{"id":4263,"date":"2024-08-18T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:01:09","slug":"mischief-king-ah-pooh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2024\/08\/18\/mischief-king-ah-pooh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth of \u201cThe Mis\u00adchief-King Ah-Pooh\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sto\u00adry and ques\u00adtion eight years in the mak\u00ading \u2013 to trick or not to trick, that is the ques\u00adtion! An absurd com\u00ade\u00addy veiled in the guise of a folk tale\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mis\u00adchief King-A-Pooh<\/a>Cov\u00ader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The ini\u00adtial idea for this sto\u00adry came from a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion my daugh\u00adter and I had while walk\u00ading the dog in 2016. It like\u00adly stemmed from the tumul\u00adtuous nation\u00adal elec\u00adtion that every\u00adone was watch\u00ading at the time (side note: this elec\u00adtion, in a strange way, con\u00adtin\u00adued into 2024, with the same pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist!). My daugh\u00adter, then in high school, posed a rather per\u00adplex\u00ading ques\u00adtion: How do you judge whether some\u00adone is \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad\u201d? For exam\u00adple, when some\u00adone spouts nice words and grandiose rhetoric, but con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly acts in ways that seem ter\u00adri\u00adble, is that per\u00adson real\u00adly \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, I found it dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to sim\u00adply answer this ques\u00adtion using the Con\u00adfu\u00adcian eth\u00adi\u00adcal prin\u00adci\u00adple of \u201clis\u00adten to what they say and observe what they do,\u201d because that prin\u00adci\u00adple implic\u00adit\u00adly assumes that there are very spe\u00adcif\u00adic stan\u00addards of good and bad, and that judg\u00adments are pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly based on a per\u00adson\u00ad\u2019s behav\u00adior. Mod\u00adern soci\u00adety has become too com\u00adplex for such sim\u00adpli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion. Then, I sud\u00adden\u00adly remem\u00adbered a strange ques\u00adtion my crim\u00adi\u00adnal law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor posed to us in a crim\u00adi\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy class in col\u00adlege:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bIn a class\u00adroom, why do teach\u00aders often need to iden\u00adti\u00adfy \u201cbad stu\u00addents\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer may be quite depress\u00ading:To main\u00adtain class\u00adroom order<\/strong>With \u201cbad\u201d exam\u00adples, there will be stan\u00addards for pun\u00adish\u00adment, and con\u00adverse\u00adly, there will be \u201cgood\u201d exam\u00adples. Most stu\u00addents will have behav\u00adioral norms that meet the teacher\u2019s expec\u00adta\u00adtions, and every\u00adone will know how to abide by dis\u00adci\u00adpline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This state\u00adment is obvi\u00adous\u00adly just a metaphor, and can be seen as a pop\u00adu\u00adlar expres\u00adsion of the \u201clabel\u00ading the\u00ado\u00adry\u201d in crim\u00adi\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. Its core idea is that soci\u00adety\u2019s def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion and label\u00ading of cer\u00adtain behav\u00adiors is like\u00adly based on the need for con\u00adtrol and man\u00adage\u00adment, but \u201clabeled\u201d indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals may become vic\u00adtims of stigma\u00adti\u00adza\u00adtion on the one hand, and on the oth\u00ader hand, they may grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly inter\u00adnal\u00adize their labels and even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly become \u201cbad guys.\u201d Think\u00ading about it the oth\u00ader way around, whether cer\u00adtain behav\u00adiors are \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cbad\u201d actu\u00adal\u00adly depends on how peo\u00adple view and accept them. Behav\u00adiors that are \u201ctrea\u00adso\u00adnous\u201d in some social envi\u00adron\u00adments may be nor\u00admal in anoth\u00ader social envi\u00adron\u00adment, and there may even be leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion to empha\u00adsize their legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy. In this way, con\u00adfu\u00adsion is even more inevitable -<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bWhat is \u201cgood\u201d and what is \u201cbad\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b<\/strong>I\u2019d like to use a fun\u00adny sto\u00adry to get the chil\u00addren to pon\u00adder this dif\u00adfi\u00adcult ques\u00adtion togeth\u00ader. This is close\u00adly relat\u00aded to their growth, because who knows when they them\u00adselves might be \u201clabeled\u201d as trou\u00adble\u00admak\u00aders?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bTo trick or not to trick, that is the ques\u00adtion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The instruc\u00adtions that Ah Pu heard in the egg\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The sto\u00adry you\u2019ve final\u00adly read, \u201cThe Mis\u00adchief-King Ah-Pooh,\u201d is an absurd com\u00ade\u00addy veiled in the guise of a folk tale, but at its core, it\u2019s based on a real crim\u00adi\u00adnal case. Crim\u00adi\u00adnal law was one of my favorite sub\u00adjects in col\u00adlege. Lat\u00ader, I worked in the crim\u00adi\u00adnal divi\u00adsion of a court and taught crim\u00adi\u00adnal law and crim\u00adi\u00adnal pro\u00adce\u00addure for five years at uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, so I\u2019m brim\u00adming with crim\u00adi\u00adnal cas\u00ades. The case serves as the basis for this bizarre spy case. The sus\u00adpect had been lurk\u00ading since the found\u00ading of the Peo\u00adple\u2019s Repub\u00adlic of Chi\u00adna, con\u00adstant\u00adly wait\u00ading for oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to sab\u00ado\u00adtage. To gain more oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties, he dili\u00adgent\u00adly act\u00aded like a good per\u00adson his entire life, earn\u00ading praise from every\u00adone who knew him. In his old age, feel\u00ading uneasy, he sur\u00adren\u00addered him\u00adself to the police. Whether and how this \u201cbad guy,\u201d who had nev\u00ader com\u00admit\u00adted a sin\u00adgle wrong\u00addo\u00ading, should be con\u00advict\u00aded is a ques\u00adtion worth dis\u00adcussing in crim\u00adi\u00adnal law class\u00ades. From a sim\u00adple com\u00admon-sense per\u00adspec\u00adtive, what would your judg\u00adment be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The orig\u00adi\u00adnal ver\u00adsion of this sto\u00adry was \u201cPooh, the Worst Pooh in the World.\u201d The pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist is an egg-born crea\u00adture, born to mis\u00adchief. In fact, with\u00adout mis\u00adchief, he would\u00adn\u2019t even be able to break out of the egg. His explo\u00adsive farts are a gift, help\u00ading him suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly break out of his shell and set\u00adting him up for future great\u00adness. But he\u2019s puz\u00adzled: what exact\u00adly con\u00adsti\u00adtutes \u201cthe worst of the worst,\u201d or \u201cthe most mis\u00adchie\u00advous\u201d? He has no idea what the term means in soci\u00adety, whether it\u2019s pos\u00adi\u00adtive or neg\u00ada\u00adtive. For\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, the kind\u00adheart\u00aded and sim\u00adple-mind\u00aded cou\u00adple who adopt\u00aded him from Haha Land helped him devel\u00adop this under\u00adstand\u00ading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grand\u00adpa and grand\u00adma who adopt\u00aded A Pu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The ini\u00adtial ver\u00adsion of the sto\u00adry was writ\u00adten in just a month. The case was already there, and I sim\u00adply repack\u00adaged it, bor\u00adrow\u00ading ele\u00adments from many folk tales. As a chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adry, the biggest chal\u00adlenge was that we could\u00adn\u2019t have our pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist turn him\u00adself in; he had to do some\u00adthing tru\u00adly \u201cworst\u201d or \u201cmost mis\u00adchie\u00advous.\u201d It had to be tru\u00adly out\u00adra\u00adgeous, yet still be eas\u00adi\u00adly accept\u00aded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After pon\u00adder\u00ading this for weeks, I sud\u00adden\u00adly real\u00adized I could draw inspi\u00adra\u00adtion from equal\u00adly \u201ceccen\u00adtric\u201d folk cus\u00adtoms. For exam\u00adple, many Chi\u00adnese peo\u00adple are like\u00adly famil\u00adiar with the \u201cnose-touch\u00ading cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adny,\u201d a unique greet\u00ading prac\u00adtice from the Maori peo\u00adple of New Zealand. The clos\u00ader and more respect\u00adful the rela\u00adtion\u00adship, the more fre\u00adquent and pro\u00adlonged the nose-touch\u00ading. Even more bizarre is the \u201cnose-bit\u00ading cer\u00ade\u00admo\u00adny,\u201d a strange rit\u00adu\u00adal that sounds unhy\u00adgien\u00adic. It\u2019s said to be a play\u00adful expres\u00adsion of inti\u00adma\u00adcy in East African cul\u00adture. While this behav\u00adior might be con\u00adsid\u00adered offen\u00adsive or inde\u00adcent between strangers or in pub\u00adlic, it can be a sym\u00adbol of deep affec\u00adtion when per\u00adformed in the pri\u00adva\u00adcy of a cou\u00adple or roman\u00adtic part\u00adner. Ah Pooh, now lan\u00adguish\u00ading in bed, learned this \u201cdirty trick\u201d from his grand\u00adfa\u00adther and unleashed it upon the entire pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of Haha Coun\u00adtry, nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly filled with grat\u00adi\u00adtude and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous and naughty thing? It\u2019s actu\u00adal\u00adly advice from an old woman!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By the way, was\u00adn\u2019t the char\u00adac\u00adter orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly called \u201cAh Bao\u201d? Why was it changed to \u201cAh Pooh\u201d? This is all thanks to the sug\u00adges\u00adtion of Wan\u00adwan, the art edi\u00adtor I ini\u00adtial\u00adly col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with. Wan\u00adwan is also a mas\u00adter at cre\u00adat\u00ading pic\u00adture books. She sug\u00adgest\u00aded using the ono\u00admatopoeia \u201cPooh\u201d as the name of the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist, which would be loud\u00ader and more \u201cfla\u00advor\u00adful.\u201d I think it makes a lot of sense! Ini\u00adtial\u00adly, I used the name \u201cAh Bao\u201d main\u00adly to make it more like a folk tale, and he is a sil\u00adly and care\u00adless fun\u00adny guy who always makes peo\u00adple laugh. But \u201cAh Pooh\u201d is obvi\u00adous\u00adly more inter\u00adest\u00ading and has more mean\u00ading, which reminds peo\u00adple of Win\u00adnie the Pooh.\u201c\u5657\u201d<\/strong>, and if you replace the word \u201c\u53e3\u201d with \u201c\u6728\u201d, it becomes \u201c\u6a38\u201d\u2013Sim\u00adple<\/strong>\u201d, or think of return\u00ading to nature\u2013\u201c\u749e\u201d<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apu breaks out of the shell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The end\u00ading of the sto\u00adry is espe\u00adcial\u00adly thanks to Wan\u00adwan\u2019s cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty. The orig\u00adi\u00adnal end\u00ading was to have Ah Pooh die in laugh\u00adter. Although the peo\u00adple of Haha Coun\u00adtry erect\u00aded a stat\u00adue for him and some young peo\u00adple tried to imi\u00adtate his spe\u00adcial abil\u00adi\u00adties, it was still a bit regret\u00adtable and sen\u00adti\u00admen\u00adtal. Dur\u00ading a brain\u00adstorm\u00ading dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, Wan\u00adwan sug\u00adgest\u00aded that Ah Pooh turn back into an egg and con\u00adtin\u00adue rolling all the way, still hear\u00ading the inex\u00adplic\u00ada\u00adble com\u00admand in the egg \u2014 \u201cYou must do the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous and naughty things<\/strong>\u201d. This is real\u00adly a bril\u00adliant idea! It brings the sto\u00adry back to the start\u00ading point, com\u00adplet\u00ading a per\u00adfect closed loop, and also explains in dis\u00adguise the true mean\u00ading of \u201cthe most mis\u00adchie\u00advous\u201d in the dic\u00adtio\u00adnary of the egg-born fam\u00adi\u00adly. In the minds of the pre\u00advi\u00adous gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of Ah Pooh,\u201cThe most mis\u00adchie\u00advous thing\u201d and \u201cthe hap\u00adpi\u00adest thing\u201d are the same thing<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pic\u00adture book \u201cThe Mis\u00adchief-King Ah-Pooh\u201d took about sev\u00aden years to devel\u00adop, from ini\u00adtial con\u00adcept to final ver\u00adsion, and anoth\u00ader year to be pub\u00adlished. Dur\u00ading this time, there were numer\u00adous dis\u00adcus\u00adsions and detailed revi\u00adsions. In fact, beyond the ini\u00adtial idea and sto\u00adry struc\u00adture, many details com\u00adplete\u00adly tran\u00adscend\u00aded my orig\u00adi\u00adnal script. Illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Li Zhuoy\u00ading cre\u00adat\u00aded a world per\u00adfect\u00adly suit\u00aded to the imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of the res\u00adi\u00addents of Haha Coun\u00adtry: a trop\u00adi\u00adcal island nation, a par\u00adadise filled with coconut trees. The orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly some\u00adwhat intense con\u00adflict of \u201cPooh\u2019s Elim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of the Three Evils\u201d became remark\u00adably peace\u00adful and fes\u00adtive. Even Pooh\u2019s spe\u00adcial abil\u00adi\u00adties, which might have been some\u00adwhat annoy\u00ading, were trans\u00adformed into a show\u00ader of praise! This per\u00adfect\u00adly suit\u00aded the tem\u00adpera\u00adment of Pooh and the Haha peo\u00adple. The edi\u00adtors I ini\u00adtial\u00adly col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with also con\u00adtributed many new per\u00adspec\u00adtives, espe\u00adcial\u00adly Ms. Fumiko Nakan\u00adishi. She imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnized that I had bor\u00adrowed many ele\u00adments from Japan\u00adese folk tales in this sto\u00adry and found a lot of rel\u00ade\u00advant mate\u00adri\u00adals for us to ref\u00ader\u00adence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain\u00adbow farts every\u00adwhere? They have col\u00ador, fla\u00advor\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although my ini\u00adtial moti\u00adva\u00adtion for writ\u00ading this sto\u00adry was to explore \u201cbig ques\u00adtions,\u201d I still hope young read\u00aders will immerse them\u00adselves in the joy of the sto\u00adry itself. I myself have read count\u00adless folk tales since child\u00adhood. Ini\u00adtial\u00adly, I sim\u00adply found them amus\u00ading, imprint\u00ading all the strange and fun\u00adny details in my mind. Only as I grew up did I grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly savor their unique fla\u00advor. In a sense, almost every detail in \u201cThe Mis\u00adchief-King Ah-Pooh\u201d has a source mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal; none of it can be con\u00adsid\u00adered \u201corig\u00adi\u00adnal.\u201d I sim\u00adply reassem\u00adbled those play\u00adful ele\u00adments to express my per\u00adspec\u00adtive and feel\u00adings on the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, how each ele\u00adment unfolds depends entire\u00adly on the sto\u00adry\u00adteller\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive. For exam\u00adple, Ah-Pooh\u2019s farts lead to every\u00adday \u201cacci\u00addents,\u201d a com\u00admon theme in tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal folk tales. How\u00adev\u00ader, the res\u00adi\u00addents of Haha Coun\u00adtry enjoy Ah-Pooh\u2019s \u201cunique skills\u201d because of this, which is the sto\u00adry\u00adteller\u2019s inten\u00adtion. Bor\u00adrow\u00ading from the crim\u00adi\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal \u201clabel\u00ading the\u00ado\u00adry,\u201d peo\u00adple don\u2019t \u201cstig\u00adma\u00adtize\u201d Ah-Pooh. Instead, they embrace him with kind\u00adness, and this \u201ctrou\u00adble\u00admak\u00ader\u201d becomes a pop\u00adu\u00adlar \u201cgood kid.\u201d Isn\u2019t the causal rela\u00adtion\u00adship here worth con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading for par\u00adents and those who care about chil\u00addren\u2019s edu\u00adca\u00adtion? For a more in-depth explo\u00adration of this issue, you can refer to psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist Hayao Kawai\u2019s book \u201cChil\u00addren and Evil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For exam\u00adple, the way Ah-Pooh, emerg\u00ading from the egg, grows against the wind is clear\u00adly inspired by the sto\u00adries \u201cThe Mag\u00adic Book\u201d and \u201cNezha Con\u00adquers the Drag\u00adon King.\u201d How\u00adev\u00ader, once Nezha grows large enough to wreak hav\u00adoc on the sea, his form is set, even immor\u00adtal. I had to accel\u00ader\u00adate Ah-Pooh\u2019s aging, so that each day is equiv\u00ada\u00adlent to three years for a human. The lifes\u00adpan of those born from eggs is short, so they urgent\u00adly need to find hap\u00adpi\u00adness and seize the present moment. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, if Ah-Pooh tru\u00adly reach\u00ades the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of social pow\u00ader, still young and strong, with plen\u00adty of time left to tin\u00adker, who can guar\u00adan\u00adtee he won\u2019t com\u00admit some\u00adthing tru\u00adly \u201cmis\u00adchie\u00advous\u201d in the human lex\u00adi\u00adcon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bTo trick or not to trick, that is the ques\u00adtion.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ajia, writ\u00adten on August 18, 2024 in Bei\u00adjing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the sto\u00adry ends, we return to the begin\u00adning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Front and back end\u00adpa\u00adpers \u2014 Topo\u00adgraph\u00adic map of Haha Land<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u3010Sto\u00adry\u00adtelling High\u00adlights\u3011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In ear\u00adly Decem\u00adber 2024, I had the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to vis\u00adit the \u201cHap\u00adpy Lit\u00adtle Taozi\u201d chil\u00addren\u2019s library in San\u00adhe Vil\u00adlage, Midu Coun\u00adty, Dali, Yun\u00adnan Province, and told the sto\u00adry of \u201cThe Mis\u00adchief-King Ah-Pooh\u201d to the chil\u00addren there. Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, when I opened the book\u2019s front end\u00adpa\u00adpers, the chil\u00addren said they were famil\u00adiar with the map because it looked just like the reser\u00advoir next to the vil\u00adlage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the fun\u00adni\u00adest thing is that they caught a trou\u00adble\u00admak\u00ader on the spot and made him play the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist of the sto\u00adry while mak\u00ading trou\u00adble.There is video evi\u00addence \u2014 click to open<\/a>). But this mis\u00adchie\u00advous child was the most atten\u00adtive to the sto\u00adry. He imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly shout\u00aded out the true mean\u00ading of \u201cbite the nose\u201d (no spoil\u00aders for now), which sur\u00adprised even me, the author!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Attach\u00adment: Eng\u00adlish ref\u00ader\u00adence trans\u00adla\u00adtion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mis\u00adchief-King Ah-Pooh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once upon a time, there was an egg\u2026<\/strong>
Inside the egg was a child.
And from inside the egg, he heard a voice whis\u00adper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh-Pooh\u2026 Pil\u00adly-pil\u00adly-pooh-pooh-pooh\u2026
You must become the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous, most mis\u00adchie\u00advous Ah-Pooh,
And do the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous, most mis\u00adchie\u00advous things\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The egg rolled and rolled\u2026
All the way down to a val\u00adley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roll, roll, thump, thump, bump\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside the egg, Ah-Pooh gath\u00adered all his strength and\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poof\u2014!<\/em>
The egg explod\u00aded!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out popped Ah-Pooh, grow\u00ading taller with the wind until he looked like a five- or six-year-old boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An old man chop\u00adping wood in the moun\u00adtains found him and took him home.
The old woman was delight\u00aded, as if a child had fall\u00aden from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a big meal, Ah-Pooh could\u00adn\u2019t help him\u00adself and\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poof!<\/em>
He sent the old woman fly\u00ading into the kitchen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he turned to help her up\u2014Poof!<\/em>
He sent the old man at the door fly\u00ading too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But instead of being angry, they laughed and laughed.
Because this was the Land of Ha-Ha, where every\u00adone loved to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear\u00ading the noise, the vil\u00adlagers came to see the com\u00admo\u00adtion. They even asked Ah-Pooh to show off his spe\u00adcial tal\u00adent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poof, poof, poof!<\/em>
Ah-Pooh\u2019s farts could send peo\u00adple fly\u00ading, blow rooftops off hous\u00ades, and knock fruit from the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vil\u00adlagers laughed and said, \u201cWhen it\u2019s har\u00advest time, we must invite Ah-Pooh to help!\u201c
Every\u00adone loved Ah-Pooh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah-Pooh grew very quickly\u2014one day for him was like three years for oth\u00aders. In just sev\u00aden days, he had grown into a young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah-Pooh laughed often in the Land of Ha-Ha, where every\u00adone laughed no mat\u00adter what he did.
But he still won\u00addered, \u201cHow can I do the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous, most mis\u00adchie\u00advous thing?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old man told him, \u201cHere in Ha-Ha Land, we\u2019ve nev\u00ader heard of the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous thing. But once, there was a king who did what\u00adev\u00ader he want\u00aded, and no one could stop him. That was pret\u00adty mis\u00adchie\u00advous. After that, the peo\u00adple decid\u00aded we would\u00adn\u2019t have a king any\u00admore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah-Pooh asked, \u201cCould there ever be a king again?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old man explained, \u201cThere\u2019s an ancient promise: Who\u00adev\u00ader can rid Ha-Ha Land of its three great\u00adest threats\u2014the Evil Tiger, the Drag\u00adon, and the Giant Eagle\u2014will become king.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next morn\u00ading, Ah-Pooh set off with bean cakes and bean buns pre\u00adpared by the old woman, deter\u00admined to defeat the three threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For sev\u00aden days and nights, he bat\u00adtled the Evil Tiger<\/strong> in the val\u00adley.
\u201cAh\u2014ha\u2014heey!\u201d<\/em> Poof!<\/em>
At last, his mighty fart sent the tiger fly\u00ading into the riv\u00ader. The tiger begged for mer\u00adcy and promised to fol\u00adlow Ah-Pooh and nev\u00ader harm any\u00adone again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, he faced the Drag\u00adon<\/strong> in the riv\u00ader, bat\u00adtling for sev\u00aden days and nights.
Poof!<\/em>
His fart sent the drag\u00adon crash\u00ading into a tow\u00ader\u00ading cliff. The drag\u00adon promised to leave the vil\u00adlagers alone for\u00adev\u00ader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final\u00adly, after sev\u00aden long days, he found the Giant Eagle\u2019s nest<\/strong> on the high\u00adest peak.
He was ready to blow it away with a fart, but the eagle plead\u00aded, promis\u00ading to leave with its chicks and nev\u00ader return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah-Pooh returned vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adous, and the peo\u00adple of Ha-Ha Land asked him to become their king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By then, Ah-Pooh was very old\u2014older than the old man who had found him. His teeth had fall\u00aden out, and soon he could only lie in bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, he asked the old cou\u00adple, \u201cWhat is the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous, most mis\u00adchie\u00advous thing any\u00adone can do?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old man could\u00adn\u2019t think of any\u00adthing. But the old woman laughed and said, \u201cThe most mis\u00adchie\u00advous thing your grand\u00adpa ever did was bite my nose for no reason\u2014it made every\u00adthing I ate fun\u00adny smell!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old man burst out laugh\u00ading. \u201cThat\u2019s true! It was my most mis\u00adchie\u00advous act!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, King Ah-Pooh made a roy\u00adal decree:
\u201cEvery\u00adone in the king\u00addom must come and let me bite their noses!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peo\u00adple of all ages lined up by Ah-Pooh\u2019s bed\u00adside. He gen\u00adtly nib\u00adbled each nose, mak\u00ading every\u00adone laugh uncon\u00adtrol\u00adlably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last in line was a tiny baby. But this time, the baby bit Ah-Pooh\u2019s nose instead! Ah-Pooh could\u00adn\u2019t stop laugh\u00ading, and then\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pil\u00adly-pil\u00adly-pooh-pooh-pooh\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a puff of smoke, King Ah-Pooh dis\u00adap\u00adpeared!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roll, roll, roll\u2026<\/em>
A giant egg rolled out of his bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And inside the egg, a voice whis\u00adpered:
\u201cAh-Pooh\u2026 Pil\u00adly-pil\u00adly-pooh-pooh-pooh\u2026 You must do the most mis\u00adchie\u00advous, most mis\u00adchie\u00advous thing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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