Living
A Little Girl's Wants
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
I want some thread,
Both green and red;
I want a needle long;
I want some strands
For ankle bands,
To give to Mrs. Wang.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A Little Girl's Wants.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/12/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A Little Girl's Wants.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/12/.
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