Three things await you in Grain in Ear. The first is the birth of mantises. The second is that butcherbirds begin to twitter. The third thing is that mockingbirds stop twittering.

In Grain in Ear, the eggs laid by mantises last fall begin to give birth to newborn adorable mantis babies. Butcherbirds who like the Yin Qi appear on trees and begin to twitter because they have sensed the Yin Qi. On the other hand, mockingbirds who can imitate other birds’ sound stop twittering just because they have sensed the Yin Qi.

Translated by Chen Yanqiu

Editor: Wen Yi