3. Fireworks

4. Lanterns

5. Parade

8. Cherry Blossom

9. banners

10. mandarin-orange plant

11. red packets

12. Chinese New Year snacks

13. mandarin orange

16. A Chinese Fairy Tale The Story of Nien

17. It was Chinese New Year.

18. “The ___ is coming,” said the children. “It has __ teeth and __ claws.”

19. “The nien is coming,” said the children. “It has big teeth and big claws.”

20. The ___ was very brave. He chased the nien into the forest. But the ___ did not come back. The nien came back.

21. The fox was very brave. He chased the nien into the forest. But the fox did not come back. The nien came back.

22. The ___ was very brave, too. He chased the nien into the forest. But the ___ did not come back. The nien came back.

23. The tiger was very brave, too. He chased the nien into the forest. But the tiger did not come back. The nien came back.

24. The ___ was very brave. He chased the nien into the forest as well. The nien did not come back. But, the ___ DID come back.

25. The lion was very brave. He chased the nien into the forest as well. The nien did not come back. But, the lion DID come back.

26. Unfortunately, for the next Chinese New Year, the ___ came back.

27. Unfortunately, for the next Chinese New Year, the nien came back.

28. But, the ___ was too ___.

29. But, the lion was too busy.

30. So the people made a ____ lion.

31. So the people made a paper lion.

32. The paper lion was very _____. It chased the nien into the forest.

33. The paper lion was very brave. It chased the nien into the forest.

34. The nien did not come back. It never came back again.

35. The End