Storytime

THE LITTLE DRAGON

“Our son is surely destined for greatness!" he told his wife proudly.

Lee Jun Fon’s father was called Hoi Chuen, and he was a famous actor from Hong Kong. The boy’s parents were on a theatre tour in the United States when he was born.

Because he was born in America, the doctor said the baby needed an American name as well as a Chinese one.

“‘Bruce’ is a good name!” she said. “I will put that on his birth certificate!”

“But ‘Bruce’ sounds really weird to me!” his father grumbled.

When Lee Jun Fon was only two months old, a friend of the family came to visit his parents.

“I am making a movie called the friend said, “Would it be all right if your little boy played a part in it?”

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