. St. Nicholas [serial] . hap, With Oriental suavity. His parents, poor but honest folk,Beheld with pride their little boy; And for his sake they ate their rice,Content, with but a dash of soy. Vol. XXXII.—139. They let him wear a lovely gown, As you might well be glad to do;They gave him baths, all boiling hot(He much preferred them so than not),And cooked him seaweed, snails, and fish,With many another dainty dishWhich you, perhaps, against your wish,Might taste, and find it sad to do! They taught him how to make his bow, To use his fan in ways polite;And, best of all, they gave to him A lit
. St. Nicholas [serial] . hap, With Oriental suavity. His parents, poor but honest folk,Beheld with pride their little boy; And for his sake they ate their rice,Content, with but a dash of soy. Vol. XXXII.—139. They let him wear a lovely gown, As you might well be glad to do;They gave him baths, all boiling hot(He much preferred them so than not),And cooked him seaweed, snails, and fish,With many another dainty dishWhich you, perhaps, against your wish,Might taste, and find it sad to do! They taught him how to make his bow, To use his fan in ways polite;And, best of all, they gave to him A little mirror, round and you must know, onNipponsisle,In days of great antiquity,Each little Shinto boy was taughtThe glass would show his every ere he slept (if sleep he could,Upon a pillow made of wood!) Each night he looked in trembling doubt,And smiled, his foolish fears to flout,If clear the mirror shone, withoutA shadow of iniquity. So Totsi lived,— a model child,—Until one fatal April day,. 1106 TOTSI AND THE CHERRY-BOUGH. [Oct.
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