| Audio | Visual |
|---|---|
| Yay-Gung Loves Dragons: An old Chinese fable. Retold by Ellen N. Ching. Illustrated by Xiao-Huan Li. Animated by Rick Lin. |
A drawing of a green Chinese dragon. It has red hair on its head and tail, and rainbow-colored scales along its neck and belly. |
| Yay-Gung loved dragons. He loved to read about dragons. He loved to think about dragons. | Yay-Gung looks down at a book with an image of a dragon. He picks up the book and gives it a hug! |
| Yay-Gung loved dragons more than the desert loves rain. He loved dragons more than a puppy loves to play. | Yay-Gung and two men use poles to hold up a long puppet dragon. |
| Yay-Gung's house was full of dragons. He even had dragons on his pajamas! | Yay-Gung lays in bed. There are dragons on his blanket and pillow, too! |
| Yay-Gung wanted to see a real dragon. He wished he could count the bumps on a dragon's tail. | Yay-Gung dreams of a dragon tail. He counts the bumps with an abacus, and says the numbers 1 to 10 aloud in Chinese. |
| A REAL dragon heard about Yay-Gung's wish. The dragon hopped onto a cloud and floated down to meet Yay-Gung. | A long green dragon with fiery hair rides the cloud past a rainbow to Yay-Gung’s house. |
| The dragon poked his nose into the bedroom window. His tail curled around the house and hit the door! | The dragon wraps around the whole house! |
| "Who's there?" asked Yay-Gung. He ran to the door and saw the dragon's tail. | Yay-Gung is frightened by the tail. He runs to the other room! |
| He ran to the bedroom and saw the dragon's nose. Yay-Gung was afraid. He hid under his bed. He shut his eyes until the dragon went away! | The dragon looks down at Yay-Gung as he hides. |
| Yay-Gung still loves dragons. He loves to read about them. He loves to think about them. But... | Yay-Gung watches through the window as the dragon flies away. |
| Yay-Gung never wants to see a REAL dragon again! | Yay-Gung smiles as he flies a kite shaped like a dragon. |
| In China, when you get something you thought you really wanted, but find out it wasn't as good as you expected, you might say: Yay-Gung Loves Dragons. (Chinese language) Yay-Gung Loves Dragons. The End |
Four Chinese characters represent the words, Yay-Gung Loves Dragons. |