There was no help for it. The courtiers did not dare to disobey, so they took hold of the plows and tried to drive the oxen across the long fields.
I do not believe they plowed very well, for they had never touched a plow before, and did not know how to drive oxen.
But the peasant went to the palace and became the Emperor’s chief counsellor.
The Emperor had this story written on a block of marble in golden letters, but few people can read it because it is written in Chinese, and it is very hard to have to read Chinese.
—Anna von Rydingsvärd.
THE CHRISTMAS MONKS
I—THE GARDEN
Have you always wondered where the Christmas presents come from? Well, I am going to tell you.