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blows ― five flowery sticks ― count the cash ― six chisels ― seven ingots of silver ― let us strike as long as two chang and one foot (！) 一 two, what two ？ 一 two horse shoes ― two, what two ？ ― a pair of squeezing sticks ― a pair, what pair ？ ― the tiger bears a gun on its shoulders 一 tiger, what tiger ？ ― a drum covered with ox skin ― ox, what ox ? ― an empty ball (？) ― K'oS what KV' ？ ― a swallow's nest ― swallow, what swallow ？ ― pull the flowery thread ― pull, what pull ？ ― Sun pin pulls ― Sun, what Sun ？ ― LiT'-tung^ pin ― Lii"', what Lii3? —— The lame genius Ch'ue- kuai" ，r IP ― Ch'iie'^, what ch'ue ？ ― The god of the cooking stoves. Stove, what stove ？ ― The god protector of the city ― City, what city? ― The belly aches ― belly, what belly ？ 一 shake the pumpkin ― shake, what shake ？ ― Snow-flakes are whirling round 一 snow, what snow ？ ― The monkey Sun' Chu'-po'-chie's
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