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A selection of children's plays, for acting or radio, each based on an Asian folk tale.
Affiliation Notes
This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is based on Asian folk tales.
Contents
* Contents derived from the Albert Park,South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area,Melbourne - Inner South,Melbourne,Victoria,:Teaching Solutions,2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
‘A woman, sworn to secrecy about her husband’s visits to heaven—holding the tail of a magical white elephant—tells her neighbour and, when the story spreads, everyone tries to join in on the trip to heaven’ (Source: introduction).
‘Riding a giant turtle, Urashima Taro follows a beautiful princess to a world beneath the sea, and, when he returns, discovers that he has been absent for 300 years’ (Source: introduction).
‘A raven gives a poor young buffalo-herder a magic gem which brings him luck, granting his wishes for wealth and a beautiful wife. But it also leads to an unfortunate experience, until he accepts help from the Lord Buddha’ (Source: introduction).
‘Two young women are given an impossible task by their father-in-law and are saved by the intelligence of another young woman who, eventually, marries their youngest brother-in-law and becomes the Head of the House’ (Source: introduction).
‘A tortoise about to be eaten by Garuda, a magical bird, challenges it to a race and, by recruiting his friends and relations, deceives the bird and saves his life’ (Source: introduction).
‘ToKanao, a clever fisherman who is able to unscrew his head from his neck and swallow all the fish he catches, is sabotaged by Talka who hides his head. Three years later, a coconut tree grows, bearing fruit similar to ToKanao’s head, thus providing food for many forever after’ (source: introduction).
