A Retelling of a Traditional Story
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(Part 1)

Once there was a good old man who lived up on a mountain in Japan. All round his little house the mountain was flat and the ground was rich. On this lovely piece of land grew wonderful fields of rice. The fields provided food for the people who lived in the village at the foot of the mountain.

The old man lived with his little grandson, whose name was Yone. Every morning and evening Yone and his grandfather looked down on the people ...