. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . s creptWhere the folded lilies slept,Out into the garden all at once the prince herfather stepped,With a dignified air benign,And a smile on his features fine,And a perfectly gorgeous gown of silk em-broidered with flower and vine. A fan in his princely hand,Which he waved with a gesture bland(Instead of a gentlemans walking-stick it wascarried, you understand),In splendor of girdle and shoe,In a glitter of gold and of blue,With the fair Su-See at his side came he, thelordly Prince Choo-Choo. The princess bent her browIn a
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . s creptWhere the folded lilies slept,Out into the garden all at once the prince herfather stepped,With a dignified air benign,And a smile on his features fine,And a perfectly gorgeous gown of silk em-broidered with flower and vine. A fan in his princely hand,Which he waved with a gesture bland(Instead of a gentlemans walking-stick it wascarried, you understand),In splendor of girdle and shoe,In a glitter of gold and of blue,With the fair Su-See at his side came he, thelordly Prince Choo-Choo. The princess bent her browIn a truly celestial bow,Saluted her father with filial grace, and madehim the grand kotow.(For every child that s brightKnows well the rule that .s right,That to knock your head on the ground ninetimes is the way to be polite.) And, pray, what have we here?In language kind though queerThe prince observed. It looks to me like alittle boy, my dear!Why, that s what it is ! in gleeThe princess cried. Fing-Wee-Most Perfectly Peerless Prince-Papa, a dearlittle brother for me!. PRINCE CHOO-CHOO. Loud laughed the Prince Choo-Choo,And I fancy he said Pooh-pooh !(That sounds very much like a Chinese word,and expresses his feelings, too!)And the fair Su-See leaned Bud of the Rose, you knowIf little Fing-Wee our son should be, yourhonors to him must go! But the princesss eyes were wet,For her dear little heart was setOn having her way till she quite forgot herdaughterly , what do I care! she he only may stay, she plead,I will give him the half of my bowl of riceand all of my fish and bread! THE LITTLE BROTHER OF LOO-LEE LOO 147 Dear, dear! said the Prince Choo-Choo, Now here is a how-do-you-do!Is there nothing, 0 J asinine- Flower, instead?A parasol pink or bine?A beautiful big balloon?But she wept to the same old tnne,I d rather have little Fing-Wee, papa, than any-thing under the moon ! Then the prince he called for lights,And he called for the Book of Rites,And al
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