When I was a child . t pohceman so heart-lessly destroyed my own beloved garden. Therewere no more beautiful roses nor chrysanthemums,but he planted potatoes and other vegetables, andall the rest part of the gardens were ruined by wildweeds. Looking at these I recollected the JapaneseHistory of the Era of Hogen-Heiji (twelfth centuryof the Christian Era), which I was just that time Naritsune Fujiwara was exiled in asmall island for three years. When he was par-doned and came back to his own house in Kyoto,he found out his house was abandoned and so made a poetry : The mos
When I was a child . t pohceman so heart-lessly destroyed my own beloved garden. Therewere no more beautiful roses nor chrysanthemums,but he planted potatoes and other vegetables, andall the rest part of the gardens were ruined by wildweeds. Looking at these I recollected the JapaneseHistory of the Era of Hogen-Heiji (twelfth centuryof the Christian Era), which I was just that time Naritsune Fujiwara was exiled in asmall island for three years. When he was par-doned and came back to his own house in Kyoto,he found out his house was abandoned and so made a poetry : The mosses are grown so thick between the broken roof-boardsThat the moonbeams do not leak in as much as I thought! I made a poetry of my own home, too. The gardens and house are so much ruined that I recollect the old poetry,While the sparrows are heartlessly chattering on the plum tree. One evening that policeman, Yuba (who hired ourtea-room), invited me and my cousin-friend was talking about gai-shi, the Japanese. THE GARDENS WERE RUINED BY WILD WEEDS 62 WHEN I WAS A CHILD history by the great Rai San Yo. (It just equalsthe English History by Macaulay.) But the police-man was hopelessly ignorant. I could not helpwithout laughing. I gave him a deep sigh, and Isaid, Pray stop your nonsensical you want to talk me about Rai San Yo, study thebook for three years more, then come to me ! I said this from my heart, without being conceitedat all. But the poor policeman was very I never forget his angry expression. He said, Dear Master Heiji, how dare you try to insultme who am much elder than you ! (Indeed, he wasabout forty.) Remember you are only a little kidof twelve years old. I heard of you a great dealas a comely little darling. Now I am so surprisedto see you quite different from what I heard ,Be careful and behave yourself better or else youshall be hated by everybody. I said, Good-bye, poor policeman, I shant seeyou again. He was still mor
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