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Brother Wants Fruit
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
My dear little brother,
Is fat and is round,
A bracelet he wears on his arm,
A red chest protector,
A green pair of pants,
Keep him neither too cool nor too warm.
A small tuft of hair
On the side of his head,
In his cheeks dainty dimples that suit;
When he toddles he trembles,
To sister he says:
"Tum an' buy itty bothy some f'uit."
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Brother Wants Fruit.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/93/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Brother Wants Fruit.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/93/.
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