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Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes

THE MISCHIEVOUS BOY

Isaac Taylor Headland translation

THIS mischievous boy

Is jumping around,

On his head is a candlestick

Weighing a pound;

He is able to play

All the nine kinds of tricks,

From the bell and the foot-ball

To wood-ball and sticks.

Illustration from Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
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