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[DeepL Translation - needs review] "The Fool's Tale is a cultural picture book that captures our unique sentiments and is a heartwarming tale for children and adults to read together and feel the clarity of mind. There is a child who lives in an old temple that is five hundred years old. Everything in the world is joyful and fun for him, even the squirrels he befriends, and he feels sorry for the hungry, scurrying mice, who often tease him for being a fool. One day, while playing with a squi...
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48
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9791160266313
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bibliothecarysays
February 9, 2024
This is a sweet story about a little monk, and the lessons adults can learn from children. The language is beautifully poetic, and the story has a lovely refreshing feeling about it.
Although it's a children's picture book, the vocabulary isn't as simple as one might expect: there are several words relating to Buddhism that will most likely be unfamiliar to the learner, as well as plenty of plant names; there is a lot of description compared to action and dialogue; and there are a few idioms a
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This is a cross between a picture book and an a short story. I recommend that you look at the sample (either on google Play or Yes24, although Google Play's is longer). This was a pretty enjoyable story following the life of monks in a buddhist temple, but with children added into the mix.
Grammar is fairly basic, it's the vocab that ups the difficulty of this book a lot. There are quite a number of buddhism related words, which you'll probably need to look up. This also mean that you cannot r