The swallows who nest in the beams go and come as they please.
The gulls in the middle of the river enjoy one another, they crowd together and touch one another.
My old wife paints a chess-board on paper.
My little sons hammer needles to make fish-hooks.
I have many illnesses, therefore my only necessities are medicines;
Besides these, what more can so humble a man as I ask?
THE EXCURSION
A NUMBER OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN OF RANK, ACCOMPANIED
BY SINGING-GIRLS, GO OUT TO ENJOY THE COOL OF
EVENING. THEY ENCOUNTER A SHOWER OF RAIN