LITTLE ALMOND
BLOSSOMS

A Little Almond Blossom

LITTLE
ALMOND BLOSSOMS

A Book of Chinese Stories
for Children
BY
JESSIE JULIET KNOX
With Illustrations from Photographs of Chinese Children
in California

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1907
Copyright, 1904,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published October, 1904
Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
This Book is lovingly Dedicated
to
MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

Page
[In the Land of the Dragon][3]
[Two Little Chinese Sisters][15]
[The Little Highbinder][27]
[How Ah Chee found Santa Claus][39]
[The Moon Rabbit][65]
[How Santa Claus came to Suey Hip][93]
[The Easter Dream of Mun Chee][109]
[Ping Pong and Ping Yet][131]
[The Little Almond Blossom][153]
[The Christmas of Gum Ching][163]
[Ho Chin’s Fourth of July][173]
[The Little Fisher-Maiden][189]
[The Finding of Sing Ho][207]
[The Slave-Girl’s Thanksgiving][233]