1.

Setting: Tu Uyen’s house was untidy, the room was smaller and there
were no fine furnitures before he met the girl. But after he met the girl,
his house was tidier, the room was higher, larger higher, better lighted;
the floor made of fine wood freshly furnished; the walls of bricks
painted green; the roof in curved and covered with red tiles.

2. Tu Uyen is the main character in the story who loved a girl from his
dream. Giang Kein is the girl from Tu Uyen’s dream and sooner became
his wife. The old man is the genie’s messenger (or maybe the genie
itself) after Tu Uyen prayed from the genie’s temple.

3. One day, Tu Uyen joined the crowd entering a pagoda to the temple of
letters. When he walked home, he noticed a red silk kerchief on the
threshold. He picked it up and there was a poem written on it and was
addressed to him. He can hardly sleep because of that kerchief. Then
the next morning, he went to the genie’s temple and prayed to meet
her again. At the time he came home, he slept without eating his meal.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said that Tu Uyen will meet the girl
of his dreams at the eastern Bridge of the city. At the eastern bridge,
Uyen waited from morning till late in the evening. Then an old man
appeared carrying the picture of the girl he had seen in the pagoda.

Then one day, he saw that the picture stepped out and was doing all
the chores inside the house and is the one preparing his meals. They
became husband and wife. The time came that the old man told Uyen
that “Life is a dream and the dream is also a life. But dreams are
always unpleasant and dangerous. You have had a pleasant dream;
now do wake up”— realizing that he was just dreaming. Then he woke
up and found nothing but his old house made of earth and thatch. All
was gone.
Tu Uyen did not give up! He believed in
reaching his dream. He once again prayed at
the genie’s temple. After praying, he placed
the red paper with his answer to the girl’s
poem exactly at the place where he found the
kerchief.

As he walk away from the threshold slowly

with his head bowed. A Voice called “Uyen!”

Uyen stopped and found the girl from his

dream—but this time, it’s real--- it’s REAL!
Uyen can’t believe it and his heart was filled
with joy. They became good friends and
decided to meet each other at the eastern
bridge every afternoon. They knew each other
more and more each day. Every afternoon is a
very romantic time as they watch the sun sets
and waiting for the moon and stars to shine at
them. For them, their love is brighter than the
brightest star and it’s a kind of love no one
could ever have. And they live happily ever
after!
May Day Eve
By: Nick Joaquin
Catch Me a Star
By: Bernard Harrison

Wasted Years
By: Ziang Kangkong (Chinese) tr.
Shen Zhen
 Tu Uyen
By: Le Kim Kien
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Vocabulary Elements of a Short Story
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Complicati Climax Resolution Theme

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Sage Frail
a profoundly wise person; a having delicate health; not
person famed for wisdom. robust; weak

Wizened
Withered; shriveled Vivid
Strikingly bright or intense,
as color, light, etc.

Clumber Dusk
A kind of field spaniel, with the state or period of
short legs and stout body, partial darkness between
which, unlike other day and night; the dark
spaniels, hunts silently. part of twilight.
 Stump Commotion
the lower end of a tree or Violent or tumultuous
plant left after the main motion; agitation; noisy
part falls or is cut off; a disturbance
Incredulous standing tree trunk from Warily
which the upper part andWatchful; being on one's
Not credulous; disinclined
or indisposed to believe; branches have been guard against danger.
skeptical. removed.

Sullen Vaguely
Showing irritation or ill Not clearly or explicitly
humor by a gloomy silence stated or expressed
or reserve.

Glared
Dazzling or showy
appearance