Long ago in China, a poor young woman was bringing cakes to her parents when, suddenly, out from behind a bamboo tree jumped THE TERRIBLE NUNG GWAMA! "Aargh, aargh!" it roared, gnashing its teeth horribly and demanding the cakes. But they were for her parents, and she would not give them up. "Then I'll come back tonight and eat you up instead!" declared the angry beast.
So begins the well-loved tale of a reluctantly brave folk-heroine, who saved herself and the rest of the countryside from one of the most horrendous of all chimerical monsters. This authentic Chinese story has been slightly adapted for young readers from Leslie Bonnet's witty and faithful retelling and illustrated in exquisite paintings on fan-shaped album leaves by Ed Young.
