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 1 I  |            the land thirsts and the rice fails. Deign out of thy
 2 I  |            and the pattering of dry rice into my wooden box, like
 3 I  |   strengthened by the spirit of the rice.~   Festivals would be held
 4 I  |         tender green of the growing rice.~   The muku-birds and the
 5 I  |             and to dispose of their rice for them on the best terms
 6 I  |          plateau, mostly devoted to rice culture, was hemmed in on
 7 I  |        stared wildly at the blazing rice; then burst into tears,
 8 I  |             mad. He set fire to the rice on purpose: I saw him do
 9 I  |          him do it!"~   "As for the rice," cried Hamaguchi, "the
10 I  |            truth. I set fire to the rice. . . . Are all the people
11 I  |           was why I set fire to the rice."~   He, their Chôja, now
12 III| Kwammu-Tennô, and to drink a little rice wine in his honor, out of
13 VI |              which means "springing rice;" and her frail slimness
14 VII|           exchanged the revenues of rice for silver and gold; - they