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An elderly man and a child stand on a path under a tree; the child holds up a single red leaf.

The Autumn Leaves

A woman with red eyes stands in a lamplit doorway speaking to her bearded husband, who listens.

The Borrowed Jewels

A woman at a wooden table joins pieces of a ceramic vase with gold seams, holding a thin brush.

The Broken Vase

A woman stands in a doorway looking down an empty hallway; a man stands a few steps behind her.

The Empty Nest

A woman by a classroom window has just switched off a desk lamp, a starry night sky beyond the glass.

The Fading Star

A man sits on an attic floor with a box in his lap and a sheet of paper in his hands, surrounded by stacks of blank envelopes.

The Last Letter

A grandmother sits with a child at a table as a candle burns almost to its base, the child looks up at framed pictures on the wall.

The Melting Candle

A woman stands at a village doorway at dusk while an older woman in the doorway holds out an empty open palm.

The Mustard Seed

A grieving woman clenches a stone in her fist with tears in her eyes, a sage beside her offers an open hand.

The Open Hand

A potter works at a wheel; on a shelf behind him a single cracked bowl stands apart from the others.

The Potter's Wheel

A girl on the shore reaches out after her mother, who walks into the sea carrying the sealskin.

The Selkie's Return

A willow stands at a swollen river, its branches trailing in the water, a farmer stands ankle-deep in mud looking up at it.

The Willow Tree

A startled woodcutter sits under a tree with his axe on his lap, one hand raised, as a dark-cloaked figure of Death stands silently before him.

The Woodcutter's Wish

An older man sits on the floor with both palms on an upturned clay basin as another man watches from a doorway.

Zhuangzi's Drum