Yeh-Shen is a beautiful tale retold by Ai-Ling Louie. as in most it is about a poorly treated girl, a domineering stepmother and a vicious step-sister. Yeh-Shen befriends a beautiful fish in a pond and talks to it every day. One day her stepmother follows her there and sees her feeding it stale bread from yeh-shen's supper. so one day she takes a pair of her step daughter's clothes and goes to the pond and when the fish comes up for food she kills it and she and her daughter cook it while Yeh-Shen is gone and taunt her about it when she returns. but comforted by a wise old man she puts the fish bones under her bed and it grants her wishes.
Join Yeh-shen on her journey to her happily ever after in this beautifully illustrated Cinderella tale.
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
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