Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Our Little Siamese Cousin
CHAPTER I. THE FIRST BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER II. LITTLE CHIE LO
CHAPTER III. NIGHT ON THE RIVER
CHAPTER IV. WORK AND PLAY
CHAPTER V. NEW YEAR'S
CHAPTER VI. WHITE ELEPHANTS
CHAPTER VII. IN THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER VIII. THE LEGEND OF THE PEACE-OFFERING
CHAPTER IX. QUEER SIGHTS
CHAPTER X. THE QUEEN'S CITY
CHAPTER XI. THE MONSOON
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If you had seen Chin when he was born, you would have thought his skin yellow enough to suit anybody.
It did not seem to trouble him, however, for he closed his big brown eyes and went to sleep before the nurse had finished her work.
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Why, the whole front of the house was made so it could be opened up to the air and sunshine, as well as the view of passers-by. The family have few secrets, and do not mind letting others see how they keep house.
At this very moment, perhaps, Chin's mother is sitting on the edge of the bamboo platform, washing her feet in the river; his grandmother may be there preparing the vegetables for dinner; or, possibly, Chin himself is cleaning his teeth with a stick of some soft wood.
