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Identifier: stnicholasserial301dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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ields to gather the leaveswith the dew on them. Sister, our prayer is heard. We may gohome, said Ah Wee, who had sat bolt uprightlike a Chinese mummy all the time, while dearold Ah Nah nodded and dozed in spite of sixpots of tea. Praise and thanks to the Holy Crocodileand the Golden Butterfly, who is queen of theair. Let us go. And, bundling the little tea-pot into her pocket, Ah Nah waddled after AhWee, who went stalking down the hill, singingin a cracked voice : Then beat the whong, The tom-tom play,And all rejoice In that glad day.Boom ho ! bang hi! Ching ri do me !Bum ra! Rum ki! Ping, sang, boo, see ! Fly, kite, fly fast, Like a bird in air.For the Great Kings ear Whisper our prayer.Lu Sing, Lu Sing, Our darling child,Soon, soon shall grow Patient and mild. i902.) LU : As the people all along the way heard thislovely song, they popped up their heads, orpeeped out of the window, and joined in thechorus, for they knew that a prayer-kite hadbeen flown and all was well with somebody.
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THE AUNT S SONG OF GRATITUDE. No one at home but Rox Ha, the house-keeper, knew anything about this night adven-ture, and the old ladies never said a word ; butall day they watched Lu Sing to see if anychange took place in her. No ; she was very perverse, and would say pag when Ju Huhwanted her to say pug. She also called herteacher a mush-wag, which means oldfuss, and was a naughty child till school wasover; then she came smiling out to get herlunch of sugared cakesmade of melon seedsand plums. The aunts did notpunish her; they wait-ed, hoping some good win, or spirit, wouldcome into her heartand make her a betterchild. But nothinghappened till she wentto bed, and then noone knew it but LuSing. The aunts veryearly put on the tallblue paper extinguish-ers, which they used asnight-caps, and wentto sleep, being weariedafter the long night onthe hill. Every oneelse had retired, andthe house was shut up.Now Lu Sing had acharming little roomwith walls like tea-trays, all black andgold. A g

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