The Unexpurgated Diary Of A Shanghai Baby (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
June first Nice morning. Sat on floor upstairs and watched coolie put up netting to keep mosquitoes from getting away from bed. Papa came home from Hongkew Park and said he hadn’t seen so many kimonos outdoors since big hotel burned down in America. “Was the track meet any good?” asked mama. “Yes,” answered papa, “but I know a ricsha coolie that could beat any of them. The only trouble is that they wouldn’t let him enter his ricsha and he wouldn’t know how to run without it.” Mama said track-meet might be pretty good, but that she could see a better one by standing at corner of Nanking and Szechuen Roads and watching people cross street at noon-time. June second Not much doing today. Went to Hongkew Park, but Sikh policeman said perambulator and its chauffeur would have to stay outside grounds. Heard noise inside like orphan asylum calling for bottle. Must have been chorus of Jap babies. June third Nice day. Lady who is house-hunting called at tiffin and mama asked her if she had found any place.
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