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Ah Mee's Invention
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a blackened brush upon parchment and paper—and the wall, when he had no paper. Some people said they were stories, but certainly they brought in no money. As for that,
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Oh, no, not at all. He was very careful not even to think of a dragon. He was a weighty elephant—amid the cabbages.
neither did Ching Chi's carvings bring in any money. Yet Chi was a good carver. His designs were artistic, and his knife was obedient to the slightest touch. From an inch block of ivory he could carve seven balls—
