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• Only its outline is available. Outline "Mitsuru's mother was very good at making snacks. The snack for today was honey kuchen, a favorite for Mitsuru. When Mitsuru came home from school, he noticed its sweet smell drifted around and delightedly opened the front door. Mitsuru thought of visiting a friend after finishing the snack, but when he heard of his mother going out, he decided that this was not a chance to be missed. Mother said that he should take the kuchen with him when he went to visit his friend, but he came up with a plan to eat it all by himself. After his mother went out, the chime sounded suddenly just as he was about to eat the honey kuchen. A mouse that had been attracted by the smell of the delicious honey kuchen appeared. The mouse asked for a portion of the snack in exchange for "honey seeds" from which honey is said to grow. Mitsuru realized that if he were to give the mouse a portion, his own portion will be smaller, but he was nonetheless curious about the honey seeds. Then, a cat and a bear arrived, and both asked Mitsuru for a portion of the kuchen in exchange for "honey seeds." Mitsuru decided to give them all the portions of honey kuchen and had a pleasant tea party with those "good friends." During the party, Mitsuru realized that the snack tasted so much better when he was enjoying it together with others, and not by himself. Several years after he sowed the honey seeds, Chinese milk vetches, rape blossoms, and acacia trees grew. Although Mitsuru was a bit disappointed because no honey seeds grew, the three animals had really never lied to him because bees do gather plenty of nectar from the Chinese milk vetch flowers, rape blossoms, and acacia trees to make honey." The plot of this work is very entertaining and draws a reader into the world of fairy tales before he or she realizes it.

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