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TITLE ASHES THAT MADE TREES BLOOM
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WRITERWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
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CHARACTERS 1 .Muko (The Dog)
2. A kind old farmer
3 .The kind old farmers wife
4.A wicked old man 5
. The wicked old mans wife 6. Daimio
7. Daimios wife
8.Daimios soldier
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Once there lived a very kind and old man. Who
treated his pet Muko as like his own child . The
farmer daily went to the fields to farm and came
back. Once when he was coming back his pet Muko
came running to him putting his paws against his
legs and motioning to some spot behind .He kept
repeating the same act till the farmer did not
follow him and dug the ground. When he dug the
ground he found gold in it so they became rich in
one night . Their neighbors also herd this and
for their greed they kidnapped the dog and
killed the dog because the dog led them to a
dead kitten not gold. The kind farmer heard about
this so he buried the dog beside a pine tree in
a religious manner . That night Muko came in his
dream and told him to make a mill mortar out of
the pine tree . The farmer did as he was told
and when his wife began to grind the beans it
turned into gold. Their Neighbors heard about it
they also borrowed the mortar and mill and when
they began to grind it .It turned into 4 big
worms. They got very angry at this and used the
mill and mortar as fire wood. END OF PART ONE
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That night the sprit of the dog again came in
the kind mans dream and told him to sprinkle
the ash of the mill and mortar on any withered
tree . The kind man did the same and the withered
tree sprouted blossoms. So when he saw a
Damiocoming he climbed to top of a tree and
sprinkled the ash on it . The Damio got surprised
to see the blossomed tree in winter so he
awarded the kind man. Their neighbor also tried
the same act but the tree was not blossomed and
the ash went in the eyes and ears of the Damio.
So the soldier of the Damio got very angry and
beat the neighbor and his wife to death.
BYWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
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MORAL WE GET FROM THE STORY We should not be
greedy.