A Treasury of Japanese Folktales by Yuri Yasuda

Author:Yuri Yasuda
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-4-8053-1079-3
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Ojiisan sat down with a thump on his favorite cushion, eagerly rubbing his hands for he was feeling hungry.

“There is lots of badger soup,” said Obāsan. She sidled around the table being very careful not to show her tail. But Ojiisan caught sight of it. Quick as a flash he jumped up, but Tanuki was quicker.

He flew out the back way crying—“Bāsan shinda! Bāsan shinda! Your old woman’s dead.”

And suddenly Ojiisan knew everything.

Oh, how the poor man moaned with helpless anger! The tears trickled down his cheeks. He wept so bitterly and sorrowfully that a little rabbit passing by heard him and peeped in.

“How you grieve, dear Ojiisan. What is the matter?”

“Alas,” was his answer, “the wicked badger has killed my wife and escaped me.”

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