Story 001 | The Cricket Ball and the Grumpy Neighbor

 

In a tiny village called Lintz, the sound of “thwack!” has echoed for seventy years. The young men played cricket on a beautiful green field while the old men watched from the benches. But one day, a new neighbor moved in right next to the field. Even though the cricketers built a giant fence fifteen feet high, a few balls still flew over into the neighbor’s garden. The neighbor’s wife was so upset she refused to go into her garden when a game was on. She asked a judge to stop the cricket forever! The judge had to decide: what is more important – the peace of one house or the joy of a whole village playing its favorite game? What would you do if a ball landed in your flowerbed?