Child-life in Japan and Japanese child stories (1901)
Ayrton, Matilda Chaplin, Mrs. 1846-1883, Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928, ed · Boston and New York, D.C. Heath & co. · leaf 58
were, as heimagined, fast asleep. They, however, had heard everything, and theelder sister said to the younger: Do what wemay, our father will not condescend to follow ourwords of counsel, and nothing now remains butto bring him to a knowledge of the truth by thesacrifice of one of our own lives.… … 42 Child-Life in Japan. the services of filial piety. Thus she spake, hereyes dimmed with the rolling tears. But theyounger sister, with many sobs, exclaimed: Foryou, my sister, for you is it to receive theinheritance of this house. So do you conde-scend to be the one to live, and to practise…
Children · Fairy tales
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