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I had lost my way and I had need to ask a policeman for direction. I drew my car up to the curb and waited. The policeman was occupied. Dressed in the splendid uniform copied from the city of San Francisco in which the American-educated governor of the town had clad all his republican police, this one was busy. Using his teapot as a watering can, he was watering the phlox which he had placed around his stance on the modern concrete road.
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When he had finished, he gave me the information I requested. But before he signaled the permission for me to move on into the traffic he made a statement and asked a question: “There is no day in the year when flowers fail to bless China with their lovely charm,” and, “Is this also so in the Outer World?”
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Notes
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all peoples, all races or nations; the persons who make up all the different races or nations of the world.
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Hopei province，河北省．
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in their season, at the proper time; at the time when rain should have fallen.
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parched, dried and shiveled up.
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beige, natutral brown color.
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artificially irrigated plots, small areas of ground which the farmers had watered or irrigated with water drawn from wells, hence by artificial and not natural means.
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hamlets, small groups of cottages in the country.
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ledge, narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall or cliff or other vertical surface.
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pack coolies, burden carriers who pack or carry the bundles on their backs.
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inland produce, agricultural or natural products from the interior of our country.
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foreign export, sending out to foreign countries.
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containers, baskets or bags holding or containing the produce that were carrying.
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foremost man, the leader; the carrier who led the procession.
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swerved, turned aside.
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squatted, seated himself on the ground with his knees drawn up and his heels close to or touching his hams, the back part of his thighs.
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canteen, a small vessel or flask used by soldiers or travelers for carrying water.
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crevice, a narrow opening or crack resulting from a split or crack in the stone paving.
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fragile, easily broken; of delicate make-up.
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tendril, the slender, leafless spirally coiling organ of climbing plants, serving as a means of attachment to a supporting body or surface.
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tented, colored slightly.
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fortitude, passive courage; firmness in confronting danger or in enduring trouble.
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