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小五兒
小六兒
一塊水糖
一包豆兒
小五兒愛上高
一爬爬到柳樹稍
柳樹稍枝兒軟
摔的小五兒翻了*
小六兒*淘氣
戴上*子唱出戲
唱完了戲
唱熱湯
湯不凉
- 的小六兒*親娘
直戲
翳
唱 唱變
NOTES
Chinese children are given by their parents a 奶名 nai',' ming ；'， "milk-name" by which they are designated in the family. These milk names are numberless. A common habit in the family is to give the new born children only a number for milk name, by which number the child is called four or five, if it is the fourth or fifth son in the family. The common forms for these arithmetical names are
