When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names. Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names <p><i>Tikki Tikki Tembo</i> is the 1968 winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.</p> <p><i>Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-</i><br><i>chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!</i><br><br>Five decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic has hooked legions of children, teachers, and parents, who return, generation after generation, to shout the name of Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo.<br><br><i>Tikki Tikki Tembo</i> is the winner of the 1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.</p>
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