The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom - Textbook Questions
The wicked neighbours killed the dog because when they dragged it to find treasure, the dog only scratched at a place where a dead kitten was buried. Furious at being disappointed and smelling the bad odor, they beat the dog to death.
They fed him fish from their own chopsticks, gave him boiled rice, made a cushion of blue crepe for him, and treated him with great kindness.
The spirit appeared in a dream and told him to cut down the pine tree over his grave and make a mortar for rice pastry and a mill for bean sauce. This equipment turned rice and beans into gold.
It told him to collect the ashes of the burning mill and sprinkle them on the withered cherry trees. This made the trees bloom with beautiful flowers.
Wren & Martin Grammar: The Noun: Number - Illustrations
1. Dog -> Dogs
2. Tree -> Trees
3. Cherry -> Cherries
4. Wife -> Wives
The leaves (leaf) fell from the branches (branch).
Wren & Martin Grammar Rules: The Noun: Number
One thing.
More than one.
- Add 's' (Boy -> Boys).
- Add 'es' for -s, -sh, -ch, -x (Box -> Boxes).
- 'y' changes to 'ies' (Lady -> Ladies).
- 'f'/'fe' changes to 'ves' (Leaf -> Leaves).