Page 449 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

"Yes, it was beautiful when the trams run half of cycle of the

Hoan-Kiem lake on the railroad, close by its bank at the front of

Hang-Dao street. The green willows plant on its bank, which
branches

Dropped over the water, and playing with the breeze. It has a
hard

wood curve The-Huc bridge, which joined from its bank to
lowest step

of the Ngoc-Son temple, that built a long time ago by the old
type

architect with the bow tiled roof, on the small island in the

Hoan-Kiem lake, and close to its bank at the front of Hang-Dao
street. On the island and Ngoc-Son temple was a beautiful landscape
of the pines, willows and all kinds of flowers with full color. The smell
of sandalwood was wafted in the air, sometimes the bell sings to
concord with the sound of the gong. At the center of Hoan-Kiem lake
has the small tower, which built a long time on another little island,
where the tortoises creep up to warm their shell in the sun on the
ground and around of the tower. In the Vietnam unofficial history,
Le-Loi got the sword from the deity tortoise while he makes an
excursion on the surface of Hoan-Kiem lake on the small yacht, then
he used this sword to against

Minh's troop of Chinese until he was victory, and bring the
peace

To Vietnam, then he became a king of Vietnam at that time, he
was back the Hoan-Kiem lake to make an excursion and thank for the
help of the deity tortoise. Again in suddenly, the deity tortoise was
floating on the water and close the King's yacht, he holds the hilt and
point to the deity tortoise, the deity tortoise opened his mouth to
catch the sword and full out of his hand, then the deity tortoise keep
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