Summary of the story ofThe Wise Old Woman by yoshiko uchida?

Answer 1

The Wise Old Woman

many years ago the was an arrogant and a cruel young lord who ruled over a small village in the western hills of Japan , who thought that the old peaple are neither useful nor able to work for living so he ordered the villager that the one who's parents turn over the 71 years they have to take them to the mountains to be banished and die and he said too that who will not do the rule will be arrested and go to the mountains too . and their was a young farmer who used to send his mother to the mountains and he was very sad and when he found that she still thinking about him he took her back and didnt send her to the mountains and he had hidden her in a room in the kitchen for 2 years and no one knows that she is alive and then someone called Lord Higa send the ruler of the village that says that if he didnt solve the threats he sent lord hige will conquer the village and make it his own , so the first threat was (to bring him a box containing 1000 ropes of ash and he will spare their village) and the ruler said that its an impossible thing so he asked his wise men and they said that its impossible too then he offered the villager some gold for the one who will solve the threat and the young farmer asked his mother and she answered him so he ran to the ruler and told him the answer , then the lord Higa sent him another terrible threat and it was (to bring him a log with a small hole that curved and bent 7 times through its length,and he demanded that a single piece of silk thread be threaded through the hole) so the ruler, wise men and villagers couldnt answer the threat again and said that its impossible but the young farmer went to his mother again and asked her and she answered him so ran to the ruler and told him the answer again and took some gold , then after a few days the Lord Higa sent his last threat that was ( to bring him a a drum that sounds without being beaten ) and happened what happened in the threats before and the young farmer went to his mother as usual but she said that its the easiest one and she answer him and he ran to the ruler and told him the answer but the ruler asked the farmer a quistion and he wanted him to be honest and the question was ( does any one helped you in answering the threats?) the farmer didnt lie and told him about every thing but the ruler insted of being angry he laughed and he have changed his rule and his opinion too about old peaple and he belived that they are wise.

Answer 2

she wants to teach a lesson

Answer 3

The secret to wisdom is curiosity.