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| Morning Three Night Four: an old Chinese fable. Retold by Ellen N. Ching. Illustrated by Xiao-Huan Li. Animated by Jing Lili. |
A drawing of a silly yellow monkey holding three bananas. |
| There once was a man who lived with monkeys. He played with monkeys. He even talked to monkeys! | The man swings in a hammock. Four monkeys play around him. |
| The man loved the monkeys and treated them like his own children. That's why he was called Papa Monkey. | The man and the monkeys ride on a bicycle! |
| Every day, Papa Monkey fed bananas to his monkeys. He fed them in the morning and at night. | The man hands bananas to the monkeys. The sun and moon change places behind him. |
| One day, Papa Monkey almost ran out of bananas. He called his monkeys together. "I'm sorry," he said, "But I can only give you THREE bananas in the MORNING and FOUR bananas at NIGHT." |
Three bananas appear next to an image of the sun. Four appear next to an image of the moon. |
| "Only THREE bananas in the morning!" cried the monkeys. "We want more!" | The monkeys look very unhappy! |
| Papa Monkey had an idea. "I will give you FOUR bananas in the MORNING and THREE at NIGHT. How about that?" he said. |
This time, FOUR bananas appear next to the sun, and THREE next to the moon. |
| The monkeys yelled with joy, "FOUR bananas in the morning! That is much better!" They kissed Papa Monkey. |
The monkeys cheer! |
| What is THREE plus FOUR? What is FOUR plus THREE? The monkeys got the same seven bananas a day. There were just too silly to see it. |
Sets of math problems show that: 3+4 = 7 and 4+3 = 7 5+6 = 11 and 6+5 = 11 4+8 = 12 and 8+4 = 12 There is a cheer after each math problem. |
| In China, when someone keeps changing their mind, you might say, "Morning Three Night Four." (Chinese language) Morning Three Night Four. The End |
The monkeys open a scroll. It shows four Chinese characters that represent the words, Morning Three Night Four. |