Stories · The Quiet Temple

The Lemon Tree and the Pomelo

13 min · China · Wisdom · Comfort

On a misty hillside orchard in the citrus country of southern China, a small sour lemon tree believes itself a disappointment beside a great mild pomelo, until an old keeper gently binds one branch of each together and shows them that what each lacks the other has always been holding.

Retold from Chinese Fables and Folk Stories, by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung.

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Story 4 of The Quiet Temple, starting at 42:08.