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    Song Xiaoxian

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    Alarm Clock

    she was supposed to buy an alarm clock
    but came back with a rooster

    and a few kilos of wheat
    in place of batteries
    © Translation: 2005, Simon Patton

    ALARM CLOCK

    © 2005, Song Xiaoxian
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    Alarm Clock

    she was supposed to buy an alarm clock
    but came back with a rooster

    and a few kilos of wheat
    in place of batteries
    © 2005, Simon Patton

    Alarm Clock

    she was supposed to buy an alarm clock
    but came back with a rooster

    and a few kilos of wheat
    in place of batteries
    © 2005, Simon Patton
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