“Farmer abandons work, waits for more rabbits to fatally crash into stump—none come, crops fail.”
Machibouke
待ちぼうけ
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Synopsis
Farmer abandons work, waits for more rabbits to fatally crash into stump—none come, crops fail.
There was a tree stump at the corner of a farmer's field. A speeding rabbit broke its neck and died on it. Rabbits make for a great meal and sell well on the market so the farmer decided to give up farming and just wait for more rabbits to come hit the stump and die again. But he waited and waited and no new rabbits came. Leaving his crops to fail and himself rabbit-less. The song is supposed to teach the lesson of waiting in vain. It's okay to have an optimistic view on something but do not idly sit around waiting for it to happen because it might not. Similar to the Western adage "don't count your chickens before they hatch."
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Machibouke begins and ends here.
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A Music Production
NHK
- Format 1 × 2′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 02m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1973 – ongoing
- Source Music media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-13483 catalog
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