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mortar, but was not able to profit by it, asit changed the rice into dirt; so he burnt it.Then our old man begged for the ashes of themortar, which were given him ; and, accidentallyspiUing some of them on a withered Peach tree,he saw to his astonishment that the tree instantlyblossomed. The fame… … PEONIES IN A TEA GARDEN, KYOTO GARDEN FOLK-LORE AND LEGENDS 235 raised the old man to great honour and riches,while the cruel neighbour was cast into prison,whence he never emerged. The Paeony is another flower more admiredin China than in Japan. The reason for this, ifone regards the…
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