Excerpt from Wah Sing, Our Little Chinese Cousin The hair on the back of his head is pulled back and braided into what we call a little queue. Wah Sing is very proud of his queue. It would be to him a most terrible punishment to have it cut off. He is only eight years old, but he looks like a little old man, He does not make a noise when he walks, for he has thick felt soles on his shoes. They are made of silk and embroidered with pretty flowers. He wears big trousers which come down to his ankles. He has on a tunic of blue silk with big sleeves, like a loose sack. He often uses these Sleeves for pockets. He can put many playthings in them. When he goes out doors he wears a silk cap on his head. He can have these lovely things to wear, for his papa is a rich man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.