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  2. Gon, the Little Fox - Wikipedia

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    In this story, Hyoju's mother dies, Gon gets shot by Hyoju while trying to make up for his errors, and Hyoju feels guilty for shooting the fox that was trying to help him. The moral is often interpreted that everybody has to accept their fate. Foxes (see kitsune) are also seen in Japanese culture as magical and often mischievous animals. Some ...

  3. Run, Melos! - Wikipedia

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    was used as a Japanese language textbook for second graders (children of ages 13–14) in Japanese middle schools by Chukyo. [5] In the beginning, it was also used in Japanese high school textbooks for students ranging from 15 to 17 years old. In addition, it was a Japanese middle school textbook, used by 13–15-year-olds in the middle 1960's.

  4. Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories - Wikipedia

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    Every week at 5 p.m. an old man in a yellow mask (the kamishibaiya or kamishibai narrator) shows up at a children's playground and tells them ghost stories based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin. The man tells the stories on the back of his bicycle using a traditional kamishibai (紙芝居, Paper Drama) method and features a new ...

  5. Category:Children's short stories - Wikipedia

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    Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

  6. Category:Japanese short stories - Wikipedia

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  7. Children's anime and manga - Wikipedia

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    Children's manga (Japanese: 子供向け漫画, Hepburn: kodomo-muke manga) and children's anime (子供向けアニメ, kodomo-muke anime) refer to manga and anime directed towards children. [1] These series are usually moralistic, often educating children about staying in the right path in life. Each chapter is usually a self-contained story.

  8. The Dream of Akinosuke - Wikipedia

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    The island is idyllic, with bountiful crops and no crime, and Akinosuke's wife bears him seven children. However, one day, without warning, Akinosuke's wife becomes ill and dies. The grieving Akinosuke goes to great trouble to hold a proper funeral, and he erects a large monument in his wife's memory.

  9. Straw Millionaire - Wikipedia

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    Straw Millionaire by Kiichi Okamoto in Kunio Yanagita's Nihon Mukashibanashi-Shu. The legend of the Straw Millionaire (わらしべ長者, Warashibe Chōja), also known as Daietsu or the Daikokumai, is a Japanese Buddhist folk tale about a poor man who becomes wealthy through a series of successive trades, starting with a single piece of straw. [1]