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You kiss your mother with that mouth?
“No, but I do eat reptiles.” あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥(Ano koe de tokage kurau ka hototogisu;“With such a sweet voice, do you devour lizards, o lesser cuckoo?”) Definition: You can’t judge a book by its cover. People and things often have aspects that … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance versus reality, トカゲ, ホトトギス, carnivores, cuckoo, don't judge, Enomoto Kikaku, 蜥蜴を食らう, haiku, perception, songbirds, Takarai Kikaku, 宝井其角, 時鳥, 榎本其角
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