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Reviewed on December 1, 1998
K-Gr 3 Long ago, in a valley deep in the mountains of China's Sichuan province, a young shepherdess welcomed a white, bearlike cub into her flock, calling him Beishung, or "white bear," (not translated in the text). While trying to save the little creature from a snow leopard, the shepherdess was killed by the ferocious predator. Mourning her death, Beishung and his weeping relatives dipped their paws into ashes, rubbed their eyes, and hugged themselves, turnin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More