outdoing the cormorant

一茶　1819年
鵜の真似は鵜より上手な子供哉
u no mane wa u yori jyo^zu-na kodomo kana

David’s English
outdoing the cormorant
with a fine imitation...
a child
by Issa, 1819
Japanese fishermen use cormorants. Tied to a tether, these sea birds dive for fish that they are forced to disgorge.
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sakuo haiga
As the cormorant do, poor street boy ask money from walker
but his money is robbed by his parent.