Five Chinese Brothers

[KENNETH HOUGHTON]

     There's also, of course, a band by that name (all Occidental, none 
     related).


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Subject: Re: MDMD(4) - Giant rob'd Beings (108.9-12)
Author:  "Steven Maas (CUTR)" <maas at cutr.eng.usf.edu> at dbnaccip
Date:    7/24/97 9:38 AM


Scott Eric Kaufman wrote:
> 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.
     
You may be remembering another children's story, which in the best known 
USA version is called _The Five Chinese Brothers_.  But they don't cross 
the ocean.  They are identical but each has a special physical talent that 
allows them as a team to outwit the unfair court system. It does have 
memorable pictures.  I think it's based an an old Chinese tale that had 
seven brothers rather than five. 
     
        Steve Maas