“ She must save her drowning child.
“Without doubt, she is the true mother,” she declared; and the mandarin’s wife commanded that she should be rescued, and the child given to her.
“Without a doubt, she is the true mother,” she declared. And the mandarin nodded his head, and thought his wife the wisest woman in the Flowery Kingdom. Meantime, the false mother crept away. She was found out in her imposture; and the mandarin’s wife forgot all about her in the occupation of donning the little baby in the best silk she could find in her wardrobe. ”