Today is the harvest moon. After school, Maruko and Tama-chan go to gather pampas grass from a nearby embankment and bring armfuls of it home. Dad declares that moon-viewing calls for sake, gets thoroughly tipsy, and joins Grandpa in raising a merry fuss. Even though Hanawa-kun’s house is supposedly hosting a grand moon-viewing party for the whole class, Maruko ends up having just as lively a time at home with her own father and grandfather…