Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Japanese old children story

I'm Tamae.
I have no idea. I'm sorry.
So, I will introduce an old Japanese children's story.

The name of it is "Omusubi cororin". In English it means "Riceball rolled"

A long time ago, two couples lived in a village. They were woodmen. They were old . One couple were very hones and liked to work. The other couple didn't like to work and they often told lies.
One day, the hones old man went to the wood. After work, he had lunch then he dropped his lunch which was a riceball!
His riceball went into a hole. There were mice in the hole. The old man went into the hole. The mice wanted him to help them with their work. The old man helped them. They were very happy and gave him a lot of money.
Another old man heard from hones old man. He wanted money, too. He went to the mouse hole and he asked them. "Can I help" but there was no answer.

So, this story means that people who are very honest and not greedy in their life are good people.

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