Chapters 11-13 Summary

In Chapter 11, Tree-ear climbs to the top of Rock of the Falling Flowers and tries to remember everything he sees so that he can tell Crane-man about it. While he is there, Tree-ear is joined by another man who begins asking him strange questions. Tree-ear quickly realizes this man is a robber. The ma grabs Tree-ear's jiggeh and tries to take it from him. Tree-ear is successful in fighting this man, but then he is joined by another robber. The second robber grabs Tree-ear and holds him while the first man inspects the jiggeh's contents. They find the vases and Tree-ear's meager coins. Before leaving, the two men throw the vases over the side of the cliff. Tree-ear is devastated and unsure what he should do next. Tree-ear begins to hope that the second vase did not break. Tree-ear goes to...