. A'Chu and other stories. few momentsthe game went on merrily. Then he began again, andthis time more lustily. Above the shout and laughter ofthe losers and winners his rebellious cries rose in a word or signal that I could see, the gameceased. The players picked up their cocks, and ran offto a spot farther down the bund. The disappointed sister was left alone with her noisyburden. She took the hint, and made no attempt tofollow nor even to look after her companions. Instead,she patiently hunched up higher the bundle that hadsettled down on her back. Without turning her eyesei
. A'Chu and other stories. few momentsthe game went on merrily. Then he began again, andthis time more lustily. Above the shout and laughter ofthe losers and winners his rebellious cries rose in a word or signal that I could see, the gameceased. The players picked up their cocks, and ran offto a spot farther down the bund. The disappointed sister was left alone with her noisyburden. She took the hint, and made no attempt tofollow nor even to look after her companions. Instead,she patiently hunched up higher the bundle that hadsettled down on her back. Without turning her eyeseither toward the market street or toward the gayshuttlecocks, she stood still in the spot where she hadbeen left. Teetering first on one foot, then on the other,and swaying her body to and fro as a cradle rocks, shepatted the burden on her back soothingly, first withone hand, then with the other, coaxed and and louder she sang till the shrill voice roseclear above the babys cries: The Sampan Girls Lullaby 219. Mother is coming by and by, By oby, by oby;Fast as the wings of wind can fly, Hush, baby boy, dont cry. Our king loves the baby, so he doesHush, little boy, dont cry; The governor, too, the baby loves,So there, little boy, dont cry. Nothing shall harm the baby dear, Dear little boy, dont cry;Bad spirits are gone, and the godsdraw near;Good little boys wont cry. — Translated by the Author.
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