One day Aponibolinayen and her sister-in-law went out to gather greens. They walked to the woods to the place where the siksiklat grew, for the tender leaves of this vine are very good to eat.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Aponibolinayen and the Sun
Tinguian Introduction
The dim light of stars filtered through the leafy canopy above us, and the shadowy form of our guide once more appeared at my horse’s head.
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The Games and Sports of Japanese Children
How often in Japan one sees that the children of a larger growth enjoy with equal zest games which are the same, or nearly the same,
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Games
The games we are daily playing at in our nurseries, or some of them, have been also played at for centuries by Japanese boys and girls.
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Second Sight
A traveller arrived at a village, and looking about for an inn, he found one that, although rather shabby, would, he thought, suit him.
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The Two Daughters
At Akita, in the province of Inaba, lived an independent gentleman,[1] who had two daughters, by whom he was ministered to with all filial piety.
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The Parsley Queen
How curious that the daughter of a peasant dwelling in a obscure country village near Aska, in the province of Yamato, should become a Queen! Yet such was the case.
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