Grains of Rice single work   children's fiction   children's   fable  
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Grains of Rice
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In a Korean village lives a scholar named Yo. The King summons Yo to work for him, so Yo and his three daughters move close to the palace. When Yo and the King must make a three-year journey to China, Yo's daughters fear they will starve. But Yo leaves them with a magical cat that produces rice in abundance if it is stroked the right way.

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