The crimson fairy book . at the booth must now be closed. Day after day the booth was so full it was hardlypossible to enter it, and what the neighbour foretold had THE MAGIC KETTLE 371 come to pass, and Jimmu was a rich man. Yet he didnot feel happy. He was an honest man, and he thoughtthat he owed some of his wealth to the man from whomhe had bought the kettle. So, one morning, he put ahundred gold pieces into it, and hanging the kettle oncemore on his arm, he returned to the seller of it. * I haveno right to keep it any longer, he added when he hadended his tale, so I have brought it back t
The crimson fairy book . at the booth must now be closed. Day after day the booth was so full it was hardlypossible to enter it, and what the neighbour foretold had THE MAGIC KETTLE 371 come to pass, and Jimmu was a rich man. Yet he didnot feel happy. He was an honest man, and he thoughtthat he owed some of his wealth to the man from whomhe had bought the kettle. So, one morning, he put ahundred gold pieces into it, and hanging the kettle oncemore on his arm, he returned to the seller of it. * I haveno right to keep it any longer, he added when he hadended his tale, so I have brought it back to you, andinside you will find a hundred gold pieces as the price ofits hire. The man thanked Jimmu, and said that few peoplewould have been as honest as he. And the kettle broughtthem both luck, and everything went well with themtill they died, which they did when they were very old,respected by everyone. [Adapted from Japanische Mdhrchen ] PRINTED BY SPOTIISWOODK AND CO. LTD., ^>yi;AKF. TONDOX o <!...
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