Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers by Gloria Whelan

Author:Gloria Whelan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781585363520
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2008-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

We come to a river, a blue ribbon we have to cross.

The horses plunge into the water. The carriers take off their kimonos and bundle them on their heads. Our palanquin is placed on a raft and ten carriers wade it across the river. Not even my toes get wet.

River is busy

making its own long journey;

it doesn’t look back.

At last night’s inn the shampoo lady washed my mother’s hair, then she washed mine and rolled it into a big puff. My hair is stuck with so many hairpins I feel like a porcupine.

This morning our path follows the river. The carriers sing songs as they travel. They bathe their tired feet and splash in the water to cool themselves. Trees march along the bank with us.

Willows lean over

the river’s edge like women

washing their long hair.

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