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Article: Into the cave.(Short Story)
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Standing outside the cave entrance, Grandfather admired the green-carpeted hills of Guilin. "Next to heaven," he said, "Guilin is most beautiful."
And I would rather be anywhere else in China, Lin thought.
Lin had come here today only because of Grandfather. Stubborn, old-fashioned Grandfather, who refused to use anything but guano to fertilize his crops. Guano, the waste matter of bats.
Lately, Grandfather had been coming here by himself. But now he was too weak to do the whole job. Grandfather could gather the guano and bring it out of the cave in the reed basket, but he needed Lin to haul it home in the wooden cart.
Grandfather took ...
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