In 1918, when Ying-Ying St. Clair was four, she attended the Moon Festival. It was on a hot autumn day. Amah braided her hair and wound ribbons into it. She dressed Ying-Ying in a fancy outfit and told her about the LEGEND of the Moon Lady.
While Ying-Ying and her family were on a boat, fireworks scared Ying-Ying, causing her to fall in the water. Another boat picked her up and took her to shore. She saw the presentation of the Moon Lady and was determined to make her wish. The Moon Lady changed out of her costume after the show. As Ying-Ying got closer, she realized the Moon Lady was really a man. She was so surprised that she could never remember what she had wished for. She said, “For many years, I could not remember what I wanted that night from the moon Lady, or how it was that I was found again by my family.”
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