Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 51
So the princess nibbled her plums,And twirled her dear little thumbs,And lent sometimes a wistful ear to thebeating of distant drums;Until one April day—Tsing Ming, as they would say—She saw at the gate a sight that straighttook Loo-lees breath away. Two dimples, soft and meek,In a brown little… … ! ■Mi LOO-LEE LOO AND LITTLE FING-WEE. A playmate, a friend, a toy,A live little baby boy-Conceive, if you can, in her lonely state, thePrincess Loo-lees joy! i9°4-] THE LITTLE BROTHER OF LOO-LEE LOO. 19 How, as fast as her feet could toddle(Her shoes were a Chinese model),She hurried him in, and…
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