When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo! Tres décadas y más de un millón de copias después, a los niños todavía les encanta oír hablar del niño de nombre largo que se cayó al pozo. La recreación clásica de Arlene Mosel y Blair Lent de un antiguo cuento popular chino ha enganchado a legiones de niños, maestros y padres, que regresan, generación tras generación, para aprender sobre el peligro de tener un nombre tan...

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