MDMD(4) - Giant rob'd Beings (108.9-12)

[Alanballow at aol.com]

In a message dated 97-07-23 23:19:52 EDT, skaufm1 at tiger.lsuiss.ocs.lsu.edu
(Scott Eric Kaufman) writes:

<<  xian guo hai") a popular tale (every child knows it) of Chinese
mythology.
 
 Maybe my memory of what was read to me at bedtime becomes a little less
 sturdy with each passing year, or maybe I'm remembering correctly:
 
 Isn't it _7_ Chinese brothers that cross the ocean?  I can't remember the
 name of the specific telling I was read to from, but I could recognize the
 pictures in an instant . . . not that that's here or there.
  >>
        Maybe not EVERY child but cetainly most.  After all, most children
learn to speak Chinese by the time they are 3 years old.