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The Mischievous Boy
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
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This mischievous boy
Is jumping around,
On his head is a candlestick
Weighing a pound;
He is able to play
All the nine kinds of tricks,
From the bell and the foot-ball
To wood-ball and sticks.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Mischievous Boy.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/54/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Mischievous Boy.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/54/.
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