[DeepL Translation - needs review] A short story by Kunikida Doppo, a poet and novelist of the Meiji era. First published in "Jogaku Sekai" [1904 (Meiji 37)]. It was later included in the second collection "Doppo Shu" [Chikajigahosha, 1905]. This highly prestigious work depicts assimilation into and a return to nature. The "moron" boy, a "child of nature," has died and become a naturalized child of "nature. Rokuzo, a child of nature, assimilated into nature through death and attained "eterna...
No old kana and limited use of old kanji that I noticed. A sad but interesting recounting of a teacher's experience with a mentally handicapped boy. I'm not sure when this was published, but the author only lived to 1908 so this is quite an old piece of writing and yet still very accessible.
I suspect but am not sure that it is a recounting of his own lived experiences.