Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

The Tiger Son A TALE FROM CHINA

Hundreds of years ago, tigers roamed the forests of China. Almost everyone had seen one sometime in his or her life, and everyone knew someone who knew someone who had come to harm in a tiger’s jaws.

In the village of Zhaocheng, a man who was too poor to marry lived with his widowed mother. He took good care of her, making repairs on her house and providing her food. But to hunt for their meat and

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