The Warlord’s Alarm
Nov 01, 2019
3 minutes
by Virginia Walton Pilegard
art by Nicolas Debon
Many years ago in China, a young boy named Chuan and his friend Jing Jing traveled to the city of the emperor with Ying-Fa, a powerful warlord. The emperor had invited all the warlords in the country to a feast, and Ying-Fa was eager to arrive before the others in order to gain the emperor’s favor.
“Time passes slowly,” Chuan grumbled as they marched.
“Each day passes in the time it takes for my leather water bag to empty,”
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