Note 11 — Chapter VII · Dragon Folk-stories
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The herbalist continued to ascend the mountain, searching for the herb, and when he reached the summit was surprised to find that the sky had become completely overcast. Great masses of black and yellow clouds had risen over the Eastern Sea, and a thunder-storm was threatening. Wang Shuh then realized that the blue boy he had seen riding on the back of the red carp was no other than the thunder-dragon. He peered at the clouds, and perceived that the boy and the carp11 had been transformed into a black kiao (scaled dragon). He was greatly alarmed, and concealed himself in a hollow tree.