Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven (Fairy Tales and Legends of China Series)

Download or read book Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven (Fairy Tales and Legends of China Series) written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lu-san's father was a fisherman. His life had been one long fight against poverty. He was ignorant and wicked. He had no more feeling of love for his wife and five children than for the street dogs of his native city. Over and over he had threatened to drown them one and all, and had been prevented from doing so only by fear of the new mandarin. His wife did not try to stop her husband when he sometimes beat the children until they fell half dead upon the deck. In fact, she herself was cruel to them, and often gave the last blow to Lu-san, her only daughter.