[DeepL Translation - needs review] Fairy tales by Kenji Miyazawa, a writer and poet of children's stories from the Taisho and Showa periods. Unpublished before his death. The first rule of the town of Pujara is "Do not catch fish by poison fir," so the new chief of police comes to the town and his job is to catch the poison fir culprits. However, the chief loves the poison fir. The chief was finally caught, tried, and sentenced to death. Everyone was completely impressed by the fact that he ...
What a strange children's story. I had fun reading it, but I found the ending puzzling if entertaining.
Edit: I was shared this article which helps explain the puzzling ending: https://ks-novel.com/dokumomi/-/14307/.html
The ending is actually quite satisfying viewed in this light!
Lots of plant and animal names, some advanced grammar.