Our Little Eskimo Cousin

fish she could possibly wish, the children wen

e was no moon, and there is no long twilig

s eyes! It seemed almost like fairy-land, there

the houses and palaces and temples could be seen almost as plainly as in the daytime. Flo

hey want to tempt people to stop and come in to the play. See the beautif

e man's finger-nails, for they

sents some strange being who does wonderful deeds. I should like to go to the

ward the small boat of a Chinaman who

chouchou; it is a

noe was fairly surrounded by other boats, for many people were eager to ta

bles are boiled down to jelly and seasoned with salt and pepper. He must have had a

id her brother, as he turned longi

ome queer reed instruments. A third player was making the loudest noise of all. He sat in the middle of a musica

p people should also like it; but they seemed to do so. Were they doing it for their own pleasure? Oh no

people taking a ride for pleasure after the heat of the day. There were the canoes of the

her of Waters," just as the name of our own Mississippi means "The Father of Wat

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to make, he does not take a car or carriage, nor does he often walk. He steps in

we go to bed," said Chin, who

rm into his own little can

were of the same colour, and the two little round heads were shaved in exactly the s

f his tuft. It would mark his "coming of age," but that would not be for two or thr

ts and soon left the city behind. Tall palm-trees lined th

in the water directly under the boat. "Tom, tom!

t, Chin? W

Chie Lo. Nothing else cou

and then the sound was so sudden, I did

people of their country. It is able to make a loud noise by means of a

with countless lights, and a moment afterward the darkness seemed blacker than ever. Then, again the

hie Lo. "I never get tired o

, strange to say, they seem fond of gathering together on certain kinds of trees only. There they send forth their light and again wi

ut. "He makes a big noise for his size, and takes his part in the song of the night. There mu

-tops by this time, as well as the monkeys. D

of it when you spoke of the monkeys. Father and I had gone a long way up the river in the canoe to get wild bananas. We had just turne

with the monster. The lowest monkey would suddenly strike out with his paw and touch the crocodile's head when he was o

me laugh, Chie Lo. The monkeys grew bolder af

pened suddenly in time to seize the little fellow who had been teasing him. That was the last of the silly little monkey, whose brothers and sisters fled

ou laugh to watch the monkeys before they were caught. But they

n his sister sa

Lo, and if they were all angry and chasing

and one of the men was going to bring it home. It made the mother wild to have her child taken from her.

se men weren't scared? They hurried along as fast as they could, stumbling over bushes and floundering in the mud. They were only too glad to reach the bank o

laughed as he fi

"But I love to hear you tell these stories, Chin. I hope you will remember