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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at <a href = "https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></pre> +<p>Title: Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God</p> +<p> A Christmas Story</p> +<p>Author: Fannie C. Macaulay</p> +<p>Release Date: December 25, 2005 [eBook #17387]</p> +<p>Language: English</p> +<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> +<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MR. BAMBOO AND THE HONORABLE LITTLE GOD***</p> +<br><br><center><h3>This eBook was produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library).</h3></center><br><br> + +<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> + +<div style="padding: 5em; border: 3px double black;"> +<h1> + Mr. Bamboo +<br /> +<span style="font-size: 70%;"><i>and the</i></span> +<br /> +Honorable Little God +</h1> +<h2> +A Christmas Story +</h2> + +<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> + +<h2> + <i>Fannie C. Macaulay</i> +</h2> +<h3> + <i>Author of "The Lady of The Decoration"</i> +</h3> +</div> + +<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> + +<p style="font-size: 80%; text-align: center; text-indent: 0;"> +<i>By Courtesy of</i><br /> +<i>The Century Publishing Company</i><br /> +<i>to</i><br /> +<i>Louisville Kindergarten Alumnae Club</i> +</p> + +<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> + +<h1 style="font-variant: small-caps;"> + Mr. Bamboo<br /> + and the Honorable Little God +</h1> +<p> +During sundry long and lonely evenings in a Japanese mission school, +a young native teacher sought to while away the hours for a homesick +exile. She was girlish and fair, with the soft voice and gentle, +indescribable charm characteristic of the women of her race. Her tales +were of the kindergarten, happenings in her life and the lives of +others, and I have sought to set them down as she told them to me in +her quaint, broken English. But they miss the earnest eyes and dramatic +gestures of the little story-teller as she sat in the glow of the +hibachi fire, with a background of paper doors, with shadow pictures +of pine-trees and bamboo etched by the moonlight, the far-off song of +a nightingale, and the air sweet with incense from nearby shrines. +</p> +<p> +He wear name of Tãke Nishimura, which in English say' Mr. Bamboo of the +West Village. He most funny little boy in my kindergarten class. But he +have such sweet heart. It all time speaking out nice thoughtfuls through +his big round eyes, which no seem like Japanese eyes of long and narrow. +</p> +<p> +His so much slim of body make him look like baby. But his mama say' he +been here four years. She nice lady and loving mother. One more thing +why that child's most funny small enfant. He have papa who is great +general of war, with big spirit. Tãke Chan fixed idea in his head he's +just same kind big warrior man. He use same walk and the same command +of speak. +</p> +<p> +This time I relate you about was most Christmas-time. I tell story to +children of long time ago, when big star say to all worlds Christ baby +lay in manger, and I say soon we celebrate joyful day in kindergarten. +That little Tãke Chan never hear 'bout it before, and he get look in +his face same as John boy in picture what always have crooked stick +in his hand, and he speak this word: "A new God? Will He be our guest +on feast-day?" +</p> +<p> +We learn song 'bout star and cradle and 'gain he speak his thought. +He say: "What is cradle, Sensei? I know 'bout star. Every night at my +honorable home I open shoji to see old priest strike bell and make him +sing. Then I see big star hang out light over topmost of mountain." One +more time he say, like thinking to himself: "Cradle. Maybe him shrine +for new God of foreign country." +</p> +<p> +I know English for long time, but Japanese childs never know cradle. +It have not come to this land. +</p> +<p> +Christmas-story was telled many times, for children like to hear about +it. When I say this time, on that day we get pine-tree and dress him +up with many gifts, Tãke Chan clap his hands and say: "Banzai! We make +offering of tree to new God." +</p> +<p> +Sometimes many troubles press my mind how I make childs know much +difference of real God, which he never see, and those wooden-stones we +see all time with burning of lights before them and leaves of bamboo +and pine. +</p> +<p> +We work very hard all days before morning of Christmas-tree, but not one +child in whole class could make things such fast as Tãke Chan. His hands +so small they look 'most like bird-foots hopping round quick in flower +garden when he construct ornaments of bright color. Sometimes he have +look of tired in his face, and bad coughs take his throat. For which, +if I did not know 'bout Christmas-story and all other many things like +that, I would have a thought that fox spirit was industrious to enter +his body. +</p> +<p> +Then I mention, "Go play in garden", for I know well how he have like +of play in lovely garden of his home, where, with body of bare, he race +big dragon-flies what paint the summer air all gold and blue. But Tãke +Chan makes the laughs for me when looks so firmly and say: "No. I have +the busy to make ready for honorable guest coming on feast-day of +Christman." All times he not singing he talk 'bout what big welcome we +give to new God. +</p> +<p> +Ah, that little boy! I can no' make him have the right understand'; +but he walk right into my heart, and give me the joyful of love and +much sad. +</p> +<p> +No, I never forget that Christmas day. It makes of my mind a canvas and +paints pictures on it what will never wash away nor burn. +</p> +<p> +In morning, sun 'most so slow climbing over mountain as snail creeping +up Fuji. He get big surprise when his eye come into kindergarten window +and find me very busy for a long time. +</p> +<p> +All teachers have many works, and very soon they turn their playroom +into lovely feast-place. Paper flowers and ornaments which childrens +build with hands, and red berries they bring from forest, have +expression same as growing from walls and windows. Same thought as all +teachers to give the happy to glad Christmas-day. Many Japanese childs +is just getting news of this birthday. +</p> +<p> +Quick we put piano where it can sing best, chairs all in circle. Big +spot in middle for tree, which comes at very last from that other room. +</p> +<p> +While I work postman bring long box from foreign country, which one +teacher open. It had gift for kindergarten. It was such beautiful thing. +Many childrens never see same as this before. All teachers give quick +decide to make secret of present, and put on Christmas-tree as big +surprise. +</p> +<p> +In very middle of most happy time by opening box, idea arrive in my +mind. Wonder if those coughs permission Tãke Chan to come kindergarten +that day? One desire knock very loud at my heart for that little Bamboo +boy to know rightly 'bout Christ-child. I know for surely. Once I go to +foreign country, and my life have experience of seventeen. But Japanese +child of now must see God and everything. +</p> +<p> +Then glad thought come. If Tãke Chan do not make absence this day, his +own eye will tell him trulier than stiff speech of tongue that cradle is +not shrine, and Christ child not blazon image of wooden stone, but great +spirit of invisible which have much love for childrens. I learn those +words out of book, but meaning come out my own heart, which I have the +difficult to give childs. +</p> +<p> +Beginning time for morning march grow very near. Him not come, and the +anxious so restless my body I run to big gate and view round and up. +</p> +<p> +Narrow street which walk by kindergarten house most lovely picture than +all other countries of universe. It have many trimmings of flags and +banners for greeting soon coming of New-Year. Even old plum-trees have +happy to break pink flowers out full, and lay on gray roof to look at +bright sun. The big love of my heart for this Japanese country make me +so delightful I have little forget 'bout late of Tãke Chan till I hear +spank of many feet on hard earth. I look, and see one of those pictures +which never melt off my mind. That sound of feet belong' to soldiers +company, and so quick they stop in long line and hold all hands to hat +for salute, I think maybe Oyama San coming. I give piercing look, and my +eyes see marching straight by those big mens a speck of blue all trimmed +with gold braid. It was Tãke Chan. Same war clothes as his papa, even +same number stripes on his sleeve, and twelve inch' of sword on his +side, which make song on heel of shoe when they walk. Father's two +soldiers servants walk close behind Tãke Chan, and in smiles. Everybody +know that little boy, and everybody love his earnest. I have several +feelings when he walk up to me and say: "New guest have he come? I make +ready to welcome with new clothes." +</p> +<p> +Ah, me! I have the yearn to convey the right understand'; but he look so +glad to give the welcome, and his war clothes so grand, the feeble fell +on my heart. I not give correction. +</p> +<p> +One servant say: "Last night Tãke Chan very sick with evil spirit cough. +Mama say rest at home, but he say this great feast-day for new God. +He must for certain come and offer pine-tree and have song and march." +I hurry away with Tãke Chan, and take seat on circle of kindergarten room. +A feel of anxious press' hard. First we have grand parade, and that +little soldier boy in blue in front of all children have atmosphere same +he was marching before emperor. My keen of eye see all time he have +fight with swallow in his throat. After march come song 'bout cradle and +star, but big cough catch Tãke Chan in middle, and when the strangle had +left and tears of hot had wipe way, he heard childrens saying amen to +prayer. His red lip have little shake, for he have great pride to say +that prayer faster than any childs. He have hospitable of soul, too. +But Tãke Chan son of great general of war, and he never cry, even though +much disappoint' come to his mind. I was hunting speech to give him the +comfort of heart when children give sound with mouth like storm breeze +hurrying through leaves. I look. Where door of other room always lived +was most beautiful Christmas-tree of any world, all light with flaming +candles and gold and silver balls. On very tip-most top the lovely big +surprise from foreign country. It wore dress of spangly stars and white. +Big brown eyes and hair like rice-straw when sun shines through it. +It held out welcome arms. Every move of tree give sway to body. I know +trulier, but surely, it have look of real life. Teacher rolled tree +to middle of room in bare spot, which made glad to have it. Children +laughed and clapped hands happy of that day, and call' many funny +sayings. I forget the anxious in my happy of that day, and turn with +glad eye on Tãke Chan. Bamboo boy. Never I see such wonderful thing +as the glory. First he see only it, and give low tight whisper, "The +Offering." His eye fly to tip of top. He lean' way over like his body +break with eager. Joyful speech come with long sigh, "Ah—the guest +he is come!" For one minute room very still, and just same as fairy +give him enchantment Tãke Chan rose from floor till he come right under +tree. Other childrens make such merries. They have thought it play. +But all sounds and peoples passes away from my vision. Nothing left +but picture of one small blue soldier looking up through blazon flames +of Christmas-tree to shining thing above. His cheeks so full of red with +fighting cough, eyes so bright with wet of tears, he fold his hands +for prayer, and soft like pigeon talking with mate he speak: "O most +Honorable Little God! How splendid! You are real; come live with me. In +my garden I am a soldier; I'll show you the dragon-flies and the river. +Please will you come?" My heart have pause of beat. I think fever give +Tãke Chan's mind delirious. Quick I uncement my feet from floor to go to +him. "Tahke Chan," I say with lovely voice, "that is not a God nor even +image. Listen: it's only a big foreign doll which postman bring this +morning as great surprise from America. Teacher put it up high so all +childs could see it. Look what kindergarten give you—most beautiful +kite, like dragon-fly you love more better. Come rest in your chair. +We sing." +</p> +<p> +Ah, that little play soldier! Door of his ear all shut to my every speak +of love. He just stand with eyes uplift' and plead: "Please come play +with me. I know your song 'bout cradle and star. And I can march. See." +But his body rock from each side to other. Then I press my arms round +and whisper with much tender: "I bring doll home with you." He look 'way +up high on Christmas-tree, then he leave his conscious in kindergarten +room. +</p> +<p> +Me and two soldier servants convey Tãke Chan and foreign doll to his +home. I stay in honorable house with them. One day go by, and 'nother +night come. Sick boy's mama have look of ivory lady as she rest her +tired, and maid girl make tea. I watch by side of bed on floor. Big ache +in heart clutch' me when I look round room and see blue soldier's suit +hang' near. It have look of empty and lonely, dragon-fly kite in corner +have broken wing. But when I bring gaze back Tãke Chan, loveliest sight +of all visit me. That little child reach out and find hand of foreign +doll. He hold very tight, and give it look of love. Such heaven light +come on his face! I suspend my breath and listen to his low speech which +come in broken pieces: "You are my Tomidachi. Do not go; I soon be well +I come play in your garden. Dragon-flies—cradle—star—Ah, Little +God—you grow so big!" +</p> +<p> +Something made me open shoji quick. Old priest make bell sing. Lovely +star hangs its light over mountain. All things have great stillness. Not +even leaf tremble in white moonlight. Strange feel hold me. Then I know +Tãke Chan have gone to play in Christ-child's garden. +</p> +<p> +Ah, me! Tears of my heart are many for that little Bamboo. But I have +the joyful too; Now he have the right understand'. +</p> + + +<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> + +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MR. 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