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The Wonderful Talking Bowl

Story Stats

Rating: 3
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5
Page count: 12
Categories: Folk Tale, Japanese
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Author

Yoshiko
Uchida
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Appeared in

The Sea of Gold

Story Summary

A young farmhand receives a talking bowl in exchange for his kindness and work, which he thinks a useless gift until it makes him wealthy.