Men fly kites, like boys. Women have feet as
small as babies' feet. At dinner nuts and fruits are eaten first. Men
work like animals. There are many ways in which the Chinese are
different from the people in our country.
JAPAN
[Illustration: Japanese Children.]
How would you like to ride in a wagon drawn by a man instead of a
horse? That is the way people ride in Japan. Japan is a country a
long way off, near China. You would think that a man could not run
very fast drawing a wagon. But in Japan some men can run as fast as
horses. The wagon is like a buggy, but it has only two wheels. They
call this wagon a jin-rik'i-sha.
[Illustration: A Jinrikisha.]
The streets in Japan have no sidewalks. The houses are only one or two
stories high. They are built of wood. They have no windows or doors.
Strange houses, you will think. The walls outside and inside are made
like sliding doors. They slide back so that the people can go in and
out, and from one room to another.
The Japanese have very little furniture in their houses. They have no
chairs. They do not need any, for they sit on cushions on the floor.
They also sleep on the floor.
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