In 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering from a rat infestation, a piper dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher. He promised the mayor a solution to their problem with the rats. The mayor, in turn, promised to pay him for the removal of the rats (according to some versions of the story, the promised sum was 1,000 guilders). The piper accepted and played his pipe to lure the rats into the Weser River, where they all drowned.
14 Oct 2020
Kachi-kachi-yama
A long long time ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains, far from any town. Their only neighbor was a bad and malicious tanuki. This tanuki used to come out every night and run across to the farmer's field and spoil the vegetables and the rice which the farmer spent his time in carefully cultivating. The taunki at last grew so ruthless in his mischievous work, and did so much harm everywhere on the farm that the good-natured farme could not stand it any longer, and determined to put a stop to it. So he lay in wait day after day and night after night, with a big club, hoping to catch the tanuki, but all was in vain. Then he laid traps for the animal.
13 Oct 2020
Jerry fish's run errands
The story of Jerry Fish before it's not like a slime.
13 Oct 2020
Fight of the Monkey and Crab
The story of money and crab.
13 Oct 2020
The six swans
Once on a time a king was hunting in a great wood, and he pursued a wild animal so eagerly that none of his people could follow him. When evening came he stood still, and looking round him he found that he had lost his way; and seeking a path, he found none. Then all at once he saw an old woman with a nodding head coming up to him; and it was a witch
4 Oct 2020
Urashima Taro
Once upon a time, there was a fisherman named Urashima Taro. Taro lived with his mother.
One day, walking along the beach, the children were bullying small turtles. Taro stop them bullying the turtle, and gave the turtle back to the sea.
The next day, Taro was fishing along the beach. A large sea turtle faced the ocean from the sea. The sea turtle said, “Thank you for helping my son yesterday, I will take you to Dragon Palace.” The sea turtle put Taro on her back and dives into the sea.
In the Dragon Palace, beautiful Princess Oto welcomed Taro, and he was welcomed with delicious treats and dancing of fish dance. Taro danced and he enjoyed a couple of days.
One day, Taro decided to go home, and he said, “My mother will get angry if I do not return home soon.” Princess Oto said, “This is a treasure of Dragon Palace. When you face in trouble, you can open it”. She handed a special box to the Taro.
3 Oct 2020
Momotaro(Peach Boy)
Once upon a time, in a certain place, and there lived a grandfather and grandmother.
The old man on the lawn to the mountain, the old woman went to the selection to the river.
When the old woman is the laundry in the river, Donburako, and Donburako, a large peach has been flowing.
"Oh, it'll never be a good souvenir."
Granny picked up a large peach, took home to home.
Then, when the old man and the old woman try to cut the peach to eat a peach, what, a good man of the baby of energy from within came jump out.
"This is surely, we must have God gave me."
Grandfather and grandmother did not have children is a great joy.
The boy was born from the peach, the old man and the old woman was named Momotaro.
Momotaro is growing vigorously, now soon strong boy.
18 Sept 2020
The Grateful Crane
Once upon a time, there lived an exceedingly poor but very kind old man and his wife. One very cold winters day, the old man decided to go off to town to sell some firewood. But there in the middle of a field the old man saw a crane struggling in a trap that had been laid.
15 Sept 2020
Rapunzel
There once lived a man and his wife, who had long wished for a child, but in vain. Now there was at the back of their house a little window which overlooked a beautiful garden full of the finest vegetables and flowers; but there was a high wall all round it, and no one ventured into it, for it belonged to a witch of great might, and of whom all the world was afraid.
2 Sept 2020
Cinderella
There was once a rich man whose wife lay sick, and when she felt her end drawing near she called to her only daughter to come near her bed, and said, "Dear child, be pious and good, and God will always take care of you, and I will look down upon you from heaven, and will be with you." And then she closed her eyes and expired. The maiden went every day to her mother's grave and wept, and was always pious and good. When the winter came the snow covered the grave with a white covering, and when the sun came in the early spring and melted it away, the man took to himself another wife.
30 Aug 2020
Hansel and Gretel
Once upon a time, there was a brother and a sister called Hansel and Gretel. They lived in a small house by the forest with their father and stepmother, and they were very poor. One evening, Hansel overheard the husband and wife talking..
28 Aug 2020
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she called all seven to her and said, "Dear children, I have to go into the forest, be on your guard against the wolf; if he come in, he will devour you all--skin, hair, and all. The wretch often disguises himself, but you will know him at once by his rough voice and his black feet."
24 Aug 2020
The Golden Goose
There was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called the Simpleton, and was despised, laughed at, and neglected, on every occasion. It happened one day that the eldest son wished to go into the forest to cut wood, and before he went his mother gave him a delicious pancake and a flask of wine, that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst. When he came into the forest a little old grey man met him, who wished him good day, and said, "Give me a bit of cake out of your pocket, and let me have a drink of your wine; I am so hungry and thirsty." But the prudent youth answered, "Give you my cake and my wine? I haven't got any; be off with you." And leaving the little man standing there, he went off. Then he began to fell a tree, but he had not been at it long before he made a wrong stroke, and the hatchet hit him in the arm, so that he was obliged to go home and get it bound up. That was what came of the little grey man.
23 Aug 2020
The bamboo princess
Long ago,there was a grandfather called Okina Of Taketori. One day, the grandfather cut a rod of bright bamboo,then a little cute girl appeared from there. The grandfather and garandmother named her[Kaguya Princess] and brought up with care.The Princess beomes so beautiful that this rumor could reach
the ear of the King. At that time,Kaguya Princess was shedding tears facing to the moon.
Shortly,in a full moon night,Kaguya Princess was invited by
a celestial nymph and got back to the moon world.
22 Aug 2020
The Bremen town musicians
Good night...
21 Aug 2020
The Frog King
Good sleep with Japanese......
15 Aug 2020
Little Red Riding Hood
Good sleep...
13 Aug 2020
Snow White
Reading Snow White in Japanese and you can fall asleep.
13 Aug 2020
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