shells carp
a body of a snake,
falcon claws,
it is a dragon,
the kite of Xia Li

the kite plays with the breeze: hop it up,
pouf it down, a curve right, turn left.
It carries a débridée dance.
In this game between the wind and insolent dragon roaring, which of the two wins?
A squall, and now the party kite in the air!

Even without wings, the dragon rises ever higher like a bird.
The smoke that flows from his nostrils become the clouds of heaven.

Da Li comforts her son that the loss
also a beautiful kite grief:
"Do not cry Xiao Li
If your dragon has joined the sky is that it was not a simple toy silk hands a celestial dragon. "
A dragon which according to legend, appears to humans only every three thousand years. "
Xiao Li, who never heard these stories is curious to discover and asks his father to tell him.
"It began in the countries where Blue River was a powerful emperor."
"So he commanded a powerful army e tens of thousands of soldiers, collecting thousands of rolls of paintings faiasaient his pride and had a hundred wives and concubines, classified according to their beauty, which had given no less than sixty son. "
"The emperor had chosen as its embème dynasty dragon, strong and threatening animal and considered sound of Cendant on earth.
So much so that when one of his subjects are allowed to irritate the ministers concerned: "But who is PEMETE scraping the scales of the dragon".

"The emperor had commissioned at its best painter a dragon whose breath would be burning as fire, whose voice rumbling like thunder and whose eyes étincellerait like gold.
It would install in the throne room to impress neighboring kingdoms emissaries who came to meet him. What had not been his fury noting that the painter had no eyes!
"You dare defy the Son of Heaven vermisseau small."
"The earth was shaking. The painter had banked three times as a sign of respect and had wanted to warn the Son of Heaven that paint the eyes of the dragon, it was given life:" But ... "struck by the light his master he obeyed and schlouf, the dragon was off the nose and mustache of the emperor. "
Xiao Li is perplexed:
"But we recognize how this celestial dragon?"
"As you noticed that your dragon had five claws?
It is the mark of the imperial dragon.
Only the emperor was worthy to sign the deal because the dragon is the bearer of divine power.
He alone provides the benefits of spring rains that uax men to live on land and bind them in heaven.
For the rest of the imperial family, a four-claw dragon was well enough.
As for the imperial dignitaries, they should themselves be content with dragons three claws to adorn their clothing and their function palace.
Beware those who would have dared to pare sign imperial! "
"As you noticed that your dragon scales were carp?
This is an animal of water, sometimes it is sometimes dragon fish. When he drinks in a river, it dries. But when he danced in the wind, rain falls on earth. It is the symbol of fertility. "
"Have you noticed that your dragon finally had greenhouses bird?
This is an animal of air, it is sometimes phoenix, dragon sometimes.
When men want to see the gods,
he leads on his back towards the heavens. When he carries the dead souls, its scales take the color of jade to signify their immortality. This is the symmbole of eternity. "
"It's really a strange animal!" Said Xiao Li
"The dragon has the strength of the tiger and the speed of the bird. As deer, it may combatrre and, like bison, he hears everything that happens on earth. That is why it is composed of all the animals that n'inspirent that respect. It is the symbol of wisdom. "
"We also say a wise it is a dragon on the outside and a phoenix within always ready to be reborn from its ashes."
"It is very impressive," said Xiao Li
"In fact, the dragon is an animal that is magical to children than to bring them luck. Sloes See dragon is a sign of a bright future."
"But where is - it now?" asked Xiao Li
"Nobody knows. Mountains south to the river Wei,
it crosses the hills and stays in caves.
it overlaps the clouds and wind command.
it never stops. As soon arrived, he disappears. "
"Nothing can stop his race:
it is faster than the wind, lighter than spider.
when the dragon will become a pet, you can catch fish by hand. "
"When I again?" Said Xiao Li
"You know, he is free like the wind. Once its mission accomplished, it vanishes."
Xiao Li is sadder.
He knows that his dragon, now protects another child than him.
He sleeps proud to have such a friend.
see you
Nathalie LE MAIRE
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