Living
Shoe-Maker
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
He stitches the heel,
And he stitches the sole,
Two measures of millet he gets for the whole;
They steam it, or fry it,
When hungry they feel,
And he eats with his mother a very good meal.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Shoe-Maker.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/84/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Shoe-Maker.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/84/.
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