barley

On-Yomi: バク — Kun-Yomi: むぎ

Koohii stories:

1) [Aerin] 27-9-2007(229): If you eat lots of barley, you'll grow up to have strong walking legs.

2) [akrodha] 17-5-2007(80): Barley is a very cheap grain, and it's not really worth spending time to harvest. Therefore, scientists have genetically engineered it to grow walking legs once the grain is grown up and mature, so it can harvest itself.

3) [raulir] 26-12-2006(37): "Grown up" barley, i.e. beer, is what gets you tottering legs.

4) [Howdoken] 29-4-2008(25): The secret of PETER PAN's flight - he eats BARLEY to turn his WALKING LEGS into flying legs.

5) [Beneus] 2-1-2009(22): You're walking through a barley field. With every step you take, it grows noticeably, but if you go back it shrinks. You need to get to the other side of the field, but with every step it gets harder to navigate. Will you make it out of this strange field?