FOREWORD PREPARING THE PLEATED STRIPS: Making the first pleated paper strip Forming the basic fans The fans on display – an introductory routine COMBINATION FANS: Turning the fans into figures Methods of display WITCHWOOD: Making the special pleated strip Black Magic in a pigmy village ONE MAN AND HIS DOG: Making the paper fold Four men went to mow a meadow THE ADVENTURES OF HIAWATHA: Hiawatha's head-dress Hiawatha goes fishing Fighting the sea serpents Writing in pictures THE SCROLLS OF CONFUCIUS: Four seasons in the life of a tree THE ISLAND OF BIRDS: Forming and shaping the pleated paper strip The Owl and the Pussycat THE UPSIDE-DOWN MEN: Masks of tragedy and comedy AH FU AND THE MAGIC FAN: Using coloured papers to make three pleated strips Dressing Ah Fu The genie of the fan SPECIAL EFFECTS AND PRESENTATIONS: The Rainbow Fan A lecture-style demonstration A black theatre stage show Chinese paper folding