The Old Demon

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The Old Demon is a short story by Pearl S. Buck set during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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The story has been published by Creative Co. in 1981 with ISBN 0-87191-828-5, illustrated by Sandra Higashii . The story is about Mrs.Wang, who was the eldest woman in her village, and how she sacrificed herself in order to save her family and village from the Japanese who were near her village. She describes the river as the old demon because she felt that whenever the river was unchecked,