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YUN and the Jade Bracelet by Helen Rikorvitz Pictures by Gabby Swakowska My name is YUN.
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I came here from Korea, a country far away.
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Soon after we settled in America, it was time to celebrate my birthday.
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I was hoping for a very special present, a jump rope.
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I watched the girls in my schoolyard turning such a rope and jumping and singing happy songs.
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I wanted so much to jump and sing with them, but I was still the new girl.
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I had not been invited yet.
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On my birthday, my mother called to me.
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Little Yoon, come, I have a present for you.
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I clapped my hands and ran to her.
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She handed me something thin and flat wrapped in pretty paper.
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Happy birthday, she said.
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Jump ropes are not thin and flat, I thought.
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I tried not to show my disappointment.
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Thank you, Mother, I said, smiling.
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My mother watched excitedly as I opened the present.
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It was a Korean storybook about a little girl who was tricked by a tiger.
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I knew the story, and I laughed at the silly girl.
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The pictures are colorful, I said.
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Yes, they remind me of the pictures you draw, Yoon.
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I liked the book, but my heart still longed for a jump rope.
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And here is another surprise, my mother said as she handed me a lovely box.
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Inside was a pale green bracelet.
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I held its cool smoothness in my hand.
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A jade bracelet, Yoon, my mother said.
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When I was a young girl, my own mother gave me this very bracelet.
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Now I am giving it to you.
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It is a wonderful present, I said.
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It was so wonderful I felt afraid to take it from her.
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Look, Yoon, she said.
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Here is your Korean name now etched inside.
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She showed me the dancing symbols that meant shining wisdom.
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Then she told me the story of Jade.
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Jade is a stone from the earth, but it is called the gem of the heavens.
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Green is the color of happiness and hope, and it is said that wearing jade will bring you good luck.
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It is the symbol of truth and friendship.
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A precious gem for a precious daughter.
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My mother slipped the bracelet onto my wrist.
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At lunchtime the next day at school, I sat at the end of the table.
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An older girl from another class sat down beside me.
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Oh, look, she said, you are wearing such a pretty bracelet.
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Thank you, I said.
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You are alone today.
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I will be your friend.
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Would you like to play jump rope with me?
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The older girl asked.
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Jump rope?
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Yes, yes, I answered.
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Good, I will teach you.
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We will have fun.
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Yes, I said, smiling at my new friend.
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Jump rope.
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After lunch, we ran outside to play a while.
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The older girl tied one end of the rope to the fence.
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Then she gave me the other end to turn, turn.
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She jumped and sang while I turned faster, slower, faster.
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I turned and turned.
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My arm grew tired.
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I had learned the rope part very well, but I really wanted to learn the jump part.
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"'When will I jump?' I asked.
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"'Tomorrow,' the older girl said.
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The bell rang.
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It was time to go inside, and she took the rope from me.
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I really like your bracelet, she said.
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In America, friends share things.
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If we are going to be friends, you should share your bracelet with me.
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You should let me wear it, just for today.
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My birthday bracelet?
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Oh, no, no, no. I could not share that.
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My mother's own mother had given it to her, and now it was mine.
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No, no, I shook my head.
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Well, then how can we be friends?
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The older girl asked.
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I thought you wanted to learn how to jump rope.
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I slipped the jade bracelet off and held it in my hand.
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My mother said it would bring me good luck and good friends.
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But sharing it did not seem right.
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Quickly, the older girl grabbed the bracelet from me and twisted it onto her own wrist.
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Do not worry, she said.
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I will give it back tomorrow.
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When I got home from school, I went straight to my room.
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My mother came in to check on me.
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As I sat on my bed reading my new Korean storybook, she reached for my arm and gasped.
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Where is your bracelet, Yoon?
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I shrugged with shame, not trusting myself to speak.
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Oh, I see a sad face.
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Did you lose it at school, Yoon?
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I shrugged again.
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Maybe it rolled away and is hiding somewhere here, she said with teary eyes.
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And she kneeled to look under my bed.
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Mother, I said, tugging her sleeve.
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I left it at school.
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I will get it tomorrow.
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The next morning, I waited in the schoolyard for the older girl.
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She was still wearing my jade bracelet.
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It is time to give back my bracelet, I said.
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I will give it to you later, she said, rushing past me.
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All morning, my heart was heavy with worry.
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I could not remember how to spell cat or how to add two plus two.
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After lunch, when the children ran outside, I found the older girl again.
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You have my bracelet and I want it back, I said.
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Stop bothering me, do not be a pest.
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She pushed me away and laughed.
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I was just like the silly girl in my storybook.
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I had been tricked by a tiger.
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Back in my classroom, I laid my head on my desk.
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What is wrong, Yoon?
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My teacher asked.
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I told my teacher about the older girl, and she sent for her.
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Do you have something that belongs to Yoon?
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My teacher asked her.
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Is that her bracelet you are wearing?
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Oh no, the older girl said with her trickster tongue, it is mine.
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No, it is my birthday bracelet, I said.
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The children in my class gathered around us.
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Yoon was wearing it yesterday, the ponytail girl said.
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Yes, said the freckle boy, I saw it too.
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Can you tell me something about this bracelet, Yoon? my teacher asked.
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My mother gave it to me, I answered, looking into the tiger girl's face.
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This bracelet is a symbol of kindness and courage.
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It is a symbol of jade friendship, true friendship.
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Now you tell me about this bracelet, my teacher said to the older girl.
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Well, it is smooth and green, she answered in a sure voice.
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I worried I would never get my bracelet back.
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I did not feel like shining wisdom.
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My mother should have named me Shining Fool instead.
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Then I had a very good idea.
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I whispered something into my teacher's ear.
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So tell me about the inside of this bracelet, she asked the older girl.
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Well, it is smooth and green, she repeated.
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The teacher told her to take it off, and the girl struggled to get it over her hand.
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My teacher looked inside and saw the dancing Korean symbols.
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Do you know what this says?
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She asked the girl.
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No, the older girl said.
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Well, I thought it was my bracelet.
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I used to have one just like it.
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Maybe this one does belong to Yoon.
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My teacher's eyes said, older girl, you are in trouble.
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Then my teacher slid the jade bracelet easily over my hand.
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Here is your name, bracelet, shining wisdom. And it fit perfectly.
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My mother saw the bracelet on my wrist after school.
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She clapped her hands.
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Aha, it was at school.
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Mother, I asked, does wearing jade make wishes come true?
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Yes, she said.
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it is known to happen she smiled and what are your wishes
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so I told her about my jump rope wish
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and my wish for true friends
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and I told her a story about a wise girl who tricked a tiger about the author and illustrator.
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Helen Rekorvitz has an early memory of her mother reading to her.
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Her favorite story then was Cinderella.
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When she was eight years old, Helen began writing her own stories.
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She shared them with her cousins.
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She wrote a weekly newspaper column when she was a teenager.
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Today, she lives in Rhode Island.
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She teaches second grade.
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Gabi Swakowska was born in Poland.
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Her first memory is of the crows that gathered in front of her house.
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She wrote stories and drew pictures, mostly of princesses.
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She studied art at the Lyceum of Art in Poland.
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Gabi also studied at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York.
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She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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