both Xiaoyu and her mother were not satisfied with everything Xiaomei had done.
After doing the housework, Xiaomei liked cutting flowers, birds and |
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She wished to live with her father in a fair place. She created many beautiful paper cuts with ordinary color paper. All of them were vivid. Dissatisfaction of stepmother and Xiaoyu on Xiaomei was increasing day by day. They always beat and abused her when her father was absent and arranged her a great deal of housework, even did not give her enough food. All of these had been seen by the little animals in her paper cut. They are furious and discussed how to help her.
One day, father of Xiaomei passed away. This is another disaster for Xiaomei. Her stepmother planed to sell her to a factory as a workwoman. When bethink of the completely dark days, Xiaomei was scared.
Her stepmother asked her to wash clothes on the river bank. When coming there, she saw a miracle. A golden phoenix flied to her with seven-color ray behind her and said to her: “You gave me life and soul, I will bring you to your yearning world, come to my back.” Xiaomei fixed her eyes on the phoenix, she was the one she has cut out several days ago. Xiaomei rode phoenix's back. The phoenix really brought her to a beautiful world.
“Picture” wit missing
Student/Gao Cong
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Long long ago, there was a leanness earth in northwest named Binggou. This was the dividing line between main land and minority. Hu nationality often invaded, so common people can not live leisurely.
Wars in successive years made the soldiers miss their hometown so much. Wu Gang is one of them. On day, he made a mistake and was hit 20 times at bottom. He felt painful. |
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At that time, he brought his wife |
and child to mind. He cried to sky: Swallow could you bring my greetings to my family? They are missing me and when you coming back next year, could you describe my child's feature?" Swallow were moved and said to him: “I can understand your feeling. In spring, I was entrusted by a woman to find her husband here. But I got the information that he had died. I would like to bring your greetings s to your relatives. If you could give me your figure, I will bring it to your son, then he will know you and next spring I will bring your son's figure.” Many soldiers came to ask for help. Swallows consented to them after asking their addresses. At that night, drawing superior drew pictures for them one by one. At noon, the swallows are setting out. Wu Gang and his comrades in arm saw them off and hoped them could bring their pictures to their relatives. The swallows were flying more than half a month with pictures in their mouths, and finally came to South. The leading swallow told them: “Please take great efforts to bring the pictures home.”
Swallows stuck the pictures on windows of soldiers by their saliva according to soldiers' addresses.
The relatives coming from farm felt exited when knowing their families' safety, they thanked swallows a lot. Every time they saw the pictures, they were moved to weep. Although edge of the picture had many eyelets, soldier's visage was clear.
Relatives took out the pictures everyday. With time goes on, pictures became more worn-out. Women in village drew their figure together and cut down and then stuck on window. In this way, they could see their relatives and express their thankfulness to swallows everyday.
Summer came; swallows brought the greetings the soldiers and handed on their figures in paper cuts. Soldiers stuck these special paper cut to their windows. From then on, every year, soldiers would entrust swallows to bring their figures to home and the relatives would the swallows to bring their figures to soldiers. In this way, they cut the pictures of each other and stuck them on windows and changed in the next year.
Superior Cutter
Student/Chen Yanzhi
Long ago, a little girl was very poor. Her mother maintain sheep for a rich family to survive.
Little girl driving sheep everyday. When they eating grass at hillside, she tore bird and fished out of the paper used by rich family. She wished she could have a scissor.
"Little girl, come here." A big rabbit jumped to her wearing a red |
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| jacket. "Hello, this is a magic |
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scissor, My name is Kaka, comes from magic world, nice to meet you." Little girl was surprised, had not said a word, rabbit had vanished. Delighted girl cut a cock by the scissor. As finishing, hearing “Gu, Gu , Gu” the cock became alive and walked to yard. Then the girl cut a courser, it carried the girl on its back, running and running … And the followings are more novel. What the girl cut out would become alive. She was so happy. “Wake up my girl, you should go to drive sheep.” sick mother woke up her gently. It was a dream, the girl smiled. Satisfactory Ending
Student/Gao Cong
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Long ago, a king named Kanu had a pretty daughter named Mary. She liked to hike in environs for she liked river, tree, sky, bird, flower and grass there.
In adjacent northland, there was a farmer wearing broken clothes, but looked handsome. When seeing him, Mary fell in love with him. The young person also liked her. “Who were you? And where were you from?” Mary asked. "My name is Yeluka, a farmer from northland. I came here to visit |
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my relatives." he said. He was |
ashamed. "Could you walk with me?" asked Mary. "Of course." They rode horse, hunted and boated. Sky became darked." I do not want to leave you." said Mary. "Me too." The gap between their identity is too great. They left each other reluctantly.
Mary told his father she had fallen in love with a farmer named Yeluka, and demanded to marry him. But the king skins a flea for its hide, said: “he is not good enough to be your husband!” Mary
Insisted on her decision. The king got angry and said: lay the princess back, without my order no body can se her and she cannot go outside!” Mary was so sad, came back to her bedroom and cried.
Several days latter, Mary was better on mood. But she could not forget Yeluka, could not stop missing him. She got an idea. She decided to cut Yelalu's figure with paper and stick it on window. So she took out a scissor and a pile of red paper and began to cut. During three nights and days, she cut continuously; she cut out many papers of Yeluka, such as riding horse, hunting, boating, etc. All these were vivid. And tuck the papers on windows and walls.
Kind felt his daughter pitiful and visited her. When opening the door, he was moved by what he saw. The room was full of paper. And Mary's eyes were red. Therefore, he said: “my daughter, if you love Yeluka so much. I agreed you to marry.” Mary said: “that is great, thank you father.”
Then Mary came to northland, found Yeluka and explained everything to him. He was surprised and exited: “That is great, I am so lucky.” King held wedding ceremony for them at palace. From then on they lived together happily. |
