Jewel of the East (2012)
“Kung sat with Maisie, Felix, and Pearl on a grassy hill overlooking the river. They were practicing their calligraphy, writing the beautiful and complicated Chinese characters in thick, dark ink.
Whenever one of them made a sloppy or imprecise character, Mr. Kung made them do it all over again.
“When letters were invented,” he reminded them each time, “heaven rejoiced. They must be written with reverence.”
Felix carefully practiced the characters for family and friend so that he could teach Lil...y how to make them when he got back home. Home. As time passed, Felix was getting more homesick. When he counted up the days and then weeks and months since they’d been here and realized it had been six months since they landed in the market, he grew worried that they weren’t going to be able to get back. The Christmas party and Lily Goldberg seemed almost blurry to him now. Still, Maisie reminded him often—too often—that they had stayed away a long time last time, too, and they’d gotten back easily.MoreLess
Whenever one of them made a sloppy or imprecise character, Mr. Kung made them do it all over again.
“When letters were invented,” he reminded them each time, “heaven rejoiced. They must be written with reverence.”
Felix carefully practiced the characters for family and friend so that he could teach Lil...y how to make them when he got back home. Home. As time passed, Felix was getting more homesick. When he counted up the days and then weeks and months since they’d been here and realized it had been six months since they landed in the market, he grew worried that they weren’t going to be able to get back. The Christmas party and Lily Goldberg seemed almost blurry to him now. Still, Maisie reminded him often—too often—that they had stayed away a long time last time, too, and they’d gotten back easily.MoreLess
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