The Turtles in the Temple

Cici arranged to meet her friends at the hot springs. When she arrived, she was appalled by the sight of many ugly men and women floating like dumplings in the water. She said Yuck to her friends and left.

Later, at the Gui Yuan temple, Cici marvelled at the elegance of the turtles as they swam lazily together in the courtyard pond. The turtles were poets and painters as they bathed. The dumplings were no contest in terms of grace.