"how unwise you are not to think of the future! your rice-dumpling can be eaten now, and is certainly much bigger than my seed; but if you sow this seed in the ground it will soon grow and become a great tree in a few years, and bear an abundance of fine ripe persimmons year after year. if only i could show it to you then with the yellow fruit hanging on its branches! of course, if you don't believe me i shall sow it myself; though i am sure, later on, you will be very sorry that you did not take my advice."