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The Dream of a Little Occupied Japan Doll

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The Dream of a Little Occupied Japan Doll

Kimiko Hahn

Among the hundred porcelain¹ figurines,

the first one -- with slanted² eyes, fat cheeks,

queue (though that's Chinese), and Chinese bonnet³ --

is my favorite. Among all those in pajamas

or gowns or the two in kimono,

the first is my favorite. Of those with rickshaw,

tambourine⁴, or parasol and fan --

I keep on my desk the first one

though she -- or he -- is not doing a darn thing.

Here in sleep, rivalry⁵ is reserved.

And as dreams "tune⁶ the mind for conscious awareness"

perhaps this favoritism suggests

I've quit hoarding⁷ and now collect myself.

For Alice and Laurie

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1 porcelain
n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的
参考例句：
These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。 The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。

2 slanted
有偏见的；倾斜的
参考例句：
The sun slanted through the window. 太阳斜照进窗户。 She had slanted brown eyes. 她有一双棕色的丹凤眼。

3 bonnet
n.无边女帽；童帽
参考例句：
The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes.婴孩的帽子遮住阳光，使之不刺眼。 She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers.她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽，帽上缀着褪了色的假花。

4 tambourine
n.铃鼓，手鼓
参考例句：
A stew without an onion is like a dance without a tambourine.烧菜没有洋葱就像跳舞没有手鼓。 He is really good at playing tambourine.他很擅长演奏铃鼓。

5 rivalry
n.竞争，竞赛，对抗
参考例句：
The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。 He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。

6 tune
n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整
参考例句：
He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。 The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

7 hoarding
n.贮藏；积蓄；临时围墙；囤积v.积蓄并储藏（某物）( hoard的现在分词 )
参考例句：
After the war, they were shot for hoarding. 战后他们因囤积而被枪决。来自《简明英汉词典》 Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up. 其实他还藏了两片没有用呢。来自英汉文学