Living
Cruel Little Glutton
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
He ate too much,
That second brother,
And when he had eaten
He beat his mother.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Cruel Little Glutton.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/42/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Cruel Little Glutton.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/42/.
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