Villagers heard the Lord of the Nagaoka clan was planning to visit Ryokan in his hut. In the monk's absence, the villagers cleaned the hut and pulled all the weeds from the garden.
When Ryokan returned home he saw the beautifully prepared garden.
He sighed and said to the well-meaning villagers, "As you have taken away all the weeds, the insects that sing here every night may not sing here anymore."
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