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| 10. "I say your head weighs three pounds and six
ounces, not one ounce more."
The landlord said "A head like mine is only three
pounds six? I don't believe it. You’ve got it wrong."
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11. "You don't believe it? I'll cut it off and
weigh it for you to
see." The young man immediately ran to grab a knife, held down the
landlord's head and said "If you don't believe it, I'll chop it off
right now!"
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| 12. The landlord was scared to death, and said
"Ok, ok! Don't chop
off my head! I believe you. Yes, yes, it is three pounds six."
And so, the landlord paid the young man his
year's wages and he
went home. After that, everyone called the landlord by the nickname
"Three Pounds Six".
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Based on the folk tale of the same title from "At
Grandfather's Knee" edited by Margaret Milliken, adapted by
Teng Ming Xin and
Chen Jin Feng, illustrated by Chen Wei Zhen (aged 10) and Chen Wei Yin
(aged 8).
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