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The Mud Dog's Starry Path

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Lan Yang discovers a magical clay dog that connects her to an ancient tradition of pottery. This heartwarming story explores the bond between generations, the power of heritage, and the enduring magic found in handmade creations as Lan Yang and Grandpa Ruan revive the art of the mud dog.

6 - 10 years old

Courage & Responsibility

Story Details

The cornices of Taihao Mausoleum pierce the clouds, and people flow over the stone steps like colorful streams. Lan Yang squatted in front of the booth, his fingertips hanging on a clay dog with golden patterns in his eyes.

The sun lines in the mud dog's eyes are changing into swirling golden light with the light. "The sun stripes in their eyes will move!" Lan Yang exclaimed aloud.

Mother dragged Lanyang to go. "It's just a rough clay doll, which is better than a flannel doll?" The stall owner's grandmother suddenly appeared and held Lan Yang's hand. "This grain … only the kiln keeper in Ruanjia Village can draw it accurately. If you are interested, go to the village to find the old Ruantou. "

Dad's car bumped on the ridge. The navigator kept repeating "re-planning the route". Lan Yang suddenly pointed to the distance: "Look! Those scarecrows in the field! They seem to be guiding us.

Grandpa Ruan sat rubbing mud under the old locust tree, and the cocoons on his hands were like small stones. In the broken clay pot at his feet, the yellow prize is bubbling. The bamboo knife cuts across the clay blank, carving out a Long Lin-like pattern.

Grandpa Ruan threw the mud ball on the bluestone board, and the splashed mud was like a little star. "A fall to wake up the earth god-" "Second, please invite the rain fairy!" Lan Yang suddenly connected to nursery rhymes. The rhythm of mud falling to the ground is exactly the same as the children's songs that her grandmother sang for her.

When Lan Yang touched the unfired mud dog, a translucent illusion emerged behind her. The ancient drums rang in her ear, and the mud dog suddenly trembled in her hand, as if to take her to a thousand years ago.

Lan Yang's mud dog always squints, but when she paints the mud immediately, her fingers automatically dip in the mud of five colors. Grandpa Ruan trembled and touched the mud horse: "This is the lost five-color stippling method.

Kerosene lamps cast their shadows on the earth wall. Grandpa Ruan taught Lan Yang to pick up the periophthalmus, and the light in the kerosene lamp burned out stars of different shapes in the pupil of Ye Sun.

The moon shines on the shelf where the mud is dried, and all the mud dogs' eyes turn to the Big Dipper. Lan Yang dreamed that he was riding a mud dog across the Milky Way, and the mud scattered by the mud dog's tail turned into stars.

On a stormy night, when thunder exploded, the Dragon Kiln gave out an old sob. Grandpa Ruan pounced on the ruins, and his fingers dug out broken mud pieces in the pottery.

Director Zhang of the non-legacy museum came with a computer: "3D printing is efficient, and the machine can print 300 copies a day. And the standard of clay blank is … " Grandpa Ruan retorted:" The clay dog is not a dead thing in the glass cabinet! You have to be popular, listen to nursery rhymes and eat enough monsoon to live! ’

The mud dog in Lanyang's hand suddenly jumped up, and the clouds around it circulated in the rain curtain!

When the cloud enveloped Zhang, he seemed to hear his father's dying cough: "Po, mud ... hold it in your palm and knead it warmly."

The unfinished mud of childhood has accumulated in his heart for thirty years. Until the mechanical heart was stained with kiln dust and suddenly began to beat.

You see, all the soil heated by the palm of your hand will eventually grow the roots of stars in the years.

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