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The Quarrel Of The Monkey And The Crab Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Quarrel Of The Monkey And The Crab

The Quarrel Of The Monkey And The Crab: Long, long ago, one bright autumn day in Japan, it happened, that a pink-faced monkey and a yellow crab were playing

The Jelly Fish And The Monkey Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Jelly Fish And The Monkey

The Jelly Fish And The Monkey: Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. He was called Rin Jin, or the Dragon King

The Story Of The Old Man Who Made Withered Trees To Flower Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Story Of The Old Man Who Made Withered Trees To Flower

The Story Of The Old Man Who Made Withered Trees To Flower: Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small

The Happy Hunter And The Skillful Fisher Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Happy Hunter And The Skillful Fisher

The Happy Hunter And The Skillful Fisher: Long, long ago Japan was governed by Hohodemi, the fourth Mikoto (or Augustness) in descent from the illustrious

The Goblin Of Adachigahara Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Goblin Of Adachigahara

The Goblin Of Adachigahara: Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan. This place was said to be haunted by

A Story Of Old Japan Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

A Story Of Old Japan

A Story Of Old Japan: Long years ago in old Japan there lived in the Province of Echigo, a very remote part of Japan even in these days, a man and his wife.

The Bamboo-Cutter And The Moon-Child Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Bamboo-Cutter And The Moon-Child

The Bamboo-Cutter And The Moon-Child: Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter. He was very poor and sad also, for no child had Heaven sent to

The Story Of The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Story Of The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die

The Story Of The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die: Long, long ago there lived a man called Sentaro. His surname meant “Millionaire,” but although he was not so rich

The Adventures Of Kintaro, The Golden Boy Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Adventures Of Kintaro, The Golden Boy

The Adventures Of Kintaro, The Golden Boy: Long, long ago there lived in Kyoto a brave soldier named Kintoki. Now he fell in love with a beautiful lady and

The Farmer And The Badger Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Farmer And The Badger

The Farmer And The Badger: Long, long ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains, far from any town. Their only

The Story Of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Story Of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad

The Story Of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad: Long, long ago in the province of Tango there lived on the shore of Japan in the little fishing village of

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow Japanese Folk Tales All Ages

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow: Long, long ago in Japan there lived an old man and his wife. The old man was a good, kind-hearted, hard-working old fellow, but his