Every summer vacation, the protagonist, “I,” would go to the mountain leased by Grandpa. Grandpa had planted longan trees all over the mountain. I ate delicious longans and the longan honey Grandpa had made. He said they were the fruits of his labor.
“Labor is proof that we're alive.
When we work together, we become closely connected as we live,” Grandpa said.
Theme: Starting with the joy that labor brings, this story explains the value of labor to children and gives them an understanding of what “labor” means
