"Dad, do you recognize the characters in this book?" "Ah, pictographs." "There used to be many pictographs." "THIRTY SIX CHARACTERS" "Look here." "Sun..." "Mountain..." "Water..." "Hey, it started moving!" "Tree..." "Oh, woods!" "Tree..." "Tree..." "Tree..." "Oh, I get it!" "Many, many trees together make a forest!" "Right, right!" "Look here again." "Little birds!" "Elephant." "Right." "Hey..." "How did you recognize it?" "Um, it has a long nose and four legs." "That's right." "That is how our ancestors created pictographs." "What does this look like?" "Grass." "Let me write." "Okay." "Here." "Doesn't this look like the fields that farmers grow?" "It does!" "This word is read as zhú." "The zhú in zhúzi (bamboo)." "This is..." "Um..." "Horse!" "Man!" "Child..." " Hm?" "Let's use the pictographs to tell a story, shall we?" "Okay!" "Giddy-up!" "No problem!" "He wants to cross the river." "Of course, but there's no boat." "Then what should we do?" "A knife..." "Knife!" "Chuán (boat)!" "No, it's read as zhou." "Back then, boats were called zhou." "Fish." "He must want to catch fish!" "Here!" "Net." "Yes!" "He caught it, he caught it!" "He caught it!" "A small bird flew here." "Bird!" " Is it?" "Oh, no it's not, it's a swallow!" "Yes, that's right!" "Cloud." "Oh my, it's raining." "Don't worry, don't worry." "Look." "Umbrella!" "Now it's okay." "Oh, no!" "The boat flipped!" "Hurry and save him!" "Rock." "Thank goodness this big rock is here." "So cold!" "Then..." "Fire!" "That's wonderful!" "A turtle!" "A very big turtle!" "The boat!" "This is great!" "There's danger!" "Deer." "Shi (archaic word for pig)." " You mean zhu (modern word for pig)?" "Sou, which means an old man." "Tiger!" "A great tiger!" "Oh no!" "Quickly save the old man!" "Alright, use a bow and arrow!" "Yes!" "The tiger is dead!" "Fáng zi (modern word for house)!" "This is read as she (archaic word for house)." "Thank you..." "Lamb." "Thank you for saving me." " There's no need." "Thank you, so please accept it." "Okay, thank you." "Oh, the baby tiger is crying." "Then let's take him as well." "Okay!" "Flower." "The boat is too small!" "It will sink!" "They can't go together..." "Exactly." "Then..." "The lamb wants to eat the flower." "Then the tiger wants to eat the lamb." "What do you think he should do?" "The tiger doesn't eat the flower." "Then first take the lamb across." "Okay." "Tiring, isn't it?" "If you put the flower in your straw hat, wouldn't you only need to cross twice?" "Time to go home." "Right." "Horse, man, flower, lamb, tiger, elephant, deer, pig, bird, turtle!" "Door!" "We're home, we're home!" "This is read as quan (archaic), which means gou (modern, meaning dog)." "Child..." "Oh, this is me!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Woman... which is Mom." "Dad gave Mom a flower!" "Moon." "Okay, this story has finished." "Hey Dad, this story should be called 'Adventures of the Groom!" "'" "* (words for horse and man, put together, mean groom)." "Silly child." "This is so you can recognize characters." "There are many, many more ancient Chinese pictographs." "Do you remember those characters just now?" "I remember!" "Thirty-six characters!"