When I Was a Boy in Japan

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.: My Infancy.
	How I Looked—My Name—Walking—In Tea Season—My Toys—“Kidnapped”—O-dango	9
CHAPTER II.: At Home.
	Introduction—Dinner—Rice—Turning to Cows—A Bamboo Dragon-fly—A Watermelon Lantern—On a Rainy Evening—The Story of a Badger	23
CHAPTER III.: The Village School.
	A Mimic School—Preparations—The School—How Classes Are Conducted—Out of Tune—A Moral Story—School Discipline—Playthings—“Knife Sense”	35
CHAPTER IV.: In Tokyo.
	Where We Settled—A Police Stand—Stores—“Broadway”—Illumination—The Foreign Settlement	51
CHAPTER V.: My New School.
	Tomo-chan—The Men with Wens—A Curious Punishment—How I Experienced It—Kotoro-Kotoro	62
CHAPTER VI.: Chinese Education.
	My Chinese Teacher—How I Was Taught—Versification—My Uncle—Clam Fishing—A Flatfish	76
CHAPTER VII.: An Evening FÊte.
	My Father—His Love for Potted Trees—A Local FÊte—Show Booths—Goldfish Booths—Singing Insects—How a Potted Tree Was Bought	91
CHAPTER VIII.: Summer Days.
	A Swimming School—How I Was Taught to Swim—Diving—The Old Home Week—Return of the Departed Souls—Visiting the Ancestral Graves—The Memorable Night—A Village Dance	102
CHAPTER IX.: The English School.
	A Night at the Dormitory—Beginning English—Grammar—Pronunciation—School Moved—Mother’s Love	114
CHAPTER X.: A Boy Astronomer.
	What I Intended to Be—My Aun View—My Parents’ Approval—My Uncle’s Enthusiasm—The Total Eclipse of the Sun	128
CHAPTER XI.: In the Suburbs.
	A Novel Experiment—Removal—Our New House—Angling—Tomo-chan’s Visit	143

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