Spring had finally come and everyone in the village was happy, despite being poor - everyone except the miserly landlord. Mumbling and grumbling, h...
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Apr 29, 2010
Josiah
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This certainly is a very odd story, though I did like it. A Japanese landlord who is crabby nearly beyond belief swallows a cherry pit one day; as a result, a little tree takes root in his head and the following spring, the tree begins to blossom.
Tired of all the questions about the tree sprouting from his cranium (I can imagine that questions of this nature would not be few and far between in such a scenario), the mean man rips it right out of his head. This spontaneous uprooting More...
Tired of all the questions about the tree sprouting from his cranium (I can imagine that questions of this nature would not be few and far between in such a scenario), the mean man rips it right out of his head. This spontaneous uprooting More...
Jun 18, 2009
Chandra
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I was instantly drawn to this book by the beautiful pen and ink illustrations. The preface of this story tells us that this is a famous ancient Japanese makura - a short humorous tale intended to warm up an audience for a longer story. This makura centers around a miserly old crank who swallows a cherry pit on accident one day. The next morning he wakes to find a sapling has sprouted from his head. Too ashamed and cheap to see a doctor; the old man tries to just go on as if nothing out of the
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Jun 13, 2009
Lesley
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I enjoyed this humorous story about a grumpy landlord, and how the people of the town react to his various "conditions" (including having a cherry tree grow out of his head!).
Jun 08, 2010
M
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This book actually creeped me out. The mean old man ends up having a cherry tree growing out of his head. Ew.
Apr 14, 2009
Irmo
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I really enjoyed this short humorous Japanese story, but it a story that all children can relate to.
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