Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 622
O Totsu, what is that? It s a tako (cuttle-s nt it? Yes, said O Totsu, laughing. It is a tako (kite) and I 11 buy you one. So by a pun on the word tako, which means either kite or cuttle-fish, a cuttle-fish served as a sign for the shops where paper-kites4 were for sale. When they had selected a…
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