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Elfin Land

Chapter 16: The Japanese Family
By Josephine Pollard
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A collection of short, rhyming children's poems that populate a fanciful world of fairies, elves, and small creatures. Scenes include moonlit dances, seaside frolics, garden games, and playful animal portraits, all rendered in light, sing-song verse. Recurring images of nature and domestic whimsy introduce gentle moral touches and humorous surprises. The pieces are brief, accessible, and shaped for reading aloud to young audiences.

The Japanese Family

Said Mr. Japanese to Mrs. Japanese,
As he and she had a talk,
On a pleasant summer day,
“Shall I get a rik-i-shay?
Or would you like to take a little walk?”
Said Mrs. Japanese to Mr. Japanese,—
Ah, she was a clever soul!—
“If I can have my way,
You’ll not get a rik-i-shay,
But with the children take a quiet stroll.”
So Mr. Japanese and Mrs. Japanese
And the little Japaneses too,
Set out in Indian-file,
In the very latest style,
With their eyes and mouths prodigiously askew.
Through gardens trim and neat, to smell the blossoms sweet
They go, and over fences climb,
And when their walk is done,
They cry out, every one,
“We’ve had a lovely Japan-easy time!”