![]() ![]() ![]() “I wonder if your very small body can do anything.” How small! Why do you want to meet me?” “Please let me be your retainer.” “Excuse me, but I want to meet the feudal lord.” The lord came to the door, “What? Who’s there?” “Here I am, at your feet.” I shall ask them at once.” At long last Issumboshi arrived at the palace. Then he climbed up to the railing and viewed the town. Issumboshi went on the trip with a big wish in a small body.Īt last Issumboshi reached the capital city and anchored under the bridge. “Is he safe? With such a small body?” Grandfather and Grandmother asked as they saw him off. Issumboshi sheathed a needle sword in a straw case, put on a cup for a sedge hat, and started out with a chopstick staff, in high spirits. At once they began to prepare for his trip. Then I will come back.” Grandfather and Grandmother were worried about him, but Issumboshi’s mind would not be changed. One day, Issumboshi said, “I will go to the capital to study and become a respectable person. “Eat a lot, and grow up quickly,” Grandmother said. Grandmother would make some big rice balls and encourage him. ![]() “Hey, Issumboshi, do you want to be eaten by a frog?” Issumboshi was always being bullied by the children of the village and often went home feeling unhappy. They raised Issumboshi with much care, but Issumboshi never grew bigger. “We will call this child ‘Issumboshi’,” they said. They looked and saw a crying baby who looked just like a little finger.
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