The orphan Tree-Ear lives under the bridge with a crippled man, Crane-man, and they have to find their food from leavings in the field or from garbage piles. Tree Ear likes to watch the master potter, Min, at work, but one day accidentally breaks a piece of valuable pottery. He has to work for Min for nine days to pay off the debt. It becomes Tree-Ear's ambiton to become an apprentice and eventually a potter himself. When Min entrusts a valuable piece of pottery to Tree-Ear to take to the royal palace, there are many obstacles on his quest. To be honest, when I first saw that this book took place in 12th century Korea, I really didn't think it would be very interesting, but I ended up loving Tree-Ear's loyalty and determination, and I was rooting for him to please Min and finish his quest!
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