One evening, the girl in the picture stepped out of the picture and had a nice time with Big Yang. Since then, they met every
night. Years later, they had a son who brought much happiness to the couple. But unfortunately, the magic picture was seized
away by the official of the town, who had heard about the beauty in Big Yang's picture. Big Yang was angry with the evil
official though he could do nothing. The greedy official put the picture on the wall above his bed and waited the girl to
come down every night. To his disappointment, nothing happened.
The son was crying for his mother. The father tried to deceive him into believing that his mother had gone far away to the
west. The son insisted on looking for his mother. Finally, the son went on the trip to find his mother. He traveled westwards
day and night, and in the end, he saw his mother in a pool in the forest bathing together with many other fairies. "Well, my
son, how have you been looking for Mum a long way here!" said the mother, weeping the tears off her son's cheeks. "Mum, let's
go home. You know how I missed you." "We won't meet until you go into the official's bed room, wearing that pair of tiger
shoes I made for you. My son. Shut your eyes, and I'll send you home first."
After a whirl of gale, the son was surprised to find himself already at home. He informed the official that he could call
down the lady from the picture. On hearing the news, the evil official was very pleased for he was eager to find a way to get
in touch with the beauty. So the boy was lead directly into the bedroom. As soon as the boy saw his mother, he spoke to the
picture. "Mum, let's go!" the son said deeply. The mother got down right away and walked out with the support of her son. But
the evil official stopped them right away. He wanted to detain the beauty as his concubine forcefully, but he was refused.
The official became angry and thrust at the mother and son. The boy fought back bravely. While they were fighting, the tiger
shoes shook off from the boy's feet and turned into a large tiger. It jumped up quickly over to the sinful official. The
calls for help from the poor man and the roars from the fierce tiger were mixed together, which was heard by the whole town.
It was the tiger shoes that saved the mother and son, and the family united again. Since then, people made tiger shoes for
their own babies hoping the family and their babies well protected. |