Fable

It is told that there was a small cat named Katakoto. He lived in a small house with his mother and his family. One day, after the family gathered around the dining table, and after they had their favorite meal, Katakoto the cat went to the water tap to wash his hands. So Katakoto the cat opened the water tap, washed his hands and face, then closed the water tap without tightening it. Katakoto the cat looked at the water tap, and a few drops of water had dripped from it, drop by drop. Katakoto the cat didn’t close the water tap well, then said to himself: What do simple water drops do? Nothing. I won’t close the tap. ...

The story of the date palm and the woodcutter is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of the date palm and the woodcutter is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: Master Kichiumo and cutting wood logs: One day, Master Kichiumo was cutting a log of wood under a date palm tree behind his house. When he struck with his axe, the ground shook and a very ripe date palm fruit fell on his head. ...

The story of sweets and poison is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of sweets and poison is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: The priest and the three novice monks: Once upon a time, in ancient times, in the past era, in one of the countries, there was a priest and three novice monks living with him in the temple. The priest would take out from the wall cupboard every day a jar containing a type of liquid sweets, eating whatever he wanted without any invitation to the novice monks. ...

The story of the claimer of knowledge is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of the claimer of knowledge is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: The village near the sea and the claimer of knowledge: Once upon a time, in ancient times, in the past era, in a village near the sea, there was a man who boasted that he knew everything and never stopped repeating that. He would always say: I know everything, and there is nothing I don’t know. I know everything, and there is nothing I don’t know. I know everything, and there is nothing I don’t know. ...

The story of water that restores youth is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of water that restores youth is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: The husband and wife gathering firewood: Once upon a time, in ancient times, in the past era, in one of the countries, there was an old couple. One day, the husband went to gather firewood, but on that day, for some reason, he didn’t find good wood. So: ...

In the middle of winter, the season of storing and hiding, the sound of thunder was frightening hearts, and rain was pouring on all paths. Our friend Nakkar the Wood was facing one of the problems. He said: Oh God, what is this cold weather. I need help from Teacher Thalou before my roof collapses. Teacher Thalou was reading his book when the master Nakkar Wood reached him. No one would come at this time except someone with a problem. Thalou said to him: What brought you in this cold weather? Then he said to him: Please enter quickly. Nakkar Wood said to him: I know the time is late and the weather is cold. My problem might disturb you. Thalou said to him: Don’t worry, and rest a little. Tell me what your problem is. Nakkar Wood said: The roof has spoiled from winter again. I tried many times repeatedly to fix it but to no avail. ...

One day, while the teacher Thalou was enjoying his morning meal and reading newspapers, his phone rang. He looked to see who was calling at this early hour. He answered happily. The caller said happily: Hello, Teacher Thalou. I am King Sabaa. He said: Welcome, my lord. How are you today? He replied: I have a big problem. Teacher Thalou asked: What is that? I have a piano. I tried to fix it myself, but its voice became strange. Have you come to examine it? ...

Once upon a time, there was a mouse who was extremely shy. As soon as he heard the slightest sound, he would flee. He was very afraid of cats. Once, he was gathering some grains of rice and pieces of coconut with great difficulty. He was not destined to enjoy his meal in peace, and the reason was his extreme fear of cats, so he was always thinking from where the cats would come and when they would pounce on him to eat him. ...

After his long adventures in the sea, Sultan Behlozan arrived at a city, where the great lady was. Behlozan’s lady was very wise, but he was more powerful according to Sultan Behlozan’s sight, as he had discovered his special power while still very small, and with his growth he would fly to the farthest horizons in the jungle. He was always serving the wolf behind the trees, and would come out at evening carrying a large food tray for her, but the wolf didn’t notice anyone. And during the day Behlozan’s lady would prepare the food trays for him during the day, then Behlozan would take the trays to his lady at evening, and she would eat the food and Behlozan would take the empty tray. ...

A story from the wonders of international children’s stories, collected and formulated by Toshio Ozawa, and the tale of the Goblin Medicine is a tale from old Japanese stories, or more precisely, it is Japanese folklore from past times, which is taught to Japanese children until the end of elementary school. The story of the Goblin Medicine is told as follows. The Beautiful Moon: Once upon a time in ancient days, a Buddhist priest lived in one of the temples. One night, when the moon was full, he went out to the outhouse to relieve himself. When he squatted and contemplated the moon, he muttered: Ah… oh, beautiful moon! ...