-Read the attached narrative prompt and then reread over the passage "The Four Dragons" to refresh your memory; as you read, take notes on the elements you want to include in your narrative response.
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plz help i am not good at doing first person narrative
passage; Once upon a time, there were no rivers and lakes
on earth, but only the Eastern Sea, in which lived
four dragons: the Long Dragon, the Yellow
Dragon, the Black Dragon, and the Pearl Dragon.
One day the four dragons flew from the sea into

the sky. They soared and dived, playing at hide-
and-seek in the clouds.

“Come over here quickly!” the Pearl Dragon cried
out suddenly.
“What’s up?” asked the other three, looking down
in the direction where the Pearl Dragon pointed.
On the earth they saw many people putting out
fruits and cakes, and burning incense sticks. They
were praying! A white-haired woman, kneeling on the ground with a thin boy on her back, murmured,
“Please send rain quickly, God of Heaven, to give our children rice to eat.”
For there had been no rain for a long time. The crops withered, the grass turned yellow and fields
cracked under the scorching sun.
“How poor the people are!” said the Yellow Dragon. “And they will die if it doesn’t rain soon.”
The Long Dragon nodded. Then he suggested, “Let’s go and beg the Jade Emperor for rain.”
So saying, he leapt into the clouds. The others followed closely and flew towards the Heavenly Palace.
Being in charge of all the affairs in heaven, on earth, and in the sea, the Jade Emperor was very
powerful. He was not pleased to see the dragons rushing in.
“Why do you come here instead of staying in the sea and behaving yourselves?”
The Long Dragon stepped forward and said, “The crops on earth are withering1

and dying, Your

Majesty. I beg you to send rain down quickly!”
“All right. You go back first, I’ll send some rain down tomorrow.” The Jade Emperor pretended to agree
while listening to the songs of the fairies.
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1. Wither (verb): to become dry and shriveled

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The four dragons responded, “Thanks, Your Majesty!”
The four dragons went happily back. But ten days passed, and not a drop of rain came down. The
people suffered more, some eating bark, some grass roots, some forced to eat white clay when they
ran out of bark and grass roots. Seeing all this, the four dragons felt very sorry, for they knew the Jade
Emperor only cared about pleasure, and never took the people to heart. They could only rely on
themselves to relieve the people of their miseries. But how to do it? Seeing the vast sea, the Long
Dragon said that he had an idea.
“What is it? Out with it, quickly!” the other three demanded.
“Look, is there not plenty of water in the sea where we live? We should scoop it up and spray it towards
the sky. The water will be like rain drops and come down to save the people and their crops,” said Long
Dragon.
“Good idea!” said the others as they clapped their hands.
“But,” said the Long Dragon after thinking a bit, “we will be blamed if the Jade Emperor learns of this.”
“I will do anything to save the people,” the Yellow Dragon said resolutely.
“Then let’s begin. We will never regret it,” said Long Dragon.
The Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon were not to be outdone. They flew to the sea, scooped up
water in their mouths, and then flew back into the sky where they sprayed the water out over the
earth. The four dragons flew back and forth, making the sky dark all around. Before long the sea water
became rain pouring down from the sky.
“It’s raining! It’s raining! The crops will be saved!” the people cried and leaped with joy.
On the ground the wheat stalks raised their heads and the sorghum2

stalks straightened up. The god

of the sea discovered these events and reported to the Jade Emperor.
“How dare the four dragons bring rain without my permission!” said the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor was enraged, and ordered the heavenly generals and their troops to arrest the four
dragons. Being far outnumbered, the four dragons could not defend themselves, and they were soon
arrested and brought back to the heavenly palace.
“Go and get four mountains to lay upon them so that they can never escape!” The Jade Emperor
ordered the Mountain God.