[05.27]Hyman
讲的是个女英雄除魔的故事,下面有介绍,不过英文没时间翻译,有兴趣的看看吧 'The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women', retold by Katrin Tchana and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman A collection of 18 stories about heroines - girls and women with courage, wit and intelligence. The stories remind us how to be strong, adventuresome, creative women. They teach us how to survive enormous suffering and come out alive with our eyes shining and our feet kicking. It is a book for women, to be read by and to mothers, daughters and sisters. It is also a book for women to read to the men who love them and to the boys they love, so that people everywhere remember the courage, strength, ingenuity, and intelligence that is every woman's heritage. Hyman-Index1-sj.jpg Hyman-Index2-sj.jpg HymanTS-01_TheSerpentSlayer-FrontisPiece-sj.jpg HymanTS-02_TheSerpentSlayer-sj.jpg Li Chi battles a fierce serpent to save her townspeople. HymanTS-03_TheBarber'sWife-sj.jpg Amarjit tricks thieves to plow up land, looking for gold, so that she and her husband can plant wheat. HymanTS-04_NesoowaAndTheChenoo-sj.jpg Nesoowa tricks the Chenoo, Elaak, by accepting him as her father and taking care of him during the winter while he restores his health and strength. HymanTS-05_CleverMarcela-sj.jpg Clever Marcela outwits a clever king and marries him. HymanTS-06_SisterLace-sj.jpg Sister Lace tricks the emperor by refusing to marry him and flies into the sky where she makes the lace which covers the night sky with stars. HymanTS-07_TheRebelPrincess-sj.jpg Judith is separated from her true love, Zev. She tricks her father and the merchant's son she is promised to, and sails the open seas in search of Zev. HymanTS-08_BeebyeebyeeAndTheWaterGod-sj.jpg A stubborn Beebyeebyee sets out to catch her own fish and meets the water god. They marry and he helps her catch fish for the village. The fisherman of the village become jealous and kill the water god. His brother takes revenge by flooding every house in the village except Beebyeebyee's. HymanTS-09_KateCrackernuts-sj.jpg Kate uses a magic wand and a birdie to save her sister, Anne, and a prince. HymanTS-10_TheOldWomanAndTheDevil-sj.jpg The old woman is sly enough to outwit even the Devil. HymanTS-11_TheMagicLake-sj.jpg Sumac, with the help of a magic fan made of the feathers of sparrows, saves the emperor's son and is granted three wishes. HymanTS-12_Grandmother'sSkull-sj.jpg Neruvana, with the help of her grandmother's skull, kills her evil husband, who had killed her family. HymanTS-13_ThreeWhiskersFromALion'sChin-sj.jpg Maria braves many dangers in the jungle to bring a bruja three whiskers from a lion's chin which are needed to make a chain to help bring her husband's mind back from the war. HymanTS-14_DuffyTheLady-sj.jpg Duffy outwits the devil and marries the squire. HymanTS-15_Sun-GirlAndDragon-Prince-sj.jpg Arevhat (Sun-Girl, for her smile brightened even the darkest of days) charms the dragon prince, who would devour her, with her smile and turns him back into a handsome prince. HymanTS-16_StaverAndVassilissa-sj.jpg Vassilissa outwits Vladimer with her strength and the game of chess to save Staver from the dungeon. HymanTS-17_Tokoyo-sj.jpg Tokoyo kills a sea god to heal the emperor and save her father from exile. HymanTS-18_TheLord'sDaughterAndTheBlacksmith'sSon-sj.jpg The Lord's daughter has magic turn her into a dog. She is cured by the blacksmith's son and marries him. HymanTS-19_TheMarriageOfTwoMasters-sj.jpg Aisaton Djili was too intelligent for all the suitors who wished to marry her, as they did not understand her. Her father meets a man he doesn't understand but Aisaton Djili understands him, so marries him. Have you ever met someone so intelligent you couldn't understand a word they said? Hyman-Index1-sj
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