Issun Boshi

[Story Teller]

One afternoon the princess took Issun-boshi along and went to pay her respects at the Kiyomizu temple.



Along the way, two ogres suddenly jumped out onto the road and blocked their path.



Issun-boshi unsheathed his sword and instantly threw himself upon their attackers. But suddenly one of the ogres swallowed him up in one gulp. In retort, he stabbed at the insides of its stomach. The ogre was so overcome with pain that it threw Issun-boshi up out of its stomach. Issun-boshi immediately jumped up on the other ogre's eyebrow and stabbed at its eye.

Defeated, the ogres fled away crying, and in the process, one of them dropped its magic hammer.



The princess picked up the magical hammer and said, "If you wave this, anything you ask for - money or rice - will be yours." Issun boshi replied , "I want neither money or rice. All I want is to become full-sized." The princess nodded, then waved the hammer, singing, "Growwww, growwww"



In an instant, Issun-boshi became a full-grown, handsome warrior. He married the princess and, together with his parents, they lived happily ever after.