Ode to the Goose (咏鹅)
Luo Binwang's Tang-dynasty poem, famously written when he was seven — every child's first poem.
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鹅，鹅，鹅，Goose, goose, goose —曲项向天歌。curving its neck, it sings to the sky.
白毛浮绿水，White feathers float on the green water,红掌拨清波。red feet paddle the clear waves.
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