the old man did not in the least wish to lend it to his cruel neighbor , but he was too kind to refuse . so the envious man carried home the mortar , but he never brought it back . several days passed , and shiro 's master waited in vain for the mortar , so he went to call on the borrower . he asked him to be good enough to return the mortar if he had finished with it . he found him sitting by a big fire made of pieces of wood . on the ground lay what looked very much like pieces of a broken mortar . in answer to the old man 's inquiry , the wicked neighbor answered haughtily : " have you come to ask me for your mortar ? i broke it to pieces , and now i am making a fire of the wood . when i tried to pound cakes in it only some horrid smelling stuff came out . "
horrid smelling stuff came out .
what happened when the wicket neighbor tried to make cakes with the mortar ?
what happened when the wicket neighbor tried to make cakes with the mortar ?