LITTLE YIN AND THE MOO

by Jeremy Yoder

ONE HOT DAY, Yin heard her mother weeping in a corner of their hut. In her mother’s arms lay Yin’s baby brother, Zhou, who was also crying. Yin drew close, placing a hand on her mother’s arm. “Mother, why do you cry?” Her mother spoke between sobs. “Little Yin, I cry because the fields are almost empty, and the cow has stopped giving milk. Our family is hungry, and I am frightened.” Yin had never seen her mother look so sad or so scared. “Mother, I will find a way to help,” Yin said with determination. She put on her wide straw hat and went out to the stable where their red cow stared over the wooden fence. Yin gently stroked the cow’s forehead. “Cow, why do you not give…

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