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One day while Lu Ban and his younger sister were visiting the West Lake in Hangzhou£¬they were caught in a sudden heavy rain and had to turn back£®"What a pity£¬" thought sister Lu£®
When they got home£¬she told her brother£¬"You are the best craftsman around here£¬trot I will make a bet with you£®Let's see who can invent something that will let people enjoy the scenery even in the rain£®"
Lu Ban laughed£®"All right£®" he said£¬"But there must be a time limit£®Three days?"
"No£¬just one night£®We start tonight and stop at the first cook's crow£®"
Lu Ban was surprised£¬"All right£¬it's a bet£®"
When it turned dark£¬Lu Ban started building a pavilion £¨Í¤×Ó£© at the lakeside£®Under the pavilion£¬people would be able to enjoy the scenery£¬even in wet weather£®When he finished£¬he went home and looked through the window of his sister's workshop£®All was quiet inside£®
Lu Ban went back and built another pavilion£¬then another£¬and still another£®He built nine and started working on the tenth£¬but before he could finish£¬he heard a cock crowing£¬so he stopped£®
Soon the sun rose£®As he stood by one of the pavilions wondering what his sister had done£¬Lu Ban saw something coming towards him£¬something like the roof of a pavilion£®Under it was his sister£®
As she came nearer¡£Lu Ban saw that she was holding a bamboo pole£¨Öñ¸Í£© which had something round and flat£¨Æ½µÄ£©at one end and covered with silk of many colors£®
¡°What a useful thing! How clever!¡± he cried out£¬examining his sister¡¯s invention£®
Sister Lu smiled£®¡°Mine can only be used by a single person, while yours can he used by many at the same time£®What¡¯s more£¬it was your design that gave me the idea£®The scenery looks so much nicer with your pavilions£®¡±
Some people say that was the beginning of the Hangzhou umbrella£®
1£®He was visiting the West Lake when it began to rain£®
2£®The word ¡°craftsman¡± means¡°·¢Ã÷¼Ò¡±in Chinese£®
3£®Lu Ban built nine pavilions£®
4£®Lu Ban invented the same thing as his sister£®
5£®It is said people in Hangzhou learned to make an umbrella£¬following sister Lu's idea£®
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