Notes

29p. : col. ill. A boy is learning his father's craft, recognising the trees that release valuable resin, and gathering the round drops which look almost like pearls or tears. Today is a proud turning point for the boy. They have found a tear of unusual size, big enough to fill his two hands and in the marketplace, three strangers have their own surprising reason for wishing to buy the day's harvest. The three wise men, or the three kings, are familiar figures in the Christmas tradition, and the author has taken the brief biblical reference to the three as the starting point for a new story.