 STORY OF A TEAKETTLE. Once upon a time, it is said, there lived in Japan a good old man. He lived all alone in a house that had but one room. He made his own tea and cooked his own rice. In the middle of the floor was the fireplace. From the ceiling hung...  The New Century Second Reader - Page 90by Hannah Avis Perdue, Florence E. La Victoire - 1899 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Elliot Griffis - Japan - 1876 - 664 pages
...had partitions, they were made of a frame of wood covered witli paper, and made to slide in grooves. In the middle of the floor was the fire-place. From the ceiling hung pot-hooks, pots, and kettles — one for tea, one for rice, another for radishes, beans, or bean -cheese.... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 168 pages
...nicest drawn holly swiftly almost instead carriage parasols wrapped happiest New Year's everywhere STORY OF A TEAKETTLE. Once upon a time, it is said,...water to boil. He went to get the tea-caddy. When he came back, he heard the kettle making a great noise, and saw it swinging to and fro. "What is the... | |
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