Show f i Ti I i I lip 11 I 1 t t t i HI tl t t 1 t It I I t i t I II 11 t t tl t ii I I t It tt j I r s Stories He S Sr C h 1 d r n h i ic iJ I r I I J l Ale t r c 1 N rl iii g emu i ir 1 o i v fP tOp L l v 4 i if r Japanese Japanese Superstitions Up Upset Upset set se by a Boy o Who o Spent e n t Enough gh Time Tim in America to o Learn the th t e eR Truth ru About out Evil R vi Vil Spirits Spin is MYO SHAA A MA was wu a It Japanese J boy bov who when a few years old was wu carried e outto out aut outto to 1018 tea sett in a small 11 boat and aDd afterward picked up by an American whaling hip which took lam him to New I ew Bedford where be he remained until he was Avas fourteen years old when wilen he be went back to Japan and nd soon reached his own home in the province of 01 Hizen N Now ow as u you fOU may well ll imagine ima f e had hod learn learned learnd ed d many things while in America Ameri that tOOt made him himfar himfar himfar far different from all the other Japanese lads and mong among them was the fact that there is no such thing thing as a demon or r a witch But on the other hand he be had forgotten that all nIl the tho Japanese J e chil children dren believe fervently in hi all an such things for while he had been b en learning to 10 read and nd write as well weIr as asa studying about electricity chemistry and physiology all these the e things had been driven out of life hita inird a his parents had recovered from their first feelings of delight and astonishment they began to tn ask all manner Fanner of questions of cf their son Bon and Ml many were the expressions ns A f they let Jet escape when they fully realized r whist what k IHL had bad seen en and learned Finally his father declared You Yost Y 01 have haTe certainly been under the protection of oi O hi the Guardian We feared that th got you for we ire knew that you had bd boon been boonin in iD the boat on the river But Dut tell tall me exclaimed what is a fI What Whitt have you forgotten fO lOtten all n that ou ou know w when a ti child e Ud f r asked his 1110 mother Do m o you u not rs a frightened you ware were when it was said Benl that t the Kappa was was abroad 1 w r f rI I guess rT I have Ve forgotten o all u t sin 41 II 11 omo j r dear Gear how bow surprising I 1 cried Cr od Grandpa ps pa Sham ira He will win have to learn rn all aU over oyer again i te Kapp appa s Is sa a dreadful d df l 1 monster n a de dedy and st riMe rile creature that dwells clwell in lakes and rivers It lias tho the body of n a lt earold child but is covered with hair liked like ft It monkey Its eyes ayes are ore bright and pierc Piere ion in and it can caB talk tak just as we do although it is as not liot human hall It has a cavity in its skull like a cup wIDe which n is always filled with water and aud it comes out otti from the river ri er at night to w steal melons and sad egg r What a Q strange strang tasted taste cried Tom o laughing Taro ti r rid Do Donot ot laugh said id d his Grandpa solem solemnly 1 look looking k ki tag ing i quite pained and shocked T c Kappa is no laughing BC matter mattix let Jet me tell you You might meet him v Ir What t will trill he do to mer me asked the boy y Ho He writes invites men m n to wrestle with him and puny as he be ia is i be he always overcomes them tem unless it hap happen ha I pen lIeU s that thA t the tale t e water in his m be spilled when mn all aH his bis strength fades awry away aw y instantly Butt But B tto to de defeat defeat defeat feat him is as a bad as to be defeated for the result is loss loins 1 of reason said arid a gradual dual wasting wU Dg away awa This for lor or what Kappa means will also attack people in boats and suck their blood there therefore tb fore foN we feared that lie he had caught you rOlL Up in the theUma Uma Ursa U district he canes every year and claims clam two victims and this is proved for two people ev rj year ear out of all who wb bathe in the than lake Jake fall sick sack and md wn te away in pining and sorrow all l they the hive have M malaria said who 1110 re 10 refused ti fused ft to d j Kappa as seriously as the rest of the be family Besides who ever saw sax it Id like fo to foka know ka wl wlm His m father Eater with a pale face that showed gr t fear fr at hia a bold words got up ip at t once n jd going Da to fo the door quickly qu hung up a crabs shell oyer ones the lintel which is supposed to avert afelt evil lu luin in iii i Japan span just ju t as u a horseshoe was once onee supposed in inow ow own land to perform the same kind office oi co When WIlen asked to have this action explained the die whole family was as almost in tears over ovel his dread dreadful dreadful ful ignorance of the most niost ost necessary nece sar things It is pitiful pi ful said his mother and more than thant tom t it is is dai g roue for the th boy now DOW that he is ishi hi and strong may venture into fearful danter dan r without being prepared by the le proper charms and ami incantations and maybe come to 10 some dreadful end Yet it is very late to begin egin to teach a child things which he should have haTe learned even eYen as be walked I fear he will win never Dever acquire acq acquire ire knowl 1 knowla Owl a was beginning to worry thinking that thet there really reaDy was a chance of Ms th is failing to tora 1 ra all an Japanese J knowledge ands and ft a eked red Who ean oan MO Tae these t eIe t and what WM ire are tile tye w dais dangers ers rs that axe are to be he f oared and aDd avoided void H I hero been in in many different kinds of a t danger al already already t tn ready They y are very numerous numerous indeed n replied replie re Grand Gud Grandpa G pa First you yon might unless un s sa w t a a sea u seki or deat s Never heard of one OM said T carelessly ca a Ah what awful danger he e is in m I ed cri s t is a stone which has bu been heen bewitched b by a an foR living Ji n g thing thina that touches it will perish aided aide Grandpa rand a solemnly r a ha 1 Bewitched by a f fast taxed cried o oI I used to have a tame f fox t He ITe followed me ins lire fire 1 a dog I All the f ily shrank back and looked at him Lt and f frightened y After a moment his hil father faiLer said slowly slow Perhaps IT it ii that faraway strange land the curse chase may ina lY not Dot work v i k He Ik seems teems to be he perfectly healthy Or maybe m somehow foxes are aro diff different rent there pdt 0 M t Grandpa looking carefully at the tho boy for r 3 iu ouch h a strange thing was wa unheard of as a boy hav having having ing companionship with a lo an animal dreaded md and feared more mure than any other ther unless it be a badger 1 adge r They are ju just t exactly tho tl me and I 1 am coin going 1 t to 1 get one here as soon as I can catch a i cub d ia L Lia ia dared ca Tora Tono o oLet Let us g to the th rood good Shinto priest with ith him hims s id iJ his hi fat fatter ici nil o 0 in in u a sort of sad d nd aid 1 s n sien t i i in hotl to 10 the temple a n b L l 1 armed ii amid Huid great greit rs rt rid aid surrounded by a it lovely garden in in wb c h hof th tl thi wand md of naming darning chrysanthemums grew Wh nUl u ut tho t t old alt ld j ri iV heard he rd of hello i rt u e he up h his hi h in in pi pious j i alarm and nd 3 sail iJ Lip r Lear Dear What if hat shall shaU we do Jo He lk is is already i R vr 1 I lUIA v v vI VA if t Ii 0 h r A f I fl 0 1 r A I Iw w e 1 41 ra rat t y t tr r t l lw w e eti ti 1 a y F c d in a 1 3 t F i i rt r Li fP t tl I t r To l I 1 it j f i t The Picture Pl ture Taken T lk n Just 4 th the 1 Seized the Girl rl C r almost ta f a man man and nothing of the perils sur sl Yes leather r he probably does d not ever know what a 11 badger is said Mr tearfully lly wen W l what w we Vc boys used to cull call c cats at atA in iii America A 0 said i o The old priest shuddered and said The badger dg r is not not as 58 dangerous as the th fox my myse se s i fIlm rhe badger plays many a sad trick on us s but bu buthe J I he ue is IS rarely dangerous He turns himself into 31 s lJ teapot under our noses nos s ir br r goes about on moon moonlight moonlight moonlight t light ni beating a 1 t on his paunch like a drummer or at Rt doors do rs to frighten lonely women its ts dS H well as fiS throwing things innings all about the tho house if the happens to be open Many a aman 1 man has been en Uy frightened nod by him nim im as aswell well 33 aJ many children when l en coining coming upon him in in a dark road but the fox can assume human form and also enter into the bony body of a l man If H tIe e fox Tires lives near neara a graveyard F be can eal 4 be beautiful muiden also We Vc have had many people Pe in this bis district who have been possessed by bf a fox who exactly like that th t dread animal barking running away from dogs and losing all human attributes Z I cant pant sep see what good that does loes the fox said id o his J T arent bel Held tup up their t i in horror h The priest went on If Ii you stray abroad at night you win will soon lose that tt smile amile of contempt You Yeu may gay Jr moot melt the awful Ka I j jid f fAnd And id who wItO is i he hel asked as cd the boy lay boyr i r f a co That Thai is the p a demon who wh cuts off womans hair and d wounds mon man in the arils arms and lesu legs Well worse than what the fox fex does said If H I meet him laim rill Ill run Yes and he lie will trip you up lp up and bruise you cried his mother shuddering r n nYon You Yon must mast flee to the shade of a tree tr said the he e priest B But tl J I do know a enoki trey trea hm an axle axletree axletree tree said Til have liate to 10 learn all aU about trees u trees too I suppose in order to keep off all these th se spooks spoon and things Certainly taillY said s the priest pries c You ou learn arn what plants will win charm the tho demons and cure ur paim rain and acl a ee such as how to use the oakleaf for toothache tooth toothache ache and the leaf for chills the cedar and camphor leaves for nightmare and hn and so forth orth Pieces of sacred tombstones tomb ground to powder po er euro cure consumption on and will rill make ake you u invisible to Oni that gentleman f t asked the irreverent boy boyHe He II is ie another demon homed with an m awful filled with sharp fangs glaring eyes flat nose fOlIC three hands and feet with silver sUver nails and he be wears a tiger kia Gee 1 cried Did you ever see ace e him f forbid I cried the priest with a K shudder covering a ip his bis eyes with his hand MI I hope I ii never er el tit J I can c an slur shots you a flue fine portrait of f him hf eo hundred years hgo by the gt ax ar st st 3 It h e worst demon of all asked f a Oh no o there here is is a far greate greater and snore more terrible t one en eased ed the This one me is in size sizo zo and d of With the enormous strength strengths body of n a 1 man he ie has the face and wings of a great black bird bir birda a he mo it is is as a storm Some say a that th e is 11 a woman and at she has l s ears en or 5 l lid lidan an a R nose ese u to long Jong that tl at she can hang ni nion mal men on onit it it flies A ies s a thousand thou nd miles mil es without tout tiring Her teeth bite tia iron irOD iron I know not oot but biu that there may may be he female Tongue but I am suro sura of the t inlo anlo 10 one Even E ven now of late Inte te le his hu been hoard heard t ard from in in the mountains of gf sh which h is l somewhere in in the West cst I know not where Oh Ob I T how ow where it is said What lu exclaimed fl flue e priest Do you lOU know biow about a place you have hac never soon seen 8 11 t i Certainly I study geography and I study most bout about Japan after the States Statts I Certainly I can draw a n map of this noun conn country try like a But I wow would just like to set see that picture of air au Oni if you yon will show it to t mo mp Father showed bowed him the picture and i it aras terrifying enough to make a cat but the scarcely flared laro l to look kok closely close at atit atit atit it for 01 fear leur of its baneful influence Then the priest showed s owed a picture of a an nn a awful tul creature ai 1 f r rim impossible im ap as a it was us and t taking Out ilU Bis is pencil l made n bf it which caused Ida his i parents and sisters si to regard him with some awe especially when he wrote in English what the priest had said beneath the picture They were much im impressed impress impress pressed press because none of hem em could do more than sign thair tl names H Ii The sa said d Father th ther r Y will trill dart down d wn upon a man n ry J him minva away sometimes so but he ne usually 0 men r and them e er to the thc mountains from whence thence ence they return many days afterward with ell dl their t wits gone This hap happened happened happened over in in Hiel j ily I last year I to a n man named Kiuchi I saw him when he returned r tum d from the mountains and he waa w surely demented d dIa ila Maybe Ia be b something got him suggested su g sted T m yo 30 Jim ams or he be went nutty eh ehI ehl ehlI ehi i I suppose those are arc American demons i Per Ji haps ps they have power hero ro but probably not said slid the thc priest Say I r w v r t j u folks will say sa when you see sec an auto bi tn p past astl exclaimed e Tom T m mo yo o My f send Pater II Hughes 5 is IS going to bring his is machine here next th and we wo are cre re to take a journey all aU over oV Japan and if if lf you dont run fur for r some sowe of or your spoils spells wi fh slits most ginger in in them th m fhe a my gu y st many more bogies bogl can caa tr out fI fIn Y w cannot n understand unde t the s P saM sai H l Father Y He lie speaks as r tg ig rid riddles riddles dies fV lI I am obliged ip you for the instructions instruction said 5 jd Torayo Tom o and then lie be gAve the tho priest a n dollar lush caused that worthy old man to fall full into a ll profuse perspiration AS M that sum sum was vas more moro than thon hd lie had received in two months as salary f If I see a added the tho boy Ill take a pp POP at fit Mm him with my revolver and perhaps him h himI If I do Ill bring him up tip and we will have hun him h in stuffed stuff d and set up in the tho temple Thou Thon ho followed his parents p leaving the priest pr est looking after him with a funny smile on his fa ce i ifor for the smart old fellow knew very very well what non nin nonsense sense he had been talking and admired the bright lad c Mr was silent t for ha he had bad many fear fearful alas fuT ful apprehensions in regard to his sons safety in tl that land so full of all an sorts sor of demons but he tork tok to k care to touch the he trunk a f sacred tree tr was passed p on the way home Even there they still talked t ked of other spooky y things such as tho the and the th witch of rats that charm el h hn arm babies and bring money mon t into int this the th house also te a giant catfish c that is buried in the eaU ea vim and when it moves moes its tail tai the earthquakes that afflict that land When asked why WIlY it never worried America they shook their heads in silence and when whon he ho told them how ridiculous it was to suppose suppose a fish held up the die world they looked at him in wonder for fer al 11 although though he explained tHat he ho had hadjo journeyed com completely completely around the tho world they could not compre comprehend comprehend hend bend that tha it was round at all You may laugh at us ix but it is wrong said his mother We r e know there are all sorts of demons d 1 1 Surely added his father Why liy hy there are aro family families Here hero who 10 have havo the blood of in their veins Nobody will marry into such sueh families and for that t matter into Dw no family until this is le looked into If one of these tl e people eople but looks at nt food and covets it the food foul spoils at lit once Huh Buhl What else do dOl you know about t the them 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