. Buddha's crystal and other fairy stories. iwa, his birthplace. He told himself thathe was glad he had come. Wandering along, he came at last before a large,roofed gate. Issunboshi did not know it, but he had cometo the residence of one of the greatest Kuge or Courtnobles, that of Prince Sanjo. With the simplicity andfearlessness of ignorance, attracted by the magnificence ofthe place, he, who ought to have been afraid of setting hisfoot inside the gate, marched right into the grounds andup to the large porch, and called out : O tanomi moshimasu (I beg to make an honourableenquiry). At that m
. Buddha's crystal and other fairy stories. iwa, his birthplace. He told himself thathe was glad he had come. Wandering along, he came at last before a large,roofed gate. Issunboshi did not know it, but he had cometo the residence of one of the greatest Kuge or Courtnobles, that of Prince Sanjo. With the simplicity andfearlessness of ignorance, attracted by the magnificence ofthe place, he, who ought to have been afraid of setting hisfoot inside the gate, marched right into the grounds andup to the large porch, and called out : O tanomi moshimasu (I beg to make an honourableenquiry). At that moment it chanced that the Kuge himselfwas just inside the entrance. What a queer voice ! said the great man, and helooked out. But as he was not expecting anything sosmall as Issunboshi, he could at first see no one. Thinkingthis very strange, as he had certainly heard someonespeak, he looked and looked again, and, at last, on thestep before the entrance, by the side of a pair of clogs, hesaw what looked like a tiny doll, alive. ISSUNBOSHI. uN IHK STKlS Uli SAW WHAT 1-OOKEI) LIKED A TINY IK)1,1. Oh, oh ! said the Kuge, look here, what a straiig-ething I have found ! Come, servants, come and look ! Then he spoke to the midget. Did you call just now ? Issunboshi bowed and said ; Yes, it was I! •Indeed? And what may you want ? asked theKuge Sanjo, and, he continued, what a tiny mite you are !I never in my life saw anything so small as you. Tell mewho you are ? 38 ISSUNBOSHI • I have just come from the town of Naniwa, and myname is * Issunboshi. * What! Issunboshi is your name ! It must be becauseof your size that you are so called. What has broughtyou here ? I have been turned away from home by my fatherbecause of my size, and, as I have nowhere to go, pleasetake me into your house. Can you do so ? The Kuge Sanjo reflected a moment and thenanswered : Truly I am sorry for you, poor little man. You arecertainly of interest to all who see you, for surely there isnot such
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