N I G H T B R I N G E R . S E
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HANASAKA JISAN
An old man made blossoms
Once upon a time, there were two old men. One was very honest, and the other was a liar.
The honest man had a dog, named "pochi". One day, pochi barked in the middle of field. So the honest man dag there. From beneath the soil appeared an amount of gold. The liar envied him. He took pochi out, and ordered to search gold for him. Pochi reluctantly barked in his field. When he dag the field, only ugly serpents and toads emerged from the earth. He got angry, and killed pochi.
The honest old man was sorrowful. He buried pochi's body and planted a tree as its tomb. The tree grew rapidly. So he cut the tree and made a mortar out of the wood. When he made rice cake with the mortar, gold coins poured out from the mortar. So he got more rich.
The liar old man envied him again. He borrowed the mortar from the honest man, and used it to made rice cake. Again, he got only worms, frogs and snakes. He got angry, and burned the wooden mortar.
The honest old man was sorrowful again. He brought the ashes of the mortar back, and strew it. The ashes were carried by wind to dead trees, and to his surprise, the dead tree revived and blossomed. The lord of the region saw it, and very amazed. So he was rewarded much.
The liar old man envied him three times. He stole the remained ashes, and went to the lord's castle. He said he could make dead trees blossomed,
and demonstrated in front of the lord. However, he was betrayed three times. The tree didn't revive. And the ashes flew into the eyes of the lord,
making the lord very angry. So the old man liar was executed at last.
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