Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . ly hadpunishment enough for the present, take him ; but gofetch him. So saying he gave the body a swing andcast it upon the neighbouring roof in the rear of theliondd. Here the unfortunate man clung for a mo-ment, to roll down the steep slope and crash on thestone pavement of the court below. When they ranto pick him up his head was jammed into his body. Ifeel my head somewhat warm in my body was all hesaid
Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . ly hadpunishment enough for the present, take him ; but gofetch him. So saying he gave the body a swing andcast it upon the neighbouring roof in the rear of theliondd. Here the unfortunate man clung for a mo-ment, to roll down the steep slope and crash on thestone pavement of the court below. When they ranto pick him up his head was jammed into his body. Ifeel my head somewhat warm in my body was all Benkei, meanwhile, had made off to the front again,picking up his abandoned staff on the way, and so passeddown the long avenue of cryptomeria leading to the high-way and to Miyako. He had, however, not gone much * Kwannon is Goddess of Mercy; the Avalokitesvara of IndianBuddhism— the Buddha child. t A quotation from Shinshinsai, who adds very properly a mostfoolish and impossible remark. He and Yamada differ in the story is a very old one, and the sources differ. Embroidery oflater writers is a fruitful source of variation in these tales recited tobiwa and THE WRATH OF MUSASHI-BO BENKEI WRECKS SHOSHA-SAN. MUSASHI-BO BENKEI : 249 beyond the huge torii marking the entrance to the templeprecincts when he heard the bells of the temple clangingfiercely in every direction. Ja-a-n! Ja-a-n! Go-o-n!Oo-o-n ! Looking back he saw volumes of smoke pouringskyward. The huge beam Kaiyen had seized in thekitchen had been still in his hands, and when Benkei hadthrown him up on the roof of the ho?ido the burning endhad stuck into the thatch. Thus the main temple was soonin flames, and these spread wide-cast from building to build-ing. Benkei watched the scene of turmoil, thehundreds ofmonks swarming to secure the treasures of the temple andtheir own little perquisites stored away in divers had some regret for the magnificent ceilings andpanellings, but the ap
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