Logan Republican | 1904-04-30 | Page 7 | Fairy Tales of the Japs

FAtRY TALES OF "THE JAPS. Children Listen to Fables Much as Do Their Western Brethren. Japanese children aro accustomed to lots of toys. They have tholr games and nursery rhymes galore. Their "Mother Gooso" is centuries older than, qtira; In (act; It Is said that Jap mothers moth-ers used to rcclto Its Jingles long before be-fore Columhus discovered America. A fuvorito hero ot tho Jananaso book is a man who rides on n frog. Long ago ho was n poor robber, but gifted with rcmarkablu dexterity as a swordsman. swords-man. Ouco ho attacked n beautiful lady, who suddenly jurned Into nn elderly gentleman. Breaking tho robber's rob-ber's sword Into half a dozen pieces, Just as if it had boon a dry twig, tho old man announced that ho was tho Ancient of all Frogs and counseled tho youth to refrain In future from stealing from tho poor and to conflno his attentions exclusively to lio wealthy. At tho samo tlmo ho placed himself him-self at tho service of tho oung man, who, mounted on tho frog's back, wns ablo to leap across rivers nnd to travel at great speed on land, theso superior facilities of transportation making it practicable) for him to rob usurers nnd other avaricious persons of their treasures. ,