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 and the next morning after getting up shehe? [sic] will comb hisher? [sic] small pigtail.

柱 chu3, to lean on a stick. 拐棍兒 kuai3 kun4 'r， a stick used by old men to lean on. 就地兒 chiou4 ti4 'r, bent to the ground (walking) as very old men do. 擦 ts'a1，to walk painfully dragging (rubbing) the feet on the ground. 避鼠的貓 pi4 shu3 ti1-mao1, a cat which shuns (does not catch) mice. 貍貓 li2 mao1, the wild catcivette? [sic].

On a very high mountain there lives a family ― of the ten rooms in the building nine rooms are in ruin ― the old man goes out leaning on a stickcrutch [sic] ―