Les yeux du dragon

Les yeux du dragon (1925)

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In a small neighborhood of a cityChina , there lived a little girl who hadwas collected by a dealerantiques. Among the miserable trinketson sale in the shop wasa vessel owned personallythe little girl , we had alwayssaid it was precious vase ,but she did not know why. Now a day ,sleeping after having smokedcuriosity opium pipe dealer ,the little girl dreamed that she had broken the vase and that dragons,and fantastic characters painted on the sides began to livecounting for she the following story:Formerly the prince loved Sun Princess Sunray, but the wickedMandarin Tan -Tan (symbolizing clouds ) opposed theirhappiness. Eager to escape , the two lovers began inroute for the country of Love where they had said they were clouds , nevernot darkened the sun . On the road stood a dragon that soughtto attract travelers in his cave . The unfortunates who fall in his trap,never seen the day again .But the two lovers , with their affection , resisted the dangerousseduction. Tan- Tan, less cautious than they, was killed.Having happily continued their journey, the Prince and Princess arrivedthe country where happiness reigns forever .Thousands of years ( represented on the screen by a curious gameconstellations) passed.Disappointed to see always happy ones he had in vain tried toits victims , the dragon tore his eyes. His eyes became twobeautiful diamonds that fell into the hands of the hero. Their friendthe Sun warned them that he alone gave pure and vivifying rays andthe lights diamonds were dangerous ; without listening , they playedwith wonderful jewels and every living thing that was toucheda radius of a diamond is immediately petrified , becoming similar toporcelain ; thus themselves , having imprudently exposedlight stones , were transformed into a porcelain vasevaluable .The girl , still half asleep , saw an English touristthat wante to buy the vase. The little girl didn't want to sell it so she bites the English in his lamb . The terrified buyer dropped thevase, it brokes , and the merchant awaked . The English persisted in wantingbecome the owner of the trinket, even broken . this insistencegave much food for thought to the merchant , who, at random , doubledits price ; tenacious customer accepted this new award , and went carryingcarefully debris porcelain. In fact, an old manuscripthad taught him the presence of two beautiful diamonds in theeven dough vase .After his departure , the attention of the girl was caught by two shiny objectsin two tiny debris escaped the vigilance ofEnglish : they were diamonds. The child amused for a moment , thendisdaining their fake ray she gave the good merchant preciousstones , and went outside to enjoy the beautiful sun shine .

Wladyslaw Starewicz
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Language: None, French
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Country: France
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8.3

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