Ah Bao and the Fox Princess
Mick Kilburn
- The
- stories
- of
- a
- fox
- princess
- have
- permeated
- Chinese
- culture,
- and
- other
- cultures,
- as
- well,
- since
- the
- beginning
- of
- time.
- The
- fox
- is
- an
- object
- that
- represents
- fertility,
- but
- this
- story
- of
- Ah
- Bao
- is
- a
- little
- different.
- He
- comes
- from
- a
- family
- of
- fishermen,
- and
- though
- he
- too
- is
- a
- fisherman,
- with
- a
- boat
- to
- fish
- with,
- yet
- he
- has
- been
- unable
- to
- catch
- fish.
He
- lives
- during
- a
- precarious
- time
- in
- China
- at
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- 20th
- Century,
- and
- has
- lost
- both
- of
- his
- parents,
- as
- millions
- of
- families
- have,
- to
- the
- flu
- pandemic.
- His
- best
- friend,
- Xin
- Jun,
- who
- he
- has
- depended
- on
- all
- his
- life
- for
- counsel,
- is
- away
- in
- the
- North
- fighting
- for
- the
- Southern
- War
- Lords
- alongside
- the
- Boxers.
- Added
- to
- these
- uncertainties
- Ah
- Bao
- finds
- something
- unusual
- has
- begun
- happening
- to
- his boat.
