Riddles
What part of the chicken has the most feathers?
outside
Stage of the clay between plastic and bone dry
Leather Hard
The cold winter wind made my face feel [n ] as I walked outside.
numb
The reason why Min didn't want to teach Tree-ear to make a pot.
Tree-ear is not Min's son.
A few days later, Tree-ear crouched under the bridge, watching idly as Crane- man shaved another sliver of wood from the spoon he was whittling.
chopstick
When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?
birthday candle
the striking ceramic type produced during the first 200 years of the Joseon dynasty.
buncheong ware
clothes, irregular, torn
ragged
Why does Min decline the emissary's invitation to go to Songdo?
He is too old to travel to Songdo.
The potter had still not come out of the house with instructions for the day, so Tree-ear turned to the vegetable patch. He squatted down and began to pull the first of a thousand noxious shoots that threatened the carrot plants so precious to Min's wife.
cucumber
A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?
The parrot was deaf
What was the typical firing temperature for Korean stoneware(자기) from the Three Kingdoms Period?
1000
The carpenter used a chisel(끌) to carve a delicate [s ] of wood from the block.
sliver
What was the second condition Min's wife demanded from Tree-ear about him taking Min's pottery to Songdo?
Tree-ear was demanded to call her Ajima.
Crane-man put down his crutch, leaned back, and crossed his arms. "An audience at the court? Why the riddle-talk, my friend? Why do you not say, 'I am going to the capital—to Songdo'?"
knife
What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don’t want to use it?
anchor
A clay body created 18th century Britain as an attempt to duplicate the translucent ability of Oriental Porcelain. The names is derived from the fact it is an attempt to reproduce porcelain from China.
Born China
A gust of wind blew open the window, making her [f ] at the sudden noise.
flinch
What was the way Tree-ear thought of to show his gratitude for Min's wife's kindness?
Min's Success
Two days before, Min had handed Tree-ear some tools to be cleaned, saying, "The vessels will be finished by midsummer. If you leave then, you will be able to return before winter." In this way Tree-ear learned that Min was sending him to Songdo.
the snow
Four cars come to a four-way stop, each coming from a different direction. They can’t decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. All 4 cars go, but none crash into each other. How is this possible?
They all made right-hand turns.
Joseon blue and white porcelain's pigment(안료)
cobalt
The child looked up at his mother [p ], hoping she would give him another cookie.
pleadingly
Two days before, Min had handed Tree-ear some tools to be cleaned, saying, "The vessels will be finished by midsummer. If you leave then, you will be able to return before the snow." In this way Tree-ear learned that Min was sending him to Songdo. Since that moment Tree-ear had regretted the [ ] of his offer.
rashness
Tree-ear swallowed. He rose to his feet and walked the few steps to the water's edge, picked up a flat stone, and threw it so it skipped across the water. Four times it lit on the surface; how was it that a stone could be so like a wind?
bird