The Legend of Auntie Po: Chapters 1–2

by Shing Yin Khor
In this magical adaptation of the tale of Paul Bunyan, a young Chinese immigrant works at a logging camp in the late 1800s.

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  1. lumberjack
    a person who cuts down trees
    Every night, my father and I feed a hundred lumberjacks.
  2. board
    food or meals in general
    We also feed forty Chinese workers who do not receive board.
  3. shrine
    a place of worship associated with something sacred
    My father has a little shrine in his cabin where he makes me pray every morning.
  4. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
    Every morning, he asks his parents for a blessing, asks for protection and prosperity for our little family.
  5. incense
    a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
    I don't pray anymore. I inhale incense smoke and think of the things I have to do.
  6. restraint
    discipline in personal and social activities
    Please give us the pies! The men are about to riot.
    Well, the men could learn some restraint.
  7. stealthy
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
    You're not as stealthy as you think, Bee.
  8. efficient
    being effective without wasting time, effort, or expense
    With her loyal blue buffalo Pei Pei, Auntie Po ran the most efficient logging crew west of the Mississippi...
  9. dispatch
    send away towards a designated goal
    Auntie Po had remembered the giant bumblebees from her travels in the Midwest. She dispatched Sourdough Sam to retrieve a pair of them...
  10. hybrid
    the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
    They mated, and produced a terrifying hybrid of mosquito bees!
    Beequitos? Mosquibees?
  11. hallucinate
    have illusions; perceive what is not actually there
    Never mind. I must be hallucinating.
  12. matriarch
    a female head of a family or tribe
    Well, maybe we can go to university together, and live in a darling little boarding house run by a strict matriarch.
  13. respectable
    conforming to socially acceptable morals or standards
    My dad made me learn. Said I had to be a little bit respectable.
  14. maul
    a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
    Splitting maul for splitting logs into firewood
  15. scoundrel
    someone who does evil deliberately
    You have your daughter running around in the kitchen with Chinamen and scoundrels.
  16. jostle
    come into rough contact with while moving
    The loggers slide past each other, and sharp blades and soft humans and heavy logs jostle for space.
  17. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
    Pauly's a boor, but he is good at his job.
  18. foreman
    a person who exercises control over workers
    Dad says he'll be a foreman in two or three years.
  19. kindling
    material for starting a fire
    I need to get kindling for the stoves.
  20. confide
    reveal in private
    Bee is just confiding in me about normal girl things.
Created on Mon Oct 04 10:13:48 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Oct 06 10:10:57 EDT 2021)

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