The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

Talking tea kettles, a monstrous goblin-spider, miniature warriors, and other fanciful creatures abound in exotic tales brimming with warmth and whimsy. Eleven excellently translated fables include "The Fountain of Youth," "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings," "The Wooden Bowl," "My Lord Bag-o'-Rice," and more. 21 original illustrations by Yuko Green. A talking tea kettle, a monstrous goblin-spider that lives in a haunted temple, miniature soldiers that plague a lazy young bride, and other fanciful creatures abound in this captivating collection of eleven Japanese fairy tales. Youngsters are transported to an exotic, faraway world of samurai warriors, rice fields, humble cottages, and a magical spring in five tales excellently translated and adapted by noted writer and linguist Lafcadio Hearn: "The Fountain of Youth," "Chin-Chin Kobakama," "The Goblin-Spider," "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings," and the title story. Six additional stories — in versions by Grace James, Basil Hall Chamberlain, and other authorities on Japanese folklore — include "The Tea-Kettle," "The Wooden Bowl," "My Lord Bag-o'-Rice," "The Hare of Inaba," "The Silly Jelly-Fish," and "The Matsuyama Mirror." Talking tea kettles, a monstrous goblin-spider, miniature warriors, and other fanciful creatures abound in exotic tales brimming with warmth and whimsy. 11 excellently translated fables include ""The Fountain of Youth, "" ""The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings, "" ""The Wooden Bowl, "" ""My Lord Bag-o'-Rice, "" and more. 21 original illustrations by Yuko Green Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chin-Chin Kobakama; The Goblin-Spider; The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings; The Boy Who Drew Cats; The Silly Jelly-Fish; The Fountain of Youth; The Hare of Inaba; My Lord Bag-o'-Rice; The Wooden Bowl; The Tea-Kettle; The Matsuyama Mirror