Please read the story and answer the question in 500 words. "A boy calls out to several children asking them if
they would like a grasshopper. After a few moments, a girl says she wants it and upon receiving it, she realizes
it is not, in fact, a grasshopper but a bell cricket. When she realized this, she states, “’ Oh! It’s not a
grasshopper. It’s a bell cricket.’ The girl’s eyes shone as she looked at the small brown insect.” (Kawabata
458). What is the significance of the girl at first thinking it was a grasshopper, and then it turned out to be a bell
cricket?"
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