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My Nephew

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

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

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My nephew is a naughty boy,
He comes here every day,
He eats until he's very full,
And then he runs away.

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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “My Nephew.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/87/.

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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “My Nephew.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/87/.

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