Magic Bean Legend. 4

Author: China Tongyu Publishing Co., Ltd.
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The wise elder of Wisdom Village asks Pippy to find the "mushroom only visible to kind-hearted pandas" before the "Time Sandglass" runs out, proving he is not a servant of the demon king, otherwise Lala and Blue Star would die. "The Legend of the Magic Beans" is an outstanding fairy tale masterpiece in recent years, and a wonderful work that combines fairy tale with science fiction. It has three prominent features: first, its ingenious plot is full of twists and turns, and the story takes place on a beautiful planet in the universe called Corun, where many lovable pandas live, but a terrible disaster is silently approaching: it turns out that the evil demon king "Odi" has a powerful magic bean called the "Bean of Desire," which makes pandas lose their senses and unknowingly do many bad things. Moreover, the ambitious demon king wants to find all seven magic beans in the legend to control the world. The panda god Pan Ou foresees Odi's conspiracy and also sees the terrifying scene of Corun exploding. To maintain cosmic peace, he sends his daughter, the panda angel Tim, to Corun to find the "savior." But who is the savior? And who can defeat the evil demon king Odi and save Corun? "The Legend of the Magic Beans" revolves around the main storyline of seven magic beans (excluding the "Bean of Desire," there are also the "Bean of Light," "Bean of Dreams," "Bean of Television," "Bean of Intelligence," "Bean of Food," and "Bean of Sports"), unfolding a series of stories that are both independent and interconnected. With rich imagination and creative ideas, it leads young readers into one fairy tale world after another filled with mystery, from "Television Island," "Wisdom Village," "Food Castle," and "Sports City," to "Ice Valley," "Dream World," and "Dark Territory." Through the thrilling adventures of the pandas in these mysterious realms, it praises the great power of friendship, unity, and love, and shows the theme of justice defeating evil. It also proves that the savior is not others, but the kind and brave pandas themselves, who unite and cooperate to save their own planet. It is worth mentioning that the main characters in the story are the lovable pandas familiar to children, which itself is a highlight. The vivid and well-developed main characters in "The Legend of the Magic Beans," such as the panda Tobi, Kru, Laff, and the television host Oscar, are all very individualized. They are not conceptualized characters but are like the children in our lives, with both strengths and minor flaws. They have a sense of justice, kindness, bravery, and compassion, but they also make mistakes. They grow through life's trials and increase their wisdom and skills in overcoming evil. These descriptions are close to life, making them feel very relatable and providing them with excellent education. As a fairy tale for modern children, the second feature of "The Legend of the Magic Beans" is that it inherits traditional fairy tale techniques while appropriately incorporating elements of science fiction, showing creativity in the combination of fairy tale and science fiction. For example, the universal mechanical vehicle driven by Kru, the elevator using water flow from underground, Oscar's television broadcast, and so on, all expand the expressive power of the work to some extent, enhance its sense of the times, and make it more acceptable and liked by young readers. Although the struggle between justice and evil is a timeless theme in fairy tales, "The Legend of the Magic Beans" does not follow the current trend of excessively glorifying violence in cartoons when portraying this theme. The entire story's plot avoids excessive violence and instead focuses more on wisdom and united efforts to overcome one challenge after another, winning victories over evil. This is its third prominent feature. In summary, "The Legend of the Magic Beans" is a wonderful and enjoyable work. I believe young readers will love it. Pippy and his companions are swallowed by the monster Akta, and while Pippy wants to quickly lead everyone to escape, he unexpectedly finds one of the seven magic beans—the Bean of Sports. Pippy and his companions drift to Wisdom Village, enduring countless hardships to find the "mushroom only visible to kind-hearted pandas" before the "Time Sandglass" runs out, rescuing Lala and Blue Star. The demon king's destructive army arrives in Wisdom Village, carrying out large-scale destruction of the village's forest. Pippy activates the Bean of Light, only to discover that the dark general leading the attack is actually the missing father of Maidu. Unexpectedly, this attack is the key to guiding Pippy and his companions to find the Bean of Wisdom, and the warrior of the Bean of Wisdom is the elder of Wisdom Village—Yami. Bean of Wisdom: Converged by the power of "wisdom," its ability is to discern the truth of the human heart and all things. Yami: The warrior of the Bean of Wisdom, Yami, the elder of Wisdom Village, lives in a transparent protective. The energy of the protective comes from Wisdom Forest. She is both the oldest elder in Wisdom Village and the youngest-looking wise person, extremely intelligent but sometimes very childlike.