The Harvest Festival

In the last house in the village lives an angry, bitter old man. He speaks to no-one and scowls and growls if children play near his house. People have learned to stay well away from him.

On this day, the village celebrates their harvest festival with a great feast and gifts for all, but of course, no-one has invited the bitter old man and of course, he wouldn't dream to join them of his own accord.

A small child is told by an elder that everyone is celebrating, and the child looks and sees the old man standing half hidden behind the fence, watching the festival from afar. The child runs and gets a small cake, runs to where the old man is hiding and offers the cake. The man looks down into the young child's radiant smile of innocence. He starts to cry; he takes the cake and eats it, and not long after, the villagers are astonished to see the child lead the old man to the festival, firmly by the hand.