A Mistake

Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes. Isaac Taylor Headland. 1900.

A scarred-eyed man,
He went to the fair,
He picked up a turnip
And thought it was a pear;
He took a big bite,
But found it was bitter,
And, oh, what a pity,
He threw it in the gutter.

Tags - Blindness - Men - Fair - Food - Turnip - Pear - Gutter -

Origin - Asia - East Asia - China -