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    Our Little Japanese Cousin
    Our Little Japanese Cousin
    Our Little Japanese Cousin
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    Our Little Japanese Cousin

    By Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

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    Our Little Japanese Cousin is a novella by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade. Lotus Blossom is a little girl living on one of the beautiful islands of Japan and must learn to fit in society as expected. A cute story for children!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 11, 2019
    ISBN4064066203634

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      Our Little Japanese Cousin - Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

      Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

      Our Little Japanese Cousin

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066203634

      Table of Contents

      The Little Cousin Series

      Our Little Japanese Cousin

      Our Little Japanese Cousin

      The Little Cousin Series

      Table of Contents

      leafleaf

      L. C. PAGE & COMPANY,

      Publishers

      200 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.

      little girl with parasol

      LOTUS BLOSSOM.

      Copyright 1901

      By L. C. Page & Company

      (INCORPORATED)

      All rights reserved

      Colonial Press:

      Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.

      Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

      Our Little Japanese Cousin

      Table of Contents

      Lotus Blossom

      is the dearest little girl in the world. I beg your pardon—I mean in the Eastern world, for she lives far away across the Pacific, on one of the beautiful islands of Japan.

      Lotus Blossom is very pretty. She has a round face, with a clear, yellow skin, and her teeth are like little pearls. Her black hair is cut square across the forehead and braided behind. It is never done up in curl-papers or twisted over a hot iron; the little girl's mamma would think that very untidy.

      Lotus Blossom does not smile very often, yet she is always happy. She does not remember crying once in her life. Why should she cry? Papa and mamma are always kind and ready to play with her. She is never sent to bed alone in the dark, for she goes to sleep, and gets up in the morning when her parents do. She does not play so hard as to get tired out and cross with everybody. She takes everything quietly, just as the big folks do, and is never in a hurry. Her playmates do not say unkind words to make her sad, for the children of Japan are taught to be polite above everything else. Why, I have heard that once upon a time one little yellow boy so far forgot himself as to call a lady bad names. His parents were terribly shocked. They felt that they had been disgraced, and at once sent for a policeman to go to the lady's house and ask for their child's pardon. As for him! well, he was severely punished in a way you will hear about later on in my story.

      children feeding birds

      TOYO FEEDING THE PIGEONS.

      Besides all these things which help to make Lotus Blossom happy, she is dressed comfortably. Tight, stiff shoes could never be thought of for a minute. She wears white stockings made of cloth, with a separate place in each one for the big toe. In fact, they resemble long mittens. That is all Lotus Blossom wears on her feet in the house; but when she goes out-doors she has pretty sandals, if the walking is good. These sandals have straps, which are fastened on the foot between the big toe and around the ankle. If the ground is muddy or covered with snow, Lotus Blossom puts on her clogs. They are queer things, raised high on strips of wood. Of course one can't walk very fast on such clumsy affairs, but the Japanese dislike getting their feet wet as much as kittens do, and would wear anything to prevent such a mishap. But if Lotus Blossom stops at a house or store while she is

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