“Master, this character looks so strange. How do you pronounce it?”
“This character is pronounced ‘xia’!”
“Then what is a xia?”
“Look at this character, ‘xia.’ On the left is the character for ‘person,’ and on the right is the character for ‘two together.’ It represents an adult taking two children along. The adult protects those two children, and that is what a xia is.”
“So protecting others makes someone a xia?”
“That’s right. Someone with the ability to protect the weak is a xia.”
“Master, can I become a xia? I want to become one when I grow up. I want to be a great hero!”
