THE CHINESE BOY AND GIRL
"Chang Ch'i, the poet," he answered. "Whenever he went for a walk he took with him a child who carried a bag in which to put the poems he happened to write. In this illustration he stands with his head bent forward and his hands behind his back lost in thought, while the lad stands near with the bag."
| We have given in another chapter the story of the great | ||
| traveller, Chang | 
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Ch'ien, and his |
| search for the | source of the | |
| Yellow River. | In one of the | |
| illustrations the | child represented | |
| him in | his boat in a | |
| way not very | different from | |
| that of the artist. | ||
Another quotation from one of the poets was illustrated as follows:
Last night a meeting I arranged,
Ere I my lamp did light,
Nor while I crossed the ferry feared,
Or wind or rain or night.
The child's eyes sparkled as he turned to some of those illustrating children at play, and as he constructed one which
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