A collection of a play and eighteen short stories, including "Haru."
The author became very popular with his lyric pictures, such as "Kuro
Neko o Daku Onna" ["A Woman Holding a Black Cat"], and a
song "Yoi Machi Gusa"["An Evening Primrose"]. He contributed
many pictures, verses, and stories to magazines for children. The pieces
in this collection are chosen from them.
Although about half of them are stories of boys and half of girls, those
with girl protagonists show more distinctive characteristics of Takehisa's
stories, such as describing a girl's state of mind. For example, Yûko
in "Sensei no Kao" ["A Teacher's Face"], likes to draw
pictures, and sketches her teacher's face during class. She is scolded
by her teacher, and worries about it. However, after receiving a heart-warming
letter from her teacher, Yûko is much relieved. Takehisa added a
picture to the beginning of each story, and put rhythmical nursery rhymes
to some stories in this book, which also shows the character of Takehisa's
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