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(1) There is a story about a fisherman's son who found a large pearl in the cave. He took it home and when his father returned from his fishing, he saw his house lit up from the glow of the pearl. He made his son return it to the cave as he would not let him keep anything that he has not earned by his labours. When the boy returned the pearl to the cave, a dragon who lived there took the pearl in his mouth and flew away, never to return.
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(2) Another story is about a general who, whenever he wanted to test the strength of a new sword, would take it to the cave and try it out on the stalactites there. One day, when testing his new sword, he cut right through the stalactite. One of the stalactites in the cave stops short of the cave floor by about 6 inches.
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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