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THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO.
CHAPTER III.
A VISIT TO A LACQUER-MAKER.
" When the blustering March wind scatters the fully opened blossoms of the plum,
The man laughs who has not pawned his shi-taki (cold weather under-coat.)"
"T)HEW!" cried Fitz,
as he entered the breakfast-room.
1 " Is it not blowing this morning?"
" This is Futerfs (the wind god's) month," said Sallie.
is good weather for children. See, the mom-ban's boy
" It
is out
in the yashiki flying his tako (kite).
" I wonder why they always make those things square,"
remarked Johnnie.
:r You do not use your eyesight," said Fitz. " Some of the
toys are like birds, and others resemble fishes. I think Japanese
kites are a good deal better than ours; you can put hummers
on them and make them buzz like bees. Look at O Kame,
the boy's sister, she is telling him to pay out more string."
While they were watching the lad, some one in a closed jin-
riki-sha entered the compound. As the vehicle stopped
before the door of the house, the curtains were removed and
the Jewetts saw Oto, who was muffled up in a comical fashion.
"Hullo!" cried Johnnie, going into the veranda to meet
him. "We did not expect you to-day."
Oto shook his friend's hand; then, as he accompanied him
indoors, said:
"My ward is almost free of patients, and I shall not be
wanted at the hospital until to-morrow morning, so I thought
I would come over and have a good time with you. Is it too
cold for Sallie to go out with us?"