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The Five Chinese Brothers is a story of five brothers who all have different gifts. The first Chinese brother could swallow the sea, the second had an iron neck, the third could stretch and stretch his legs, the fourth could not be burned, and the fifth could hold his breath indefinitely. One day, the first Chinese brother took a little boy fishing. He swallowed the sea but told the little boy that he had to come out when he told him to. When the first Chinese brother did, the little boy didn’t listen and the first Chinese brother could no longer hold the sea in his mouth. The boy disappeared under the sea and the people of the village tried and condemned the first Chinese brother. The people of the village try and try to get rid of the brother by beheading, burning, drowning, and suffocating him but little did they know, each time a brother would ask to go home to bid his mother goodbye, they were switching places with each other. Finally, the people of the village agree that the brother is innocent because they could not get rid of him. This is an excellent story that will surely get children interested.