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202 HONDA THE SAMURAI. dreamlessly, but Ban to dream of riding on a dragon's back over the top of Fuji San, and of falling off and into his father's garden-hedge near Kyoto. Waking up he found his head off the pillow. Replacing it on the little bolster, he slept soundly till morning. After a breakfast of tea, rice, black beans, and broiled fish well flavored with soy, they stepped out on the Tokaido. Not far from the inn they passed the supposed grave of the Japanese Rip Van Win- kle. Every child within the four seas of Nippon knows the story. A fisher-boy named Urashima Taro once went out to fish alone on the ocean. During three days and nights he caught nothing, but while wet and hungry he caught a turtle, which begged for its life. Hungry as he was, Taro did not kill it, but laid it in the bottom of the boat and fell asleep. The turtle then changed itself into a lovely maiden, and when Taro awoke he instantly fell in love with her, though afraid to tell her so. She told him she was the daughter of the king of the world under the sea, and if he would vow to take her as his wife she would take him to her father's palace, feast him, give him all joys and comforts, and always be faithful to him. She told him to close his eyes. When he opened them he was in a world of dazzling beauty, full of gold, silver, coral, gems, and things unspeakably beautiful. He sat down to a splendid banquet with the lords and ladies of the beautiful palace, and there were dancing and music. Taro so far forgot his own country and people
FROM KAMAKURA TO YEDO. 203 that he lived in constant pleasure during three years. his old At the end of that time he wanted to visit parents. The princess, his wife, gave him a box and charged him never to open it, but when he wanted to come back to her to hold it and wish himself with her again. Getting into his boat once more he shut his eyes, and when he opened them he was near his native village. He stepped ashore, but he knew none of the people nor did they know him. The children laughed and the dogs barked at him. Inquiring of an old man where the family of Urashirna dwelt, the aged villager replied, "What a strange question! Whence do you come? I have indeed heard from old people that seven generations ago a family named Urashima did live in this village. Their son sailed out to sea alone and never came back ; but that was three hundred years now gone. Their house crumbled to pieces long ago." At this Taro felt sick and unutterably lonely. He went out to the village graveyard to look at the moss-covered stones set over the ashes of the dead. There he brooded for days over his disappointment, thinking of his sweet princess in the under -sea world, but forgetful of her orders he opened the casket. Only a purple vapor floated out; but in- stantly Taro felt the stiffness of old age, his hair became as white as snow, and after a few hours of decrepitude and wretchedness he fell dead. " What is Urashima's grave doing here ? " asked Honda. "As they tell the story in my province, the fisher-boy was a native of Tango, whose prom-
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FROM KAMAKURA TO YEDO. 203<br />
that he lived in constant pleasure during three<br />
years.<br />
his old<br />
At the end of that time he wanted to visit<br />
parents. The princess, his wife, gave him a<br />
box and charged him never to open it, but when he<br />
wanted to come back to her to hold it and wish<br />
himself with her again. Getting into his boat once<br />
more he shut his eyes, and when he opened them he<br />
was near his native village. He stepped ashore, but<br />
he knew none of the people nor did they know him.<br />
The children laughed and the dogs barked at him.<br />
Inquiring of an old man where the family of Urashirna<br />
dwelt, the aged villager replied, "What a<br />
strange question! Whence do you come? I have<br />
indeed heard from old people that seven generations<br />
ago a family named Urashima did live in this village.<br />
Their son sailed out to sea alone and never came<br />
back ; but that was three hundred years now gone.<br />
Their house crumbled to pieces long ago."<br />
At this Taro felt sick and unutterably lonely. He<br />
went out to the village graveyard to look at the<br />
moss-covered stones set over the ashes of the dead.<br />
There he brooded for days over his disappointment,<br />
thinking of his sweet princess in the under -sea<br />
world, but forgetful of her orders he opened the<br />
casket. Only a purple vapor floated out; but in-<br />
stantly Taro felt the stiffness of old age, his hair<br />
became as white as snow, and after a few hours of<br />
decrepitude and wretchedness he fell dead.<br />
" What is Urashima's grave doing here ? " asked<br />
Honda. "As they tell the story in my province,<br />
the fisher-boy was a native of Tango, whose prom-