think-tales

Updated: August 6, 2026

So Sky-High began to relate an old Chinese household story. There was once a Donkey who had great respect for himself, as many people do. Such wear good clothes. You may know what a man thinks of himself by the clothes he wears. We Chinese moralize in our stories as we go along. We tell think-tales.

Hezekiah Butterworth - Little Sky-High : Or, The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang