The lion dance
by Dave Bartlett, Jan Hedges, Lionell Horn and Carole Cawston
(Advisory Teaching Team)
The lion dance
It was Chinese New Year.
“The nien is coming,” said
the children.
“It has big teeth and big
claws.”
“It lilkes eating babies. It
likes eating grandmothers.
It likes eating children
best.”
The fox was very brave.
He chased the nien into
the forest.
But the fox did not come
back.
The nien came back.
The tiger was very brave.
He chased the nien into
the forest.
But the tiger did not
come back.
The nien came
back.
The lion was very brave.
He chased the nien into
the forest.
The nien did not come back.
But, the lion did
come back.
The people were very happy.
They had a big Chinese New Year party.
But, the next Chinese
New Year, the nien
came back.
But, the lion
was too busy.
The people made a paper lion.
The paper lion was very
brave.
It chased the nien
into the forest.
The nien did not
come back.
It never came back again.
But, the paper lion did
come back.
So, Chinese people have a
lion dance every Chinese
New Year.