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Now this story is a journey. Just to help some people (Put up a drawing on the blackboard), so we’re going to (Point to the different places/objects while talking) start at home. We gonna go…we come to a fence. You know what a fence is? Yes? Then we gonna go over a bridge, we got some mud. (Talk to the students) You’ve got some shoes on. Good! OK! We gonna go over the hill, across a river, and we come to a cave. And what we are looking for in the cave is a bear! (Show a picture of bears) A bear! We’ve got some actions. That’s why you need to join in to do this, otherwise you will never remember. Here we go, copy me.
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We’re going on a bear hunt We’re gonna catch (mime the action of a bear) a B-I-G one, (Point at himself with his thumbs) I’m not scared, I’m not scared!
(Reach out both arms to the sides) It’s a beautiful day
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We come to a fence, (Raise the left arm high) A very tallllll--ll fence
(Mime going over a fence with his left arm) We can’t go over it
(Mime opening a fence and going through it with his left arm) We can’t go HUH HUH through it (Mime going under the fence with his left arm) We’ve got to go unnn--der it
(Mime lifting a fence) Hugggh! Huggghh! Huggghhh!!
(Mime crawling) Crawl! Crawl! Crawl! Crawl!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We’re going on a bear hunt We’re gonna catch (mime the action of a bear) a B-I-G one, (Fold his arms) I’m not scared! Huh
(Reach out both arms to the sides) It’s a beautiful day
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We come to a bridge,
(Mime crawling over a long bridge with his fingers) A very lonnn--g bridge (Mime going under a bridge with his left arm) We can’t go under it
(Mime going through a bridge with his left arm) We can’t go through it (Mime going over a bridge with his left arm) We’ve got to go over it
(Stand up, march and salute) Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Hey!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We come to some mud, (Mime touching some very sticky mud) Very sticcc--ky mud
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(Kicking his right leg) We can’t go over it
(Mime digging) We can’t go DIG! DIG! under it
(Rub his hands and smile) We’ve got to go throuuu--gh it!
(Mime walking in the mud and making a splash) Squish, Squish, Squish! Squish, Squish, Squish!
Weeeeeeeeeeee!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We come to a hill, (Raise the left arm high) A very hiii--gh hill,
(Mime going under a hill with his left arm) We can’t go under it, (Mime digging) We can’t go DIG! DIG! through it
(Mime going over a bridge with his left arm) We’ve got to go ooo--ver it
(Mime carrying a backpack, walking and sweating) Huff! Puff! Huff! Puff! Huff! Puff! Huff! Puff!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We get to the top,
(Mime looking for the bear with a pair of binoculars) Have you seen the bears yet?
(Scratch his head) NO!
(Stretch and sit down) Let’s take a rest Arhhhhhhhhhhh!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We run down the other side (Mime running) Da da da da da da da da da da
We come to a river
(Reach out his arms to the left and right) A very wiii--de river (Mime going over a bridge with his left arm) We can’t go over it
(Mime breathing under the water) We can’t go BLURP BLURP BLURP BLURP BLURP! under it (Rub his hands and smile) We’ve got to go throuuu--gh it!
(Mime Swimming) Splish! Splash! Splish! Splash! Splish! Splash!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We come to a cave
(Form a shelter above his head with hands) a dark spooo-ky cave (Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) Something’s dripping
(Reach out the left and right and arm) Drip! Drop! (Touching his head) Plip! Plop!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers) We’re going on a bear hunt,
(With a frightening facial expression) We’re gonna catch a big big big big big one, (Cover the ears) I’m not scared,
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(With a frightening facial expression) ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(Whisper) Something’s breathing,
Something’s snoring! Zzzz! Phew! Zzzz! Phew! Zzzz! Phew!
(Reach out the right arm) Reach out your hand.
(Point to the front) Something’s there!
(Cry out) It’s… a ... BEAR!
(With a frightening facial expression) ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers in up tempo) Run from the cave
Down to the river – (Mime swimming the breaststroke) Splish! Splash! Splish! Splash!
Run up the hill – (Mime going up a hill with fingers) da da da da da da da da da da Get to the top
Have you seen the bear yet?
(Point to the back with thumbs) IT’S BEHIND US!
(Raise both arms) ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers in up tempo) Run down the other side –
(Mime going down a hill with fingers) da da da da da da da da da da Run to the mud –
(Mime walking in the mud and nearly slipping) Squish! Squish! Squish! WOW!
Run to the bridge –
(Hit the thighs with fists) Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
Run to the fence – (Mime lifting the fence) Huggggggghhhhhh!
(Mime crawling) CRAWL! CRAWL! CRAWL! CRAWL!
(Slap thighs, clap hands, snap fingers in up tempo) Run all the way home
Open the door! (Mime opening a door) Eggggggg!
Run up the stairs –
(Mime going up the stairs with fingers) da da da da da da da da da da (Cover the head with both hands) OH NO! I FORGOT to CLOSE the door! – (Mime going down the stairs with fingers) da da da da da da da da da da (Mime closing a door) SLAMP! (Mime locking a door) ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!
(Mime locking a door) CHA! CHA! CHA! CHA! CHA! CHA!
I am (Wave both hands) NEVER going on (Mime the action of a bear) a bear hunt again!
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This next story comes from… (Write the word “Bali” on the blackboard) Where is that? Bali. Anybody knows where Bali is? Anybody knows? We can do some Geography teaching, can’t we? Bali is in Indonesia. It is in Indonesia. Do you know where Indonesia is? Sort of south from here. Just down below the equator.
It’s a very small island but a very beautiful Island. But I am not being paid by the Hong Kong… I mean the Bali tourism authority, so I won’t say any more. In this story, I need a volunteer to help me. Yes, the back row… (Invite one boy to join).
Thank you very much. Come come come. Very good.
In Bali, they have a very special lizard, called gecko. A gecko. Ok, (Ask the boy to hold a picture of a gecko) hold that for me. And he has a very special cry.
The Gecko goes… GEC~KO, GEC~KO.
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
(Talk to the students) Oh, you want to do it and help him? Well, ok, why don’t we do that? (Talk to the boy) I would like to get you do it on your own but you thank all your friends afterwards.
At one night, the Chief of the village was trying to get to sleep and the gecko was outside his window and it was going… (Lead the students to say GEC~KO) GEC~KO, GEC~KO
The Chief couldn’t get to sleep because it was making so much noise, so he opened his window and he said, ‘Gecko, would you mind not making all that noise?’ And the gecko said, ‘Don’t blame me!’ He said, ‘It’s all because of the fireflies.’ (Invite two girls to join) One, two, could you come and join me? Ok?
(Show a picture of a firefly) Now, the fireflies… (Talk to the two girls) Come and stand right here. You stand right here and the girl gonna stand next to you.
That’s right. Very Good. Come here. Thank you.
The firefly is a little insect and right on its bottom, it has a light. Can you imagine you have a light on your bottom? And the fireflies… (Ask one of the girls to hold the picture) Could you hold that? OK. And they go like this… (Open and close his hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF. He said, ‘Because the fireflies are flashing their lights, I can’t get to sleep. Please go and tell the fireflies to stop flashing their lights.’ And the Chief said, ‘Okay!’ So the next day, the Chief came to the firefly.
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He said, ‘Fireflies, you got to stop flashing your lights.’ And the fireflies went…
(Open and close his hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF.
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‘Because of you,’ said the Chief, ‘the gecko goes …’
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
‘…and I can’t get to sleep.’ The fireflies said, ‘Don’t blame us!’ They said, ‘It’s all because of the woodpecker…’ (Show a picture of a woodpecker and invite a boy to join) OK, come here. Our third…Ok, the woodpecker. The woodpecker going… (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger) TAP~TAP~TAP.
(Talk to the boy) Can you do that for me?
(Mime the action of a woodpecker with their index fingers) TAP~TAP~TAP
(Talk to the boy) Not down here. Your beak should be here. A sharp beak. (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger) TAP~TAP~TAP
(Continue to tell the story) He is obviously sending out the warning. Maybe there’s gonna be an earthquake. ‘Oh dear!’ so the Chief said, ‘I will go and speak to the woodpecker.’ So the Chief came to the woodpecker and he said, ‘Woodpecker…’ And the woodpecker went… (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger)
(Mime the action of a woodpecker with their index fingers) TAP~TAP~TAP
Wow! Very fast. OK. He said, ‘You got to stop doing that! Because of you, the fireflies go… (Open and close his hands)
(Open and close their hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF
‘… and the gecko goes…’
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
‘…and I can’t get to sleep.’ ‘Oh dear!’ said the woodpecker, ‘don’t blame me!’ He said, ‘It’s the… (Show a picture of a frog) frog.’ The frog… (Invite a boy to join) Come on, Ivan. You look like frog to me. It’s very good. Ok. You are my frog today. Thank you, Ivan.
He said, ‘I hear the frog going… CROAK~CROAK. So obviously he is worried about something.’ ‘Oh dear!’ the Chief said, ‘I’d better go and find out what is worrying the frog.’ So he came to the frog and he said, ‘Frog…’ And the frog went… CROAK. ‘You got to stop doing that!’ And the frog said, ‘Why?’ The Chief said, ‘Because of you, the woodpecker goes…’ (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger)
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(Open and close their hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF
‘… and the gecko goes…’
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
‘… and I can’t get to sleep.’ ‘Oh dear!’ said the frog, ‘don’t blame me!’ He said, ‘It’s the dung beetle.’
(Talk to the students) What is a dung beetle? (Show a picture of a dung beetle and invite a boy to join) Tommy, come here. Ok, come here. The dung beetle is a little beetle and it rolls along. And this is a big ball of poo poo. Poo poo… OK?
(Mime smelling something stinky) YUCK! WOOOOOOOOO!
He said, ‘Every day, I see the dung beetle rolling together big balls of poo poo.’
EWW! ‘And he rolls it along the street. Isn’t it dirty?’ And the Chief said, ‘It certainly is, Ivan, the frog.’ ‘Certainly.’ ‘You carry on going on… CROAK. I will go to speak to the dung beetle.’ So when he came to the dung beetle, and he saw the dung beetle… The dung beetle is going… (Stretch out his arms) HURRRR! (Mime smelling something stinky) PEW! (Stretch out his arms) HURRRR! (Mime smelling something stinky) PEW!
(Stretch out their arms) HURRRR! (Mime smelling something stinky) PEW! (Stretch out their arms) HURRRR! (Mime smelling something stinky) PEW!
He said, ‘You got to stop doing that.’ He said, ‘Because of you, the frog goes…
CROAK’
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‘… the woodpecker goes…’ (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger)
(Mime the action of a woodpecker with their fingers) TAP~TAP~TAP
‘…and the fireflies go…’ (Open and close his hands) (Open and close their hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF
‘… and the gecko goes…’
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
‘…and I can’t get to sleep.’ And the dung beetle said, ‘Don’t blame me!’ He said, ‘It’s not my poo poo. No! It belongs to… (Show the picture of a water buffalo) the water buffalo. (Invite a girl to join) Come on Josephine, here we go. Ok.
‘Every day,’ he said, ‘I see the water buffalo comes home and it drops its poo poo… SPLAT!... right there on the street. Isn’t that dirty? So I come along,’ said the dung beetle, ‘and I clean it up.’ ‘Oh!’ said the Chief, ‘that’s very good of Students:
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you. Well done! I am going to speak to the water buffalo.’
And the Chief said, ‘Hey! Water buffalo…’And the water buffalo went SPLAT!
(Mime avoiding stepping on the poo poo) ‘Hey! Be careful! Could you stop dropping your poo poo on the street? Because of you, the dung beetle goes…’
(Stretch out his arms) HURRRR! (Mime smelling something stinky) PEW!
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… and the frog goes …’
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‘… the woodpecker…’ (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger) (Mime the action of a woodpecker with their index fingers) TAP~TAP~TAP
‘…and the fireflies…’ (Open and close his hands) (Open and close their hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF
‘… and the gecko…’
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
‘… and I can’t get to sleep.’ And the water buffalo said, ‘Oh! Don’t blame me!’ She said, ‘No. It’s the rain.’ ‘The rain?’ ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘every afternoon, the rain comes down so hard. It knocks the stones out of the way. And it leaves big holes, potholes in the ground. So when we come along, we drop our poo poo. SPLAT! And we fill up the holes. Because isn’t it better that someone put their foot in the poo poo and not in a hole? Because if they put in the hole, they might trip up. They might break their ankle.’ And the Chief said, ‘You know, water buffalo, that’s very good! Ok, you keep dropping your poo poo. SPLAT!
(Mime avoiding stepping on the poo poo) But not on me!’
So that night, the Chief was trying to get to sleep when outside his window, there was the GEC~KO, GEC~KO…
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
‘Gecko, would you mind not making that sound outside my window? I can’t get to sleep.’ The gecko said, ‘I thought you are going to tell the fireflies (Open and close his hands) to stop flashing their lights.’ And the Chief told the gecko all about the fireflies and the woodpecker and the frog and the dung beetle and the water buffalo. ‘I don’t want to know about that,’ he said, ‘if it is the rain that causing the trouble, tell the rain to stop raining!’ ‘Oh!’
So the next day, the Chief set off. ‘How can I stop the rain from raining? I know. I am going to climb the highest mountain in Bali.’ And he started to climb up the Students:
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work. And he stopped halfway up. And he stopped and he looked around. He saw how beautiful is Bali. He saw the forest with all its trees. He saw the rivers and the lakes. He saw the women. And they all in a long line, carrying their fruits and their flowers to the temple because they want to make offerings to their god.
And he thought Bali is very beautiful. Why? Because of all the rain. If there was no rain, there will be no trees. No rain, no rivers. No water, no fruits, no flowers.
‘But what to say to gecko?’ That night again, the Chief was trying to sleep and again outside his window…
GEC~KO, GEC~KO
(Mime opening the window) ‘Gecko, would you please stop making that sound?’ And the gecko said, ‘But I thought you’re going to get to stop the rain from raining.’ And the Chief said, ‘But if it stops raining, there will be no puddles.’
(Talk to the students) Do you know what puddles are? Go outside of the front door of your school. And you will see the puddles on the pavement. When the rain comes down, it makes little puddle.
And the gecko said, ‘So? Who needs puddles?’ And the Chief said, ‘Well, mosquitoes. Because that’s where mosquitoes breed.’ And the gecko said,
‘EWW! Who needs mosquitoes?’ And the Chief said, ‘You do because that’s what you eat.’ And the gecko said, ‘Oh yeah!’ The Chief said, ‘If there was no rain, there’ll be no puddles. No puddles, no mosquitoes. So everything…’ said the Chief, ‘is connected. We all need one another.’
(Talk to the students) And that is why when you go to Bali on holiday, you will still see the rain come down every afternoon. It rains a lot in Bali. You’ll see the water buffaloes drop their poo poo. SPLAT! You may, if you look very carefully, see the dung beetles… (Stretch out his arms) HURRRR! (Mime smelling something stinky) PEW! You will certainly hear the frogs go… CROAK. You will probably hear the woodpeckers go… (Mime the action of a woodpecker with his index finger.) TAP~TAP~TAP. If you are lucky, you will see the fireflies go… (Open and close his hands) ON~OFF, ON~OFF. And you will probably hear the gecko cries…
GEC~KO, GEC~KO. But now this particular gecko has moved away from the Chief’s window and he makes his cry much more softly.
(Softly) GEC~KO
Oh! That is a really soft gecko. And the Chief can sleep well at night.
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Story 4 Jack
This is a story about Jack. (The story teller drew on a piece of drawing paper as he told the story.)
One day Jack went to stay with his grandpa, who lives way way out in the New Territories. I said way beyond Tai Wo. It’s way way way away.
He went to stay with his grandpa. His grandpa was very old. He went to bed very early. And the bad news was, where grandpa lived, no wi-fi, no mobile. And Jack thought, ‘Oh no! What am I gonna do?’ But grandpa was old-school. He had a big library. So Jack went to the library and he brought down a book. And when he brought the book down, (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) a piece of paper fell out from the book. So Jack, being a curious boy, he picked it up.
On the piece of paper, he saw (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) there was a river, a river. He looked again and he saw there was also a lake, (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) a lake. And he looked again and he saw that marked on the piece of paper there were (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) mountains. And suddenly Jack said, ‘Oh!’ He said, ‘Oh!’ He said, ‘I know where this is!’ He said, ‘That river is the river that goes in front of grandpa’s house. That lake is just down the road, a couple of kilometres, and those mountains I can see from my bedroom window on the second floor.’ And Jack looked at the map again and suddenly he saw… marked on the map (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) there was a cross. He said, ‘Oh no, this is not just any ordinary map. It’s a treasure map!’ He said, ‘I know where that cross is.
That is old Mr Wong’s farm! I’ve got nothing else to do. I’m gonna go and find the treasure.’ He thought, ‘If I’m going to get the treasure, the first thing is I need something to dig it up. I need a spade.’ And so he went and got himself (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) a spade to dig up the dirt.
Then he walked to Mr. Wong’s farm, and when he got to Mr. Wong’s farm, he looked around and he thought, ‘Um…where? I know…’ He said, ‘There is a big shed in the barn. (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) I’m going to dig there’. And he went to the barn, and he went to one corner and he started to dig (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) a hole. But as he dug a hole, suddenly he heard a sound, WOOOOOO!
Jack was very scared. He looked around. He didn’t know what was making the sound. And he thought, ‘HELP! I need to find something.’ And he got a stick, (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) a big stick. Then, he went back to his hole. He said, ‘This is a big
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hole. There’s no treasure.’ And he went to the next corner of (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) the barn and he began to dig. And as he dug, WOOOOOO!
WOOOOOO! He was very scared. At that moment, the moon came out and began to shine.
(Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) Jack looked around to see if he could see what was making the sound WOOOOOO! He was very scared, he couldn’t see anything so he ran around the barn and there was a little shed, a small wooden hut (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) and that’s where Mr. Wong had kept his firewood to keep warm. It gets cold right, in winter? So he kept his firewood to keep him warm.
And Jack ran inside and he looked out through a little hole (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) in the wall to see if he could see what was making the WOOOOOO! After a while that was no sound, so Jack thought, ‘Now I’m gonna go home. I want to get back to grandpa.’ So he opened the door and (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) he came out from the door. And as he came out, WOOOOOO! so Jack ran back inside, close the door, and he looked out through (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) another hole to see if he could see what was making the sound. He was so scared. He did not go home, all night.
He stayed there until the morning. And in the morning, the sun came up and it shone and it’s lovely. (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) The sun was shining. And now jack said, ‘I can go home! I am not scared anymore.’ So he threw away his big stick and if only, if only Jack had looked back as he walked home to grandpa, he would have seen that the ghost was actually (Show the students what he has drawn on the piece of paper) a cow! A COW!
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Story 5 The Road to Lhasa
The Road to Lhasa. Lhasa. What is Lhasa? Do you know where Lhasa is?
A place.
… is a place.
… in China.
(Show the PPT slides while telling the story) … is a place in China. Absolutely.
It’s the capital. You call it Xi-Zang. We said in the West, Tibet. And Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet. We’re right up here in the Himalayas. In the sad Mount Everest, we have a tragedy recently with the avalanche coming down killing all those shepherds. It’s right here on the border. Most people climb from Nepal, but you can certainly climb to the top of Mount Everest from the Chinese side, okay?
Lhasa is a very holy city for the Buddhist. This is the most famous building in Lhasa.
It is called the Potala, the Palace. And it used to be the home of the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama is the leader of the Buddhist faith. But there are many temples in Lhasa. It is a place of pilgrimage, very holy city. One day, I hope I will get there.
Nowadays, it’s very easy to get to Lhasa because several years ago, the government built the railway from Beijing all the way to Lhasa. It takes two days at all. It’s the highest railway in the world. At some points, it is sixteen and a half thousand feet above sea level. It is over four thousand meters, four thousand and five hundred meters above sea level. It’s so high that all the carriages, there are many of them, are pressurised, just like in the aeroplane because otherwise you wouldn’t have enough oxygen to breathe.
Nowadays, it’s very easy to get to Lhasa, but in the old days, long long ago, it was very hard. You either walked or maybe you could ride on a yak. This is a yak. It’s like a big cow. And you found them in the Himalayas, and they’re very important for meat, for milk, butter, yogurt, and of course this wonderful thick coat, you can turn, you can make jackets and keep warm because it’s very very cold in the Himalayas. Once the sun goes down, even in summer, it is very cold at night.
To help me tell the story, I am ready to use tangram. You know the tangram?
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a man rode up on his horse, magnificently dressed, and he said, ‘You, woman, how far is it to Lhasa?’ She said ‘Oh! It’s very very far. You won’t get there before the night time.’ ‘What? Of course I will. Look at my marvellous horse.’ And he dug in his heels and he rode away.
And the woman sat beside the road. A little later, a young girl came along, leading her yak. The yak so big and hairy, the girl so small and slim. When she saw the old woman, she said, ‘Excuse me.’ The old woman said, ‘Yes.’ ‘How far is it to Lhasa?’ ‘Oh! It’s far, very far, but don’t worry. You will get there before the night comes.’ ‘Will I?’ said the girl. ‘Yes,’ said the old woman. ‘Go on.’ And the girl gave her yak a gentle tug. And the two of them started walking.
They walked up the steep and winding path. Up, up, up into the mountains. As she walked, she was afraid that she might slip and fall down into the rushing river below. But then she found a bridge and she crossed over. She came to the forest, the BIG forest on the mountain. As she walked through, the wind was so strong. She struggled to go on. The wind was so strong and it knocked her down, CAK-DON-CAK-DON. But the girl picked herself up and she kept on walking.
One step at a time; one foot in front of the other. She went up, beyond the trees, now she was in the land of snow. There was no path to follow, only stones that other people had piled up to guide the way. The girl was very scared. She thought she might get lost and that she wouldn’t reach Lhasa before the night came. But she kept on walking. One step at a time; one foot in front of the other.
In the afternoon, she passed the man stretched down on the ground beside his horse. They were both… (Snore) fast asleep. They had ridden so hard. They could ride no more. How the girl wished is that she, too, could just lie down and rest. She was so tired but she knew what she had to do. She gave her yak a gentle tug and kept on walking. One step at a time; one foot in front of the other.
And very late in the afternoon, as she came towards another ridge, suddenly, she heard sounds. The sounds of drums, and gongs, and temple bells and when she got to the ridge and looked over into the next valley, there was Lhasa. The holy city of Lhasa with all its temples and its monks.