what did the poor farmer find and why did he become upset?
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when his crops are not growing
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The story of the aged mother is a folk-tale from Japan. The governor proclaimed a law ordering that all the aged people should be put to death. The order filled the heart of the poor farmer with great sorrow because he loved his mother so much. Instead of putting his mother to death in the hand of a cruel law, he decided to give his mother a kind mode of death. He took his mother to the bare summit of Obatsuyama and planned to leave her there. On their way to the mountain, the heart of the loving mother grew anxious. It was because she knew that her son would have a hard time finding his way back. He was not familiar with the mountain paths.
So, she snapped the twigs of the bushes on their way and dropped them silently on the path to serve as a guide on the way back for her son. When the son reached the summit, he bid her farewell. She advised her son to follow the path of twigs to find his way back home. This attitude of his mother broke his heart and he cried loudly. He took her back home saying that together they can follow the path of twigs and together they can die. He hid his mother on a walled closet beneath the kitchen.
Time passed. One day, the governor again demanded the people of the valley to present him with a rope of ashes. His mother gave him a clever idea to the despaired farmer. She told him to make a rope of twisted straw and burn it on a windless night. The cruel ruler was pleased with what he had witnessed and asked the farmer where he had obtained that wisdom. The farmer stated all the truth to him. The governor listened and meditated in silence. He decided to abolish the cruel law and realised the importance of the elders to shape the
society. He said “with the crown of snow, there cometh wisdom”.
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