University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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THE LINGUIST 39 Witted him at last. And this is what I did. I bought all those padlocks, and locked everything up, and then-- and then,- the Green Dragon 805 greener than ever in his excitement- and then, I gave kim the keys .1 H Alice burst out laughing. It was all so ridiculous that she eouldn't helP it. So now, I suppose, he can take anything he likes, she said as 50011 as she could speak. Why, not at all, replied the Green Dragon. Now he can't take anything, because he knows I know he's get the keys. Don't you see? We the most wonderful idea that ever occurred to anyone. And it's my Gwn invention. But didn't you have anything locked up before? Uh, yes, replied the Dragon, but you see, he didn't have the keys, S0 he stole things because he didn't have the keys, but now he ean't beffuuse he's got the keys,-DONT you see!-the KEYSV' His voice grew louder and louder, and higher and higher, until Alive put her hands Over her ears, and rushed out of the house. She ran for a long time, and Suddenly she found that a. great crowd of people were running with her, red dragons and green dragons and white dragons, flowers and Seasons and characters and circles, all mixed up together, and all shouting, '!The wall is broken! The wall is broken! The East is going to 111003 the West. The queues have gone! And the chopsticks are going! and with that the whole crowd began to rise up into the air like bi1'dS, leaving Alice Danting and fanning herself, and staring after them. She was just feeling a great flood of relief at being alone once more When she heard a rushing and a shuffiing, and the shrill voice of the Green Dragon screaming, He couldn't do it because he had the KEYS! Alice thrust out her arm to keep off the Green Dragon who was bearing down Upon her, when suddenly she found herself in her own bedroom, clutching the house-boy by the arm. He was saying, Missy, can doo: U0 Carl Catch dinner. No have get keys.

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3S EAST AND WEST Yes, I was,', returned the Green Dragon, because this wasn't here then. It was there. There is where I always was, And here is where I always am, And where I was, you always are, And where l are, you never am. Thats science, said the Green Dragon. 'But now it's time for tea. Won't you waste your precious time in my untidy house for a few moments, and taste a little of my very poor tea ? Without waiting for an answer, he led the way toward a small house that Alice had not noticed before. Alice found the house very neat and tidy. Her attention was at- tracted, however, by a large bunch of keys hanging on the wall,-quite the largest bunch of keys that she had ever seen. Then she observed that everything in the room had a lock on it. The table was padloeked to the floor, and the pictures were locked to the walls, and even the waste paper basket had a straw cover, and a padlock attached to one side. How do you like my untidy and inconvenient house, inquired the Green Dragon. Really, replied Alice, I think it is very pleasant, but I should like to know what all these locks are for. The Green Dragon got up, and drawing his chair close to hers began to whisper in her ear. Alice was not accustomed to having dragons whisper in her ear, but she bore it as well as she could, for she really wanted very much to know about the locks. You see, began the dragon, my servant is very dishonest. I have had such a time with him. And he became worse and worse. Besides being very dishonest., he is also very clever, so I was always unable to find him out. So, of course, I eouldn't send him away. U Why not? asked Alice. Why not? repeated the dragon. Why not? What a question! Why, because I didn't see him take the things, of course. But you knew he took them, argued Alice. The dragon sighed. Yes, I knew he took them, but then, he alwayg said he didn't, and he invented such clever tales that nobody would have believed me if I had said they were false. And then the dragon sighed again. But presently he brightened up and went on. But I have out-

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i THAT REMINDS ME HE Chinese Language isn't nearly the wild jargon that we once sup- posed it to be. Even as we sometimes see Chinese men and women who remind us of certain friends or acquaintances at home, so we quite often hear Chinese words which resemble words in our mother tongue. For instance, the words for Close the floor sound almost exactly like Go on, man! Joe is your foot, loe is your head, show is your hand, sing is your heart, and peachy is your disposition. The word for stocking sounds almost exactly like wrwtsg that for hint is cojling the wind is fun, and business is sunny. lllama is slow, and Paw is afraid, if you call Hi, Paw! you are very much afraid. What is yet more strange, little brother is a D. D. l lYe are glad to meet some of our old American and English friends here in China. W'e have already noticed Jong' John is standing, Sue counts, May is beautiful, and little sister is illamie. Then too, there are many kinds of chow la bridgej in China. Here isjclly, pic is a sign tof what?J, and the pilfldiny is no good. If you ask why, the answer is that 'why is bad. If you are still unsatisfied, and ask how, you arc told that how is good, In China, instead of putting on your hat, you dye it, and instead of taking oft your gloves, you chew them. China has a few love-making words, though of course they have never been used by a single Language School student. If you say Howdy, Ilan! it seems that you are at your very best, while Ready, Hun? means that you are as hot as you can be. Oh is I, I is love, and knee is you. When the boys back home tell their girls, Oh, I need you, little do they dream they arc talking Chinese' Now let's gog hop in the rieksha. lf you want to go to Nanking's pagoda, you tell the rieksha man, By j1'1z.go! If you'1'e bound for a nearby business street you say, 131Hi1'1I11'1ig f'h0w! But if you want to go to the Fifth Avenue of Nanking to buy flowered silk, you merely wave your hand and say in a hlase tone, Wash your cloyis eye ! It's a ffreftt l'l'l10'lI l0'C this Cl1i110S0. D'cC? D7 Qeltlj