Living

The Little Girl

by Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes traditional (collected in Peking, 1890s)

Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)

Living

The little girl
Sits on the stool,
And sews the shoe
And beats the sole.

MLA

Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Little Girl.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/82/.

Chicago

Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Little Girl.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/82/.

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