The Cracked Teacup

In a small tea house beneath the hills, a pale celadon teacup cracks one winter morning and hides away, sure that no one could want it now. But the old tea-house keeper never throws it away. One rainy afternoon, slowly, as if listening, she follows the crack line by line with lacquer and gold.

A quiet, bilingual picture book for grown-ups about imperfection and healing: a gentle reminder that our cracks are not where our story ends. They are where the gold goes in.

山腳下的小茶館裡,一只淡青色的茶杯在冬日清晨摔出了裂痕,躲進角落,以為再也沒有人會要它。可是老奶奶始終沒有把它丟掉。一個下雨的午後,她用漆,也用金,一筆一筆,細細地描過那道裂痕。