The Secret of Lanxin: The series of Painted Crows

Author: (German) Endo
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book includes two stories, "The Secret of Lanxin" and "The Legend of the Full Moon Night." "The Secret of Lanxin" describes a little girl named Lanxin who wants to manipulate her parents according to her wishes with the help of fairies. However, the result is that her daily life becomes impossible to navigate. With the fairies' assistance, Lanxin successfully turns her parents into dwarfs as they always oppose her, and their bodies continue to shrink exponentially—if they do not obey her completely. But they are too small, and on a stormy night, where will Lanxin seek shelter? She breaks her finger and wonders who will bandage it for her. Moreover, her tiny parents are almost eaten by a cat as mice. Lanxin finally feels fear and loneliness, but thankfully, a piece of paper from the fairy gently floats down to her feet. "The Legend of the Full Moon Night" tells the legendary story of a hermit and a robber in a quiet valley on a full moon night. In an isolated valley, there is a hermit who practices devoutly after suffering a setback in love. A robber, notorious for his ruthless crimes, accidentally enters the valley, and miraculously, his turbulent heart finds a sense of belonging. The robber becomes the hermit's student, but the hermit always feels that he is stubborn and unyielding. It is only on the night of the full moon that the hermit recognizes the truth about everything when the robber sees through the hallucinatory vision of the hermit, who has been mesmerized by the image of an archangel riding a divine beast to visit him.