Issun-boshi
Issun-boshi is no bigger than a thumb, but he wants to leave home and find work in the capital. A sewing needle becomes his sword, a soup bowl his boat and a chopstick his paddle. The journey is...
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Releasing the Buffalo
The people are hungry, yet Raven seems to have all the meat he needs. Where is he hiding the buffalo? To uncover his secret, they turn one of their own into a little dog with eyes of black obsidian. A...