Living
The Crows
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Look at the white-breasted crows overhead!
My father shot once, and ten crows tumbled dead.
When boiled or when fried, they taste very good,
But skin them, I tell you, there's no better food.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Crows.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/46/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Crows.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/46/.
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