Sunday, August 21, 2011

Town Myths of Taiwan

Once upon a time , there was a city by the name of Taichong. This city got it's name in a very unusual way by a very special person. There was once a boy by the name of Little Chong. He came from a very small family, only he and his mom. His father died unfortunately because of overwork. So Little Chong had to support his mom. He had to start working from a young to help earn money. Little Chong and his mom used to work in the fields the whole day, from early morning to late at night. Little Chong vowed to get revenge for his father. After a few years, now Little Chong has become an adult.
He decided to make a plan how to seek revenge for his father. He worked really hard on this. He got many people to join him to seek revenge. He got his friends and his mom all to support him. And then one night everyone got together and they went to their boss' house at night and they protested about overwork how they have to work from early morning to late at night. They protested about how that was not fair at all. There were so many people, and they boss was so frightened he had no choice but to surrender and give the people what they asked for. Little Chong was the leader since he arranged it.Everyone was so proud of Little Chong that they ultimately named the city after him. Tai- for Taiwan and Chong for Little Chong. So this is the story of how Taichong got it's name.

1 comment:

  1. You have some very cool, quirky ideas for the naming of the city. I wish your story was more connected. You start well with the son wanting to gain revenge on his father, but then you switch to people protesting about their jobs. Because of that big jump, your story feels like two different, unfinished stories. How can you fix this?

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