Childhood Shenanigans

In Yasunari Kawabata's "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" children are scouring the hillside looking for insects in the evening light.  The children use lanterns as a light source in order to locate the insects. On the first night there is only one boy searching on the hillside. His lantern was bought and shines the color red.  As the nights go on more children arrive on the hillside. There is one difference between them and the first boy.  These children have hand made their lanterns out of household goods.  The boy with the store bought lantern feels out of place because his lantern is not the same as everyone else's.  He then throws his lantern away and makes a homemade one like the rest of the children.  I feel like this is a common experience for children and possibly adults.  I think everyone has experienced a time when they had a toy or object that was not like everyone else's. In order to combat this we get rid of our toy and get one like all the other children; that is if our parents allow us to do so. This part of the story is very relatable to real life.