The Kingdom Under the Banyan Tree

Nobody believed Wulan when she said there was an entire kingdom living beneath the ancient banyan tree in her grandmother's garden. The kingdom was smaller than her hand, yet bigger than her imagination. The queen was a magnificent beetle wearing a crown made of dewdrops. Her soldiers were ants carrying tiny spears carved from toothpicks. Every night, Wulan left offerings of sugar and crumbs by the roots. One morning, the beetle queen left something in return — a tiny scroll...