A Single ShardTree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. |
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Ajima bowl breath bridge celadon Ch'ulp'o chopsticks Chrysanthemums clay color commission Crane Crane-man crutch draining edge Emissary Kim emissary's face fire flint stones glaze gourd heard held honorable potter inlay inside jiggeh journey Kang Kang's kiln Korean leaves LINDA SUE PARK master meal Min's house Min's wife monk monkey mountain never night nodded once path petal pieces plum branch prunus vase Puyo returned rice cakes river road robber rocks royal emissary rubbish heaps sandals seemed shard shook his head shouted Single Shard smile Songdo spade spoke stall stopped straw tell temple Thousand Cranes Vase took Tree Tree-ear began Tree-ear bowed Tree-ear felt Tree-ear knew Tree-ear learned Tree-ear paused Tree-ear sat Tree-ear stared Tree-ear stepped Tree-ear stood Tree-ear thought Tree-ear turned Tree-ear watched Tree-ear's hand vessels village voice waist pouch wait walked wheel wonder wood words yard