Living
Two Wonders
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
All come and see!
All come and see!
A black hen laid a white egg for me!
Oh, look there!
Oh, look there!
A great, big rat all covered with hair!
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Two Wonders.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/85/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Two Wonders.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/85/.
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