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 little songs the mothers teach their children, when they begin to speak.

The bleating small sheep―has jumped over the flowery wall―to catch a bunch of grass―and to feed her mother.

The beginning of this song is not clear; it appears that the disposition of words in the first and in the second verse is irregular, saying 大翻 車 小翻車 ta⁴ fan¹ tch’o¹-hsiao³ fan ch’o instead of 大 車翻 小車翻 ta⁴ ch’o¹ fan¹-hsiao³ ch’o¹ fan¹, meaning the big cart has overturned, the small cart has overturned. Furthermore the song speaks at the