Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本
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一
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木
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Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.
frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
框
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匡
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木
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Karl Koala (ku) is decorating his Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). He had a lot of rectifiers (匡) prepared and wants to install them on the tree for his LED installation. To get to all the nooks and crannies he installed an elaborate framework (框) around the Christmas tree.