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    The Island of The Sun

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    The document summarizes a Chinese story about two brothers - an older selfish brother and a younger kind brother. When their father dies, the older brother takes all the land, leaving the younger brother with nothing. One day, a large bird takes the younger brother to an island made of gold, allowing him to take one piece, which he uses to buy land and live well. The greedy older brother demands the younger brother's basket and knife. The bird also takes the older brother to the island, but he greedily fills the basket with gold until the bird leaves without him as the sun rises, burning him to death. The younger brother inherits his brother's land and shares his produce with the community.

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    The Island of The Sun

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    The document summarizes a Chinese story about two brothers - an older selfish brother and a younger kind brother. When their father dies, the older brother takes all the land, leaving the younger brother with nothing. One day, a large bird takes the younger brother to an island made of gold, allowing him to take one piece, which he uses to buy land and live well. The greedy older brother demands the younger brother's basket and knife. The bird also takes the older brother to the island, but he greedily fills the basket with gold until the bird leaves without him as the sun rises, burning him to death. The younger brother inherits his brother's land and shares his produce with the community.

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    The document summarizes a Chinese story about two brothers - an older selfish brother and a younger kind brother. When their father dies, the older brother takes all the land, leaving the younger brother with nothing. One day, a large bird takes the younger brother to an island made of gold, allowing him to take one piece, which he uses to buy land and live well. The greedy older brother demands the younger brother's basket and knife. The bird also takes the older brother to the island, but he greedily fills the basket with gold until the bird leaves without him as the sun rises, burning him to death. The younger brother inherits his brother's land and shares his produce with the community.

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    The Island of The Sun

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    Rizka Amelia Isty
    The document summarizes a Chinese story about two brothers - an older selfish brother and a younger kind brother. When their father dies, the older brother takes all the land, leaving the younger brother with nothing. One day, a large bird takes the younger brother to an island made of gold, allowing him to take one piece, which he uses to buy land and live well. The greedy older brother demands the younger brother's basket and knife. The bird also takes the older brother to the island, but he greedily fills the basket with gold until the bird leaves without him as the sun rises, burning him to death. The younger brother inherits his brother's land and shares his produce with the community.

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    The Island of the Sun 
    A Chinese Story 
    By David Heathfiled 
     
    There was once a farmer who had two sons. The older son was selfish and greedy, while the 
    younger son was kind and generous. 
       When the farmer died, the older brother took all of his land for himself leaving the 
    younger brother with nothing except a basket and a sharp knife with which he could cut 
    firewood. 
       He would go into the forest and chop wood and sell it in exchange for a little rice in the 
    marketplace. 
       He was poor. He had nothing. 
       One day, the young brother climbed through the forest to the top of the mountain, and 
    there he sat upon a rock gazing out towards the west where the sun was setting. And as he 
    sat there all alone he felt a rush of air from above and he looked and there was a bright bird 
    flying down towards him, a huge wingspan. He felt the beating of air, the rush of air. And 
    then it landed next to him:  
       ‘Why do you sit here all alone?’ 
       ‘I am poor. I have nothing.’ 
       ‘Is this true or is this false?’ 
       ‘It is true, I am poor. I have nothing.’ 
       ‘Then climb on my back,’ said the mighty bird, ‘and I will carry you to the Island of the Sun. 
    There you may take one piece of gold before I bring you back.’ 
       He climbed onto the back of the bird and the bird took off... 
       Away from the mountain the great bird flew. 
       Over the forest the great bird flew. 
       Over the waters the great bird flew. 
       To the Island of the Sun the great bird flew. 
       And as the bird landed, the sun set behind the island which glittered brightly, and the boy 
    took one piece of gold. He put it in his basket and climbed onto the back of the great bird. 
       Away from the island the great bird flew. 
       Over the waters the great bird flew. 
       Over the forest the great bird flew. 

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       Back to the mountain the great bird flew. 
       The young brother took that piece of gold and went down out of the forest. And there he 
    bought a small piece of land. And there he reared pigs, cows, and a few hens.  
       He lived well. He worked hard.  
       But one day his older brother came. 
       ‘Where did you find this wealth, this land?’ 
       And the young brother told him. 
       ‘I want this. Give me that old basket and your knife.’ 
       And the older brother set off up through the forest. And when he came to that mountain 
    he sat upon a rock and waited. 
       After a while he felt a rush of air and a beating of wings was heard. And there, as he gazed 
    towards the west, towards the setting sun, a bird appeared from its bright rays, beating its 
    wings, coming closer. It landed next to him:  
       ‘Why do you sit here all alone?’ 
       ‘I am poor. I have nothing.’ 
       ‘Is this true or is this false?’ 
       ‘It is true, I am poor. I have nothing. I want gold!’ 
       ‘Climb on my back,’ said the great bird. ‘I will take you to the Island of the Sun. There you 
    may take one piece of gold.’ 
       Away from the mountain the great bird flew. 
       Over the forest the great bird flew. 
       Over the waters the great bird flew. 
       To the Island of the Sun the great bird flew. 
       And as it landed, the sun set behind the island. The older brother looked and saw sparkling 
    gold everywhere. He picked up one piece and placed it in the basket.  
       ‘The basket seems empty. I may as well take another.’ 
       A second piece he placed in the basket, then a third. He continued picking up the largest 
    chunks of gold until the basket was completely full.  
       Then he turned. And as he turned he saw that the bird had flown away and the sun was 
    rising. He stood there and was burned to a crisp. 
       The young brother inherited his older brother’s land. He tended the land well and with 
    love. And what he produced he shared with others of the community.          

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