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"The Legend of The Willow Tree"
  A Chinese Mandarin’s beautiful daughter loved her father’s secretary Chang. They often met under a fine old willow tree at the end of the garden. but Chang was a poor man and the mandarin wanted his daughter to marry a rich neighbor, old and ugly. So he drove Chang away and told the girl whom she would wed when the peach tree blossomed again.

She said:
   "A maiden always will I be, And weep beneath the willow tree!"

One day she saw a tiny boat floating toward her and found in it a note:
    "My blossom Maiden, sweet Koong-se, Wilt thou consent to fly with me?"

    So she fled with her true love to his little island home. Soon the rich man went across the bridge with fire brands to burn their house. A faithful servant hurried ahead to give warning, but the lovers were changed to doves and flew away.