The Silver Spoon
“Made of corkwood and with peony-design paper strips pasted at each of the wood joins, it appears to have originally contained tobacco imported from the West. There’s nothing especially beautiful about it, but for the subdued tone and soft touch of the wood, and the warm puffy sound it makes as the lid is shut, it is still one of my favorite things. It is packed with a cowry shell,1 camellia seeds, and other bits and pieces that were my playthings when I was a child, but I have never forgotten t...hat among them is a curiously shaped silver spoon. It has a round bowl about half an inch wide and a short handle that is slightly curved. It is thick, so if held at the end of the handle, it feels unexpectedly heavy. From time to time I take it out of the box, carefully wipe off the tarnish, and gaze at it without ever growing bored. Looking back now, it was a very long time ago that I happened to find this small silver spoon.
From the beginning our house has had a cupboard. When I grew tall enough to reach its upper part on tiptoe, I would open its doors and pull out its drawers just for their different gives and squeaks.MoreLess
From the beginning our house has had a cupboard. When I grew tall enough to reach its upper part on tiptoe, I would open its doors and pull out its drawers just for their different gives and squeaks.MoreLess
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