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8 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Mystery</strong> on the Great Wall of China “What are you looking at?” Christina startled him by saying. “Oh, nothing,” said Grant, secretively. He just smiled and stuffed the map back in his pocket. He heard the dry parchment crinkle and hoped he hadn’t torn the map. “Confucius say…he who watches pot will never see water boil,” said Papa in a silly voice. “He did not!” argued Mimi with a giggle. “Who is Confusion?” asked Grant. “Confucius,” corrected Papa. “He was a famous Chinese philosopher who had helpful reminders in the form of special sayings.” “Papa?” said Grant. “Yes,” said Papa. “That sounds just like you!” Grant said with a loud sigh. “You always have special reminders that you say loud and clear to kids.” Papa howled with laughter, attracting attention from the surrounding crowd. Mimi gave Papa the Evil Eye, as Grant and Christina called it. “And Mimi always has Special Reminders for me, doesn’t she?” Papa teased in a quieter voice and his grandchildren laughed. Suddenly, they found that they had passed all the international traveler hurdles and were
Confucious Say… 9 free to leave the airport. As they waited for a taxi, Christina asked, “Just how big is the country of China?” Papa pretended to count on an “air” abacus, his fingers flying. “Let’s see: China is so big it covers 50 degrees of latitude. It includes almost four million square miles. It is bordered by 14 different countries. It has a coastline more than 12,000 miles long. And, 20 percent of the people in the world live here.” “Wow!” said Grant. “How did you know all that?” Papa nodded at a poster on a nearby wall. “I read it right there!” “And Beijing is the capital,” said Christina. “Where our pen pals live. I love getting postcards from them with neat stamps.” “Yes,” said Papa. “Your pen pals and more than a billion of their friends live in China!” Grant and Christina were quiet with awe at the massive numbers their grandfather tossed around, as a taxi van pulled up. However, when the taxi doors slid open, both kids began to squeal. “Li!” screamed Christina. “Cong!” shouted Grant.
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