jaremaga

When you visit someone in the hospital, you usually bring a present for the patient. People often bring things to eat like snacks and fruit or things to pass the time with like books and magazines. Flowers can be a nice present, too, but you have to be careful. If the smell is too strong, the flowers will bother the patient. The camellia is beautiful and doesn’t have a strong smell, but in Japan, people don’t think it is good for sick people. Other flowers drop their petals, but the whole camellia flower falls off. It looks like a head that has been cut off and makes people think of death.   (111 words) You can send me a comment or your own story at jaremaga@gmail.com