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f8b2132 Master Li turned bright red while he scorched the air with the Sixty Sequential Sacrileges with which he had won the all-China Freestyle Blasphemy Competition in Hangchow three years in a row. Barry Hughart
c3eaaa6 Alas, great is my sorrow. Your name is Ah Chen, and when you were born I was not truly pleased. I am a farmer, and a farmer needs strong sons to help with his work, but before a year had passed you had stolen my heart. You grew more teeth, and you grew daily in wisdom, and you said 'Mommy' and 'Daddy' and your pronunciation was perfect. When you were three you would knock at the door and then you would run back and ask, 'Who is it?' When yo.. Barry Hughart
b03d9da Fraud, my children! Fraud and forgery. Dry rot covered with paint and gilded with lies, Barry Hughart
ac46bb8 It was big enough for five village dances and a riot. Barry Hughart