"Once upon a time, there was a young man named Liu Bei. He had very big ears. How big, you ask? His earlobes hung all the way down to his shoulders! Isn't that big? And besides his big ears, his eyes were strange too. He could actually see his own big ears! Can you all try to see your own ears? You can't, can you? Well, Liu Bei could. Pretty amazing, right? Also, his arms were really long. How long? He could touch his own knees while standing up! Liu Bei's family was very poor when he was little, but his mother still sent him to school. He read lots of books and traveled to many places..."
'I'd stumbled upon this children's version of *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* while browsing a Q&A site back in the day. I thought it was pretty interesting, so I memorized it.'
'I never expected it would be so popular with the children. It's easy for them to understand, and it doesn't bore them.'
