Minecart (short story) (original) (raw)

Minecart (トロツコ, Trokko) is a short story written by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was published in 1922. It is a story about a young boy who experiences the adult world for a short amount of time. Many junior high school students in Japan study this short story in class. In 2009, a movie based on this story was released.