The Dogs of Shu
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Liu Zong-yuan, a Tang dynasty man of letters , once told his friends a story about the dogs of Shu that bark at the sun. Shu is now the province of Sichuan. It frequently rains there. Sometimes, when it rains, the rain lasts for months. There are not many days in the year when the sun can be seen. Liu Zong-yuan told his friends, because of the bad weather, the sun is rarely seen in Shu. Therefore, whenever the rain stops and the sun comes out, the dogs of Shu find it strange and start to bark.
