2020年4月12日日曜日

Forgettable Glass (Orange Daylily)


“ Forgettable herb, forgettable glass, do you want forgettable glass?” a man heard the sales clerk in flower shop was saying.

Forgettable glass is the Orange Day lily in another word and a herbaceous perennial of the lily family. 
The leaves are long and narrow. In summer they bloom with orange red flower only for one day.

“ Hmm, forgettable glass is a strange name.” said the man.

“Hey, can you show me what is it like?”

“Yes, sir ” the clerk said.

“Well, it looks like only leaves are growing” “it doesn't make sense to buy. We can use this for medicine instead ?” the man asked.

“Yes, if you smoke the dried one, you can forget everything like hardness of your life, hotness in summer, coldness in winter and you can forget that you are getting old even if you get old ” the clerk told.

“That is interesting. How much is it?” the man asked.

The clerk started thinking and said,

“I forgot how much it is”.

Reference  
http://hukumusume.com/douwa/pc/kobanashi/04/02.htm 
 http://hukumusume.com/douwa/index.html  (福娘童話集)

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