Let's Do String Figures

Synopsis

Even though it's finally Sunday, Tamae is out shopping with her family and Grandpa has gone off to play shogi at old man Sasaki's place. Seeing that Maruko looks bored, Grandma teaches her all sorts of cat's cradle string tricks she never knew before. The next morning, when she brings it up at school, Toshiko — whose grandmother lives far away and whom she rarely gets to see — gets jealous. So then...