Children of the Yangtze River

For Mei Mei and Chang, life in their village went on as it had always done.

Mei Mei had her birds in their cages, and Chang had his pig that he was careful to shut in before going to school.

But then the river began to rise: higher and higher, faster and faster, until houses and trees, beds, boats and chairs, even people and animals were all swept along in its path…