THE BOOK OF
NIPS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF THE DIVINE WIND
Losing the war is a disappointmentThe Nips start making gewgaws
Chapter 25
Losing the war was a bitter disappointment to the Nips,
2rNot to mention how they felt about losing the Greater Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere,
3But when you’re the only completely civilized nation on earth,
4You know how to handle disappointments,
5Which is why, when the Yanks landed to occupy Japan,
6They were met by a bunch of smiling, nodding, peace-loving Nips,
7Who would never hurt a fly.
8And in all the time since then, they have never stopped smiling and nodding.
9They smiled and nodded when sMacArthur became the military governor of their nation.
10tThey smiled and nodded when he wrote them a democratic constitution that made it illegal for them to wage war ever again for any reason.
11uThey smiled and nodded when MacArthur gave women the vote.
12They smiled and nodded when the Yanks aexecuted some of their military leaders for war crimes.
13bAnd they smiled and nodded even more when the Yanks gave them a whole bunch of money to rebuild their factories,
14And their cities,
15And their whole nation.
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