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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 134

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eak,Of Fuji-yama there they speak —The Sacred Mountain by the seas.How elegant geographiesMust be in Japanese ! We have such very common things, Like pigs in pens, and coops of hens, Round corner-stores that smell of cheese ; While they have storks, with spreading wings, That live among the reedy… … 0^%i0t mm wUk> Yet Mamma would nt be the sameWith beady eyes and funny name,And might not care so much for me.And — come to think — they never canHave any Christmas in Japan !They worship curiosities, Great metal idols, made by manAbout the time the world began.So, on the whole, Id rather beA…

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