Post by Páng Tǒng on Jun 18, 2006 10:39:53 GMT -5
In the City of Ba, the people were growing disgruntled with their city's name. It made them feel like sheep farmers, with everyone going, "I'm from BAAAA".
So, to settle it, Pang Tong, garnered a grand idea.
He handed out a survey, to every single person in the city, with the choices for the new name. They ranged from traditional chinese names, to far out Western names, and very few actually appealing names.
So, in the end, the people spoke. Tong recieved the ballot, and his eyes grew immensely large, and a look of pure Joy spread across his face (not that you could see it).
Tong walked to the nearest painter.
"You, Painter. I need you to paint me something."
"What?"
"Its got to say...."
Tong was seen, precariously hanging from the gates. There, he had a few nails, and a sign. He hammered the nails into place, and then curled himself back up onto the wall. His Job, was done.
So, in that year, Ba, a city near Cheng Du, had its named changed, and forever remembered. People would walk in and out of the city, and remember its name forever.
Generations, and centuries pass, and the people still remember the city for what their famous Prefect Pang Tong renamed it as.
So, to settle it, Pang Tong, garnered a grand idea.
He handed out a survey, to every single person in the city, with the choices for the new name. They ranged from traditional chinese names, to far out Western names, and very few actually appealing names.
So, in the end, the people spoke. Tong recieved the ballot, and his eyes grew immensely large, and a look of pure Joy spread across his face (not that you could see it).
---The Next Day---
Tong walked to the nearest painter.
"You, Painter. I need you to paint me something."
"What?"
"Its got to say...."
---The Next Day---
Tong was seen, precariously hanging from the gates. There, he had a few nails, and a sign. He hammered the nails into place, and then curled himself back up onto the wall. His Job, was done.
So, in that year, Ba, a city near Cheng Du, had its named changed, and forever remembered. People would walk in and out of the city, and remember its name forever.
Generations, and centuries pass, and the people still remember the city for what their famous Prefect Pang Tong renamed it as.
