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 broth is not cool ― and the small Six scalds himself so that he calls for his mother.

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媳作 OK 兒梳 要兒 話伴來 兒 兒着婦 說作起 子 礅喊媳 燈燈個 小 門 着了 上了兒 小 坐哭要 黠吹明

婦 兒 ffi 麽 小 m 兒 NOTES

門 淳々 兒 men? tan' ，r， a big stone-seat placed by the side of a street door. P 咸 着 han' cho, crying loudly.

TRANSLATION

The small boy ― is sitting outside the door on the stone-seat ― and weeping and wailing he wants to have a wife ― when he has got a wife what will he do with her？ ― when the lamp is lighted he will have a chat with her ― when then the lamp is out he will keep company [[SIC|wich|with}} her ―