Living
The Fat Merchant
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
The big fat merchant,
He opened up a stall,
But had to sell his trousers
To get the capital.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Fat Merchant.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/62/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Fat Merchant.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/62/.
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