《仙话》具有丰富的想象力。凡人一旦成仙，就能超越社会，超越自然，随着想像的展开，情节的发展缥缈而怪异，这是仙话故事的一大特点，且也正是其美学价值之一。例如葛洪的故事“母子情”，情节跌宕神奇：小小少年斫草而得珠，他发现一丛绿油油的芦草，屡斫屡生，掘土而视，“但见冲出白光一道，坑正中有一颗晶莹透亮，滚圆溜顺的明珠，足有鸡蛋大”，明珠给他母子带来了衣食，也带来了灾祸，在恶势力的追杀下，葛洪不得已而吞珠，“他马上感到浑身燥热，口中渴得似要喷出火来，他径直奔到溪边，没几口竟把那条溪水喝得精光。整个身体宛如堕在五里雾中，摇摇晃晃，飘飘荡荡。
The fairy tale has rich imagination. Once mortals become immortals, they can surpass society and nature. As imagination unfolds, the development of the plot becomes ethereal and bizarre, which is a major characteristic of fairy tales and one of their aesthetic values. For example, in Ge Hong’s story of “Mother Child Love”, the plot twists and turns miraculously: a young boy chops grass and obtains pearls. He discovers a cluster of green reeds, repeatedly growing and digging, and looks at them. “But when he sees a white light rushing out, there is a crystal clear, round and smooth pearl in the center of the pit, which is as big as an egg.” The pearl brings food and clothing to his mother and son, as well as disaster. Under the pursuit of evil forces, Ge Hong reluctantly swallows the pearls, He immediately felt hot and thirsty all over, as if he was about to burst out with fire. He ran straight to the stream and drank all the water in a few sips. His whole body seemed to fall into mist, swaying and drifting.

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