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Yang Li
RADISHES
at 10 in the morning I go off to the Yanfeng Plaza and buy myself five jin radishes back home I chop up the radishes into tiny, tiny pieces and boil them up in a big pot in less than an hour they’re ready I take the pot to the table and start eating how fast I eat them! in just a few mouthfuls my tummy has swollen
© Translation: 2006, Simon Patton
A jin is a commonly used unit of weight equivalent to half a kilogram.
RADISHES
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© 2006, Yang Li
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RADISHES
at 10 in the morning I go off to the Yanfeng Plaza and buy myself five jin radishes back home I chop up the radishes into tiny, tiny pieces and boil them up in a big pot in less than an hour they’re ready I take the pot to the table and start eating how fast I eat them! in just a few mouthfuls my tummy has swollen
© 2006, Simon Patton
RADISHES
at 10 in the morning I go off to the Yanfeng Plaza and buy myself five jin radishes back home I chop up the radishes into tiny, tiny pieces and boil them up in a big pot in less than an hour they’re ready I take the pot to the table and start eating how fast I eat them! in just a few mouthfuls my tummy has swollen
© 2006, Simon Patton
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