Predict

How will Shu Fa solve her problem?

Shu Fa runs back to the village. “What can I do?” she asks herself. “I do not want to live in the river!” She decides to tell Uncle about the problem.

Uncle thinks for a few minutes. Then he says, “I have a plan.”

Uncle works all day to carve a statue out of stone. The statue looks just like Shu Fa. He thinks the statue will trick the Voice of the Mountain.

“I just need one thing,” Uncle tells Shu Fa. He cuts Shu Fa’s long, white hair and attaches it to the statue. Then he places the statue in the river. Water flows over the statue. It carries the white hair over the mountain like a waterfall.

The Voice of the Mountain sees the statue. It says, “Hello, Shu Fa!”

The trick worked!

Today, the waterfall still flows to the village. The land is green, and the people are happy.

Once again, Shu Fa has long, black hair.