Kintaro's Adventures & Other Japanese Children's Fav Stories by Florence Sakade

Author:Florence Sakade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

A few weeks after Kintaro was born, his father went far into the mountains one day to cut wood. His mother put the baby Kintaro in his crib to sleep while she went down to the mountain stream to wash some clothes. Suddenly, as she washed, she heard Kintaro crying loudly. “What can be the matter?” she said. And when she turned to look toward the cabin, she saw a terrible thing.

A huge bear came running out of the cabin, carrying the crying baby in his arms. Holding the baby tightly, but gently, the bear went running with it toward the mountains.

“Help! Help!” Kintaro’s mother screamed with all her might. And she went running straight toward the bear.

When the bear saw the angry mother come running toward him, he turned and jumped down a steep cliff, still holding Kintaro in his arms. He went running down the valley toward the distant mountains.

“Help! Help!” the mother cried again. “Kintaro has been stolen.”

Just then Kintaro’s father returned. Seeing what was happening, he picked up his broad ax and went running after the bear. As he ran he kept shouting out for help and other woodcutters and farmers along the way joined in the chase, running after the bear with axes and sickles and clubs.

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