The Sisters By: Ryan Zhang

Once upon a time, there were two sisters who grew up together.

They help each other and are ready to help others. The people in their village praised them for their good work.

One day, they got up early, ready to go up the mountain to cut wood. On the mountain, there were many dead branches on the ground, and they soon picked up two large bundles of branches. When they were about to leave, a Tiger rushed out and stopped them, and roared loudly

“This is my area, you have taken my wood and I want you to leave immediately!” he pounced on them.

The older sister hurriedly pushed away the younger sister. “You go quickly, don't mind me anymore,” she begged her sister. 

Then she was taken away by the Tiger. The younger sister is very sad. She went back home and laid on the ground to cry. Then an old woman knocked at the door and came in.

She said to the younger sister, “I have some seeds here. Plant it. Plant enough, and your sister will come back.”

The younger sister listened to her and planted flowers carefully every day. After many days of planting and waiting for the older sister to come back, half the yard was already covered with flowers. But she was still planting.

Finally, one day, when Linda was planting flowers, she suddenly heard outside the door came a burst of footsteps. Lisa stood up from what she is doing and went to take a look, found it was sister. She is looking disheveled and is standing beside a tiger.    

“Sister, why are you here? I thought you left me forever.” Linda threw herself on Lisa, hugged her and cried, not paying any attention to the tiger beside her.

Lisa patted Linda on the back and said, "The tigers didn't hurt me when they took me away. They kept  food for me. It is the smell of the flowers you planted that affects it, making it meek and unwilling to hurt others. I didn't get eaten."

Linda realized that the old woman had come to rescue her. Linda was indebted to her old woman, but she can no longer find her.

She and her sister lived happily ever after.