Then the woman and the swan
sailed across an ocean...
many thousands of li wide...
stretching their necks
toward America.
On her journey
she cooed to the swan...
"In America I will have
a daughter just like me.
But over there, nobody will say
her worth is measured...
by the loudness
of her husband's belch.
Over there, nobody will
look down on her...
because I will make her speak
only perfect American English.
And over there, she will always be
too full to swallow any sorrow.
She will know my meaning
because I will give her this swan...
a creature that became more
than what was hoped for.