The Million Stories of Marco Polo

The Million Stories of Marco Polo — page 1 — Tim so lucky to live here in Venicell can walk down my own street to visit a scribe who copied Marco Polo s stories into a book like the tale about the elephants that brought the world s tallest trees to Kublai Khan s palace Oh I am but one scribe child And you are but one listen or true you are the one who is most captivated and the stories of Polo travel far far beyond our city Does everyone believe themt My father doesn t He says Trees cannot ride on elephants for weeks Yet in the Green Palace where the Emperor spent his sum mers Marco witnessed trees of every green shade forever in leaf Did they appear by magic or by

The Million Stories of Marco Polo — page 2 — GREEN PALACE

The Million Stories of Marco Polo — page 3 — Elepharl Shi some cities Polo visited for the Emperor do sound magical Maybe you exaggerate when you tell me the stories Maybe you added your words when you copied the book No my favorite my most curious visitor what I lettered on each page was exactly what Rustichello wrote as he listened to Polo s stories with the other

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