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A Bad Boy
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
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There was a little fellow,
Who was mischievous, they say,
They sent him to the melon-patch
To watch it all the day.
They told him he must stay there
Till the melons all were white,
And not come home to mama,
Not even in the night.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A Bad Boy.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/45/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A Bad Boy.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/45/.
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