White Dragon

The quiet village surrounded by mountains on the banks of the Dedu River was called Linha. Many years ago, a terrible epidemic took away the happiness and peace of that village. Yong Qi was a young boy. His parents, uncles, and aunts—many of them—died in the epidemic. Only his grandfather, Senior Qi, and himself survived.

Grandfather raised him. During the day they used to go to the field work, and at night, grandfather would sit by the fire and tell various stories. The most mysterious was the story of the white dragon. Dadu used to say, "Daguma is a white dragon imprisoned deep in the mountains. He is not an ordinary dragon. He can speak like a human being, understands human sorrow. But a powerful magician has cursed him."

Year after year the story was etched in the mind of Young Chi. One night after grandfather's death, one night he was thinking about grandfather looking at the sky. Suddenly he remembered the white dragon. "If the story is true?" He said to himself. The next morning he left for Daguma Hill with a sword, some dry food and water containers. After a long journey, he finally reached the mountain. For three days, the mountain caves, forests, fountains were not found and no trace of the dragon was found.

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