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The Pigeon.
“Pigeon-eyed man nestles in high places.”
Chinese Proverb.
Chinese Proverb.
One piecee pidgin makee nest
Top-side one Joss-house up to sky,
One olo hen he wantchee know
What for he pidgin lib so high?
Top-side one Joss-house up to sky,
One olo hen he wantchee know
What for he pidgin lib so high?
He pidgin talk, “You savvy, flin,
My eye make velly good look-see
Sometim to catchee chow-chow, or
When hawk come t'his side catchee me.”
My eye make velly good look-see
Sometim to catchee chow-chow, or
When hawk come t'his side catchee me.”
Suppose one man belongey smart,
He állo-way catchee pidgin-eye;
Who-man he makee good look-see,
T'hat man he állo-way lisee high.
He állo-way catchee pidgin-eye;
Who-man he makee good look-see,
T'hat man he állo-way lisee high.
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