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"But I don't want to live forever," objected Wang Chih. "I wish to go back and live in the days when my wife and children were here." "Ah, well! For that you must mix the elixir of life with some water out of the sky-dragon's mouth." "And where is the sky-dragon to be found?" inquired Wang Chih. "In the sky, of course. You really ask very stupid questions. He lives in a cloud-cave.
"But I don't want to live for ever," objected Wang Chih; "I wish to go back and live in the days when my wife and children were here." "Ah, well! For that you must mix the elixir of life with some water out of the Sky-Dragon's mouth." "And where is the Sky-Dragon to be found?" inquired Wang Chih. "In the sky, of course. You really ask very stupid questions. He lives in a cloud-cave.
He struck a light, and set the grass on fire, and it was so dry that the flames spread all around the entrance to the cave, and made such a smoke and crackling that the Sky-Dragon put his head out to see what was the matter. "Ho! ho!" cried the Dragon, when he saw what Wang Chih had done, "I can soon put this to rights."
There is a fine rain-storm out at sea!" they said to each other. But of course it was nothing of the kind; it was only the Sky-Dragon putting out the fire Wang Chih had kindled. Wang Chih visits the White Hare of the Moon Meanwhile, Wang Chih was on his way to the Moon, and when he got there he went straight to the hut where the Hare of the Moon lived, and knocked at the door.
So they gave him a little bottle; and before he had time to say "Thank you!" a white crane came sailing past, and lighted on the ground close to the cave. "The crane will take you wherever you like," said the old men. "Go now, and leave us in peace." So Wang Chih sat on the white crane's back, and was taken up, and up, and up through the sky to the cloud-cave where the sky-dragon lived.
He struck a light, and set the grass on fire, and it was so dry that the flames spread all around the entrance to the cave, and made such a smoke and crackling that the sky-dragon put his head out to see what was the matter. "Ho! ho!" cried the dragon, when he saw what Wang Chih had done, "I can soon put this to rights."
Wang Chih sat on the White Crane's back, and was taken up, and up, and up through the sky to the cloud-cave where the Sky-Dragon lived. And the Dragon had the head of a camel, the horns of a deer, the eyes of a rabbit, the ears of a cow, and the claws of a hawk. Besides this, he had whiskers and a beard, and in his beard was a bright pearl.
There is a fine rain-storm out at sea!" they said to each other. But, of course, it was nothing of the kind; it was only the sky-dragon putting out the fire Wang Chih had kindled. Meanwhile, Wang Chih was on his way to the moon, and when he got there he went straight to the hut where the Hare of the Moon lived, and knocked at the door.
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