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The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower by Yei Theodora Ozaki is a short story set in Japan. It tells the story of an old man who has the ability to make withered trees come back to life. He lives in a small village and spends his days tending to the trees in the surrounding forest. The story takes place in the countryside, and the old man's home is a small cottage in the woods. The story is set in a time when Japan was still a rural and agrarian society, and the old man's ability to bring life back to the trees is seen as a magical and mysterious gift.