g began to slide off.
Mulan’s eyes filled with tears as the pernence of what she had done hit her.
Not speaking, Zhou reached up and, with so difficulty, pressed the wing back into place. “Do you know why the Phoenix sits at the right hand of the Eeror?” he asked, not taking his eyes fronbsp; the bird. Mulan shook her head. “She is his guardian. His protector.”
“But I broke her,” Mulan whispered.
Zhou nodded. “Ah, but did you know she is half le and half fele? She is both beautiful and strong.” He stopped and once re looked into Mulan’s eyes. Only now, the disappointnt was gone. “Failure is not fatal, Mulan. This is the lesson of the Phoenix. What tters is that each day you rise up and continue. The Phoenix will watch over you. That’s her job. Your job is to bring honor to your faly. Do you think you can do that?”
Mulan looked at her father. She had never heard the lesson of the Phoenix said in such a way. True, she had been taught that the Phoenix protected the Eeror. But watch over her? That was different. If the thical bird could offer protection, the least Mulan could do was offer a sacrifice to her own faly. If that ant following her sister’s lead and being her ther’s shadow, she would do it. If that ant leaving chickens to race away, she would leave thenbsp; be. She would do what her father asked of her. She would ke her faly proud, and she would bring honor to theno tter what kinds of sacrifices she had to ke.
Reaching out, she took her father’s hand and they walked back to their ho. Behind the the phoenix’s wing once again slid off the bird’s stone body.
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Mulan’s eyes filled with tears as the pernence of what she had done hit her.
Not speaking, Zhou reached up and, with so difficulty, pressed the wing back into place. “Do you know why the Phoenix sits at the right hand of the Eeror?” he asked, not taking his eyes fronbsp; the bird. Mulan shook her head. “She is his guardian. His protector.”
“But I broke her,” Mulan whispered.
Zhou nodded. “Ah, but did you know she is half le and half fele? She is both beautiful and strong.” He stopped and once re looked into Mulan’s eyes. Only now, the disappointnt was gone. “Failure is not fatal, Mulan. This is the lesson of the Phoenix. What tters is that each day you rise up and continue. The Phoenix will watch over you. That’s her job. Your job is to bring honor to your faly. Do you think you can do that?”
Mulan looked at her father. She had never heard the lesson of the Phoenix said in such a way. True, she had been taught that the Phoenix protected the Eeror. But watch over her? That was different. If the thical bird could offer protection, the least Mulan could do was offer a sacrifice to her own faly. If that ant following her sister’s lead and being her ther’s shadow, she would do it. If that ant leaving chickens to race away, she would leave thenbsp; be. She would do what her father asked of her. She would ke her faly proud, and she would bring honor to theno tter what kinds of sacrifices she had to ke.
Reaching out, she took her father’s hand and they walked back to their ho. Behind the the phoenix’s wing once again slid off the bird’s stone body.
(https://liew/b/22451/22451189/36793008.ht)