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A Chinese Fairy Tale

The Story of Nien

It was Chinese New Year.

“The ___ is coming,” said the children.

“It has __ teeth and __ claws.”

“The nien is coming,” said the children.

“It has big teeth and big claws.”

The ___ was very brave.He chased the nien into the

forest.But the ___ did not come back. The nien came back.

The fox was very brave.He chased the nien into the

forest.But the fox did not come back. The nien came back.

The ___ was very brave, too.He chased the nien into the

forest.But the ___ did not come back.The nien came back.

The tiger was very brave, too.He chased the nien into the

forest.But the tiger did not come back.The nien came back.

The ___ was very brave.He chased the nien into the

forest as well.The nien did not come back.But, the ___ DID come back.

The lion was very brave.He chased the nien into the

forest as well.The nien did not come back.But, the lion DID come back.

Unfortunately, for the next Chinese New Year, the ___

came back.

Unfortunately, for the next Chinese New Year, the nien

came back.

But, the ___ was too ___.

But, the lion was too busy.

So the people made a ____ lion.

So the people made a paper lion.

The paper lion was very _____.It chased the nien into the

forest.

The paper lion was very brave.It chased the nien into the

forest.

The nien did not come back.It never came back again.

The End