■ あらすじ　
　二人の息子は愛する父を亡くし、悲しみにくれて毎日墓を訪れて
いた。その後、宮中に仕えることとなった兄は毎日の墓参の代わりに
見栄えの良い忘却の花ユウスゲを植え、墓へは来なくなった。
弟は兄の態度に怒り悲しんで、自分は追憶の花シオンを植えて墓参を続けた。数年後のある日、弟が墓へ参ると墓碑の下から墓守の霊の
声が、ユウスゲを植えた兄は父の思い出を失い、シオンを植えた弟は父の思い出を鮮やかなまま残すだろうと告げ、弟に未来を教え将来を守る約束をした。その言葉通り、夢で未来を予知出来るようになった弟は賢明に暮らし、幸せな人生を送った。

■ Outline of this story
　In their grief, two brothers who lost their beloved father visited his grave everyday. The elder was later appointed to a high office in the Emperor’s household, and was no longer able to make the daily visits. Instead, he planted some handsome day-lilies, which were known as flowers of forgetfulness. Angered and saddened by his brother's attitude, the younger one planted asters, which were known as sacred flowers of remembrance, and continued to visit the grave. One day, several years later, when the younger brother approached to the grave, he heard a voice issuing from under the gravestone. It came from a spirit to keep guard bones. The voice said that the elder brother, who had planted the day-lilies, would lose his memories of his father, and that the younger one, who had planted the asters, would keep them fresh and green. It also promised the younger brother to show the future in dreams and watch over him. True to these words, the younger brother was given foreknowledge of the future in his dreams, acted wisely, and led a happy life.

Note
　This tale has no parallels, and is thought to have been written by Mrs. T.H. James herself. It turns on the association of the day-lily and aster, which have the respective meanings of forgetfulness and remembrance in the Japanese language of flowers, with the two brothers' attitudes toward their father. The German version is a translation of the English one.