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TOUCH OF SILK
According to Chinese legend, Xi Ling She, the wife of the “Yellow Emperor” (reigned 2637-2597 BC), drank tea in the shade of a mulberry tree. Suddenly, from the tree, a cocoon of silkworm fell into her cup of hot tea. As she tried to pull the cocoon out of her cup, she noticed a thread. She pulled on the end of the thread and the sleeve began to unwind. She pulled a long thread…