Word: tue
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...What was it he said?" asked Tue...
...Tue caught her in a close embrace and covered her face with kisses. "Do you want some more apples?" she cried, and rushed into the hut. She returned with her hands full. "Will you show me the way to Yung's?" she asked...
Five minutes later Yung, just finishing his dinner with the philosopher, heard the door open. He looked up; there on the threshold he saw Tue, stretching out her arms toward...
...Tue for her part had to relate the accident that brought her to her lover's hut. She told Goe's story, and added, "I thought the poet must be you, and I started off with a happy heart; but on my way I thought, what if he were not you! I could not be sure, you see, and my heart failed me before I reached the door; but then I heard you speak to my father, and I recognized your voice. You said, 'I cannot take your daughter under any circumstances.' Can she change your decision...
...Tue insisted that her eldest son should receive the names of her father and her husband; accordingly a few years later a brilliant youth who rejoiced in the name of Yung Mang might often have been seen creeping about his delighted grandfather's hut. This child grew to be the pride of his relatives and the wonder of Apeland; and the descendants of Yung and Tue to this very day honor the name of their forefather, Yung Mang...