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Special Literary Recognition Selection

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1979 International
Children's Memorial Production

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This is a story from long ago.

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A story before electricity and the
television, and before irrigation.

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A story from lonnnnnnnng ago in Japan.

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The overly mountainous landscape
made farming rice impossible.

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Millet and beans were all the
people could grow and eat.

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While sowing their seeds, the
people would cry out to the gods...

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"May one seed produce one thousand seeds.
May two seeds produce ten thousand seeds".

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May one seed produce one thousand seeds.
May two seeds produce ten thousand seeds.

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Heeeeey!

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Tatsunoko Taro!

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Come play with us!

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- Hurry and wake up! - Taro, come
play with us. - Wake up, Taro!

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Taro, dear. I say, Taro!

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Goodness.

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Umph.

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That sleepy head won't come out. He's lazy.

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He's VERY lazy.

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All he does is sleep.

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- His grandmother will probably
come out before him. - There she is!

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Poor old woman. If Taro doesn't start
to help her out, she'll never make it.

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How sad, how sad! He's
a glutton and a sloth!

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Perhaps he should be called
"Taro the Glutton".

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He won't obey the other villagers either.

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Dragon boy, dragon boy, boy of the Beasts!

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Dragon boy, dragon boy, boy of the Beasts!

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- Glutton boy Taro! - Lazy
boy, Taro! - Glutton boy, Taro!

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- Sloppy pig, Taro! - Glutton
boy, Taro! Lazy boy, Taro!

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Glutton boy, Taro! Lazy boy, Taro!
Glutton boy, Taro! Lazy boy, Taro!

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Shut up, you!

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Good morning!

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Winds of the East, blow strong.

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Winds of thhe West, also blow strong.

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Take all thhe rains withh you.

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I am, I am the dragon child, 
Tatsunoko Taro

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Taro the Dragon Boy. I am, I am 
the dragon child, Tatsunoko Taro

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Taro the Dragon Boy

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Taro the Dragon Boy. The land is 
calling me. Den dera den dera den

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The land is calling me. 
Den dera den dera den

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Massive dreams come my way.

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Dragon child, dragon child,
magical child.

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Journey through the lands.

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Winds of the South, blow strong.

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Winds of the North, also blow strong.

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Blow, blow your flutes with you.

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I am, I am the dragon child, Tatsunoko Taro

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The clouds are dancing.
Den dera den dera den

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Endless joy circles around.

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Dragon child, dragon child, magical child.

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Soar far above the sky.

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Taro-san, thank you.

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Huh? There come the boars.

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You share this with your mother, okay?

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Huh? What's that ribbon in the sky?

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I wonder where it's headed?

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Probably the next mountain over. I think.

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Fine. Let's all go see.

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Hey you all, what are you doing?

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Sumo wrestling. Tengu-sama
loves Sumo wrestling.

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What you're doing
is NOT Sumo. It's just sparring.

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Watch. This is how it's done.

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Yoisho! Yoisho!

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Well. Any one of you can
try your hand at it.

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I'll give it a try.

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Goood.

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Konta, good luck!

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Here they go.

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Yoisho! Who's next?

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Fiiiiine. I'm next.

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Fine.

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Go, Taro! Go, Taro!

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Big Bear, hang in there!
Big Bear, hang in there!

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Hooray!

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Hey, you boy over there. You're
not so bad. What are you called?

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Tatsunoko Taro!

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Dragon, eh? That sounds amusing.
Fine. I will wrestle with you. Come!

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Fine.

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Owwww.

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Myyyy, you're fairly strong, fairly strong.

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Finnnne.

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What are these? Scales?

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Tatsunoko Taro, I think I like you.

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I will grant you with the strength of
one hundred men. Come, drink this.

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He's drinking it!

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Come, animals, try to push him over!

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Finnne. Let's go!

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That was a valiant effort.
Well, Tatsunoko Taro!

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Now you have the strength
of one hundred men!

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Tengu-sama, thank you!

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That was nothing.

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Listen, Dragon Boy, that strength of one
hundred men can only be used to help others.

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You should find those in need and help them.

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Help others?

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Yes.

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If you try to help yourself,

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the strength of one hundred
will not surface.

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Use your own strength for your
own needs. Do you understand?

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Here I go!

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I'm so hungry. Grandma, I'm hungry.

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Why do you speak such nonsense. This
is the middle of the night. You must sleep.

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Grandma, starting tomorrow, would
you make twice as many dumplings?

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You say you need more food?

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Not for me, I made more friends.
In the mountain next to us.

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I wish that you would play a lot
less and help out this village more.

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You could help with the millet crop.

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Help the village?

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Or you could at least collect some fruit.

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Oh my. So you really are a magical child!

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Where are you from? You don't
look like you're from my village.

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So you live in the next mountain
over. What's your name?

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My name is Aya. And yours?

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I am Tatsunoko Taro.

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A Dragon Child?

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Is it strange?

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It's a fine name. It sounds valiant.

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I see. Your flute is very pretty.

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Play some more for me.

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Very well.

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Hooray!

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Yoisho!

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That's strange.
The animals are not coming to me.

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What's happened?

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Oh my, oh my!

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Hey, you! Can you not hear the
drum of the mighty Red Oni?!

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Why you!

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So you're the flutist girl who has
been stealing away my animals, eh?

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Help me!

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Here I come!

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What is this little runt?

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Huh? That's odd.
That's not supposed to happen.

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Oh? Oh? Oh no-no-no-no!

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Someone help meeee.

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It's the Red Oni!

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Damn, I shall remember this!
What are these?!

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Tatsunoko Taro, thank you.
You are very strong.

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Whenever you're in trouble, I'll help you.

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- Well, I must go now.
- Sure.

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Come back here tomorrow and
let me hear your flute some more.

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Very well. I will.

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It's a promise.

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Good bye.

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It sounds like you've gotten TOO strong.

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But I only get strong when
I want to help others.

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You just get carried away sometimes.

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Grandma. What was my mother like?

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Was she pretty?

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I've been meaning to tell you this for some
time. But your mother might still be alive.

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Really? Where is she?

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Patience. I will tell you.

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This happened just before you were born.

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Your father had just died,
so your mother left...

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for the mountains to help
work with the men.

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You were still inside of her back then.

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One day, there was a big storm.

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And your mother did not return.

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Tatsuyo is gone! Tatsuyo is missing!

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Tatsuyo?

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Just after your mother
disappeared, a pond took her place.

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Tatsuyo!

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Your mother had turned into a dragon.

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Tatsu, what happened to your baby?

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Mother...

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what happened to my baby?
Can I still give birth to him?

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Three moons later,
a baby floated down the river.

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That was you, Taro.

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You were licking a beautiful ball.
That was your "breast milk".

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But how did Mother turn into a dragon?

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That I don't know.
The dragon said nothing to me.

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This comb here was also with you.

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It belonged to your mother.

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You licked the ball and grew
bigger and bigger.

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But when the ball was gone, you
wouldn't eat anything and you cried all day.

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I had no idea what to do.

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Tatsuyo, I beg of you!
Won't you show yourself to me?

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Tatsu. So that ball was your eyeball?

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He's smiling.

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Mother...

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Since I became blind, I am no
longer able to live in this pond.

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I will travel to a lake up north.

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But what about your son? What should I do?

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I will pray for him, so he will be fine.

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Good bye. Mother.

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My son. Farewell.

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Tatsuyo!

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When my son gets older,
please send him to see me.

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I won't die. And I will be waiting for him.

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I won't die. And I will be waiting for him.

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Fine. I will go search for Mother now.

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You fool! You are still just a child!

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I will go. My Mother is waiting for me!

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Taro! At least wait until morning.

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Mother! I'm going to find you!

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Don't worry, Grandma.
I promise I'll bring Mother home safe.

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Be careful out there.

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Taro-san! B-b-bad news! Aya-san
has been kidnapped by Red Oni!

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Are you serious?

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Hey, Red Oni! Show yourself!

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Oh? The runt has come to visit?

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I'm not a runt! Release Aya at once!

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You can talk big all you
want, but Aya is no longer here.

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You lie!

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I do not lie. Before she got a chance to
play her flute, Black Oni took her away.

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Are you serious?
And where is this Black Oni?

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In Black Iron Mountain over that way.

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Ah yes, I've just made 
some rice dumplings.

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Let's eat them together 
while. I tell you more.

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Rice dumplings?

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Correct. I'm sure that's
something you've never eaten before.

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Bang on that drum and wait for me.

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Fine. Go!

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As long as that runt is beating that
drum, he cannot see what I am up to.

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But my, what a bad musician he is.

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Why is it in such poor
condition at a time like this?!

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Taro-san, bad news! Red
Oni plots to kill and eat you!

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But wasn't he going to feed 
me rice dumplings?

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Not everyone who
offers you a rice dumpling is sincere!

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Come, Taro-san, let us escape! Taro-san.

219
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That damn Red Oni. He tried to trick me.

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Fine, this time for sure I'll get him.

221
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Well, I brought you some 
delicious dumplings.

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Take that!

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Watch out!

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What are you doing?

225
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Oh no! Oh no-no-no-no! My cleaver!

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It's gone. Damn you!

227
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I'll throw you to oblivion!

228
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Please, I'm sick of being 
thrown. Have mercy.

229
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Then will you show me to Black Oni's lair?

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Anything but that! Black Oni is frightening.

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In that case, I'll throw you
AND your drum to oblivion!

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I will do it! I will do it!

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Even I do not care to be a 
slave to Black Oni.

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Good!

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Owww.

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Fine, fine.

237
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Okay I'm going.

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This place is getting more and more gloomy.

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Aya! Aya!

240
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You dare try to escape from me?

241
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I smell a beast and a human.

242
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Who is hiding back there? Show yourself!

243
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It is I! Tatsunoko Taro!

244
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I was worried for a bit, but
I see you are a mere runt!

245
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Good evening, My Lord.

246
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What is the matter with you?

247
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I don't remember telling you to
bring me a filthy boy or a tasteless boar.

248
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I want a young GIRL. Where is she?

249
00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:02,957
I will bring her right away.

250
00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:07,130
You make me angry, Black
Oni. I challenge you to a duel!

251
00:25:08,139 --> 00:25:13,668
You foolish little runt. 
Can you compare to me?

252
00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:19,206
Go!

253
00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:24,214
What do you think? That is my 806th swing.

254
00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:29,191
Do you surrender now, little runt?

255
00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:37,869
Dammit!

256
00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:40,204
Why you!

257
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:48,543
Hey, stop it, stop it. That tickles!

258
00:25:48,613 --> 00:25:51,878
Time for stomach stomps! How's that?

259
00:26:04,029 --> 00:26:07,760
You rotten kid. You will die for this!

260
00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:13,295
Why you.

261
00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:16,673
Come to me.

262
00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:18,107
Watch out!

263
00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:22,613
Why you!

264
00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:30,677
You foolish Red Oni. You dare defy me?

265
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,963
Hey, stop. That tickles... That tickles!

266
00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,438
We did it!

267
00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:30,173
Oh my?

268
00:27:35,416 --> 00:27:38,330
Huh? I wonder what that is?

269
00:27:42,206 --> 00:27:47,178
That is the procession that carries a 
young girl to Black Oni as an offering.

270
00:27:47,603 --> 00:27:49,789
 I cannot tolerate this any longer.

271
00:27:50,358 --> 00:27:51,936
Red Oni, what's the matter?

272
00:27:52,353 --> 00:27:56,464
Black Oni forced me to harass the people
of the village at the foot of his mountain.

273
00:27:56,932 --> 00:27:58,922
The girl they are bringing is 
one of the girls I chose.

274
00:27:59,323 --> 00:28:02,675
Now they will seek revenge
on me! What shall I do?

275
00:28:03,035 --> 00:28:07,278
Very well, I will throw you into the
black clouds over this mountain.

276
00:28:08,127 --> 00:28:09,921
You can become a servant of the Thunder God.

277
00:28:10,691 --> 00:28:13,650
I like that! Please do it. Throw me.

278
00:28:14,188 --> 00:28:15,655
Fine.

279
00:28:16,038 --> 00:28:17,195
Go!

280
00:28:18,475 --> 00:28:20,548
Farewell!

281
00:28:24,629 --> 00:28:30,534
So this is the top of a cloud,
eh? What a comfortable place.

282
00:28:32,504 --> 00:28:37,441
Now I can bang on my drum as often
as I like! Tatsunoko Taro, I thank you!

283
00:28:41,541 --> 00:28:42,650
Go!

284
00:28:42,666 --> 00:28:44,196
You are very lucky, my dear.

285
00:28:44,788 --> 00:28:48,198
That boy, Tatsunoko Taro,
and that girl rescued you.

286
00:28:50,622 --> 00:28:53,989
I am truly, truly grateful to you!

287
00:28:57,362 --> 00:28:59,358
Hey! There's treasure in this mountain!

288
00:28:59,858 --> 00:29:01,079
A treasure?

289
00:29:01,608 --> 00:29:03,061
Wheeeee, go!

290
00:29:07,539 --> 00:29:09,131
I broke it!

291
00:29:14,312 --> 00:29:16,405
This way, this way!

292
00:29:19,184 --> 00:29:23,553
This is... all the rice we had grown!

293
00:29:23,588 --> 00:29:25,112
This is our rice!

294
00:29:28,793 --> 00:29:30,920
This is our rice!

295
00:29:31,696 --> 00:29:36,599
That damn Black Oni! 
He hid our rice in here!

296
00:29:36,634 --> 00:29:37,965
This is our rice!

297
00:29:41,573 --> 00:29:43,871
So this is rice?

298
00:29:52,826 --> 00:29:54,090
What a pretty horse.

299
00:29:54,912 --> 00:29:58,134
Black Oni said this pony 
can run strong all day.

300
00:29:58,762 --> 00:30:00,161
Umph.

301
00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:13,738
Let's follow her.

302
00:30:27,181 --> 00:30:29,877
What a pretty lake.

303
00:30:30,507 --> 00:30:34,534
To us peasants, water is our livelihood.

304
00:30:35,112 --> 00:30:36,784
But Black Oni...

305
00:30:37,812 --> 00:30:41,817
Look, he used that boulder 
to block its flow.

306
00:30:43,987 --> 00:30:47,428
This has put us
through such pain and suffering.

307
00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:55,645
What a beautiful mirror this is...

308
00:30:57,542 --> 00:30:59,776
I see. Aya-san, take this with you.

309
00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:04,310
I'm pleased.

310
00:31:05,991 --> 00:31:10,052
Fine. I will move that boulder for you.

311
00:31:13,002 --> 00:31:14,690
Come, men, we must also help him.

312
00:31:15,222 --> 00:31:16,556
That's right. We'll help.

313
00:31:18,203 --> 00:31:20,069
Let's help!

314
00:31:20,104 --> 00:31:21,935
I'll help too!

315
00:31:24,376 --> 00:31:26,207
Keep going.

316
00:31:27,946 --> 00:31:30,346
Just a bit more.

317
00:31:36,765 --> 00:31:38,246
What a large flatland.

318
00:31:39,083 --> 00:31:40,850
The water is coming!

319
00:31:50,140 --> 00:31:52,970
Everyone will be overjoyed!

320
00:31:56,457 --> 00:32:00,880
- We owe this all to
Tatsunoko Taro! - Yes, we do!

321
00:32:03,853 --> 00:32:06,764
This place has so much
more open space than my village

322
00:32:18,357 --> 00:32:20,800
Doten doteran dontokoton!

323
00:32:22,072 --> 00:32:25,868
Tatsunoko Taro did. Yes! Yes, he did!

324
00:32:28,151 --> 00:32:33,439
He threw away that Black Oni.

325
00:32:37,380 --> 00:32:42,669
And once again, we can grow delicious rice

326
00:32:44,294 --> 00:32:48,409
And we owe all our thanks to him.

327
00:32:49,712 --> 00:32:51,481
So this is a rice sprout?

328
00:32:54,465 --> 00:32:57,950
These are rice seedlings.
They are still small now,

329
00:32:58,431 --> 00:33:02,435
but in order to grow tall,
they need to drink lots of water.

330
00:33:04,106 --> 00:33:06,003
Without water, they would shrivel and die.

331
00:33:06,979 --> 00:33:09,313
Doten doteran dontokoton!

332
00:33:09,348 --> 00:33:12,985
Tatsunoko Taro did. Yes! Yes, he did!

333
00:33:13,020 --> 00:33:18,924
He threw away that Black Oni.

334
00:33:28,391 --> 00:33:31,441
You both must be tired.
We bring you a feast.

335
00:33:33,146 --> 00:33:35,699
Here it is. This is cooked rice.

336
00:33:36,135 --> 00:33:37,711
Please, enjoy yourselves.

337
00:33:44,093 --> 00:33:45,038
Thank you!

338
00:33:45,315 --> 00:33:46,200
Thank you.

339
00:33:54,752 --> 00:33:55,790
Water! Someone bring some water!

340
00:33:56,627 --> 00:34:00,439
Are you okay?
Can you breathe? Are you okay?

341
00:34:00,904 --> 00:34:02,754
Here, drink this.

342
00:34:07,771 --> 00:34:10,680
We have plenty of rice. 
Eat as much as you like.

343
00:34:19,709 --> 00:34:22,337
Here. This is rice.

344
00:34:39,851 --> 00:34:41,842
What's the matter?

345
00:34:46,129 --> 00:34:48,894
What ails you, Taro-san?
Does your stomach hurt?

346
00:34:49,634 --> 00:34:52,866
Taro, what's the matter? 
Did you eat too much?

347
00:34:53,414 --> 00:34:54,392
No, no.

348
00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:57,802
It's just...

349
00:34:58,413 --> 00:35:00,873
I've never eaten anything this delicious.

350
00:35:01,292 --> 00:35:04,311
I want to feed some of this to my
Grandma and the people in my village.

351
00:35:04,811 --> 00:35:08,975
My village can only farm
millet, no matter how hard we work.

352
00:35:10,439 --> 00:35:14,022
I feel sorry for everyone, 
but it can't be helped.

353
00:35:19,570 --> 00:35:22,318
I see. So that's what makes you sad.

354
00:35:23,559 --> 00:35:27,127
Taro-san, you are a gentle hearted child.

355
00:35:29,410 --> 00:35:33,720
Very well. You should bring all the
people of your village over here.

356
00:35:34,828 --> 00:35:36,711
They can all live here.

357
00:35:37,305 --> 00:35:39,031
That's right. With 
Black Oni gone,... 

358
00:35:39,424 --> 00:35:42,791
we can farm as much rice as 
we want. Bring them here.

359
00:35:44,236 --> 00:35:47,001
I appreciate it, but I just left on a quest,

360
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,778
and there is something I must do right away.

361
00:35:52,659 --> 00:35:54,743
Take care!

362
00:35:55,162 --> 00:35:57,702
Be careful out there, you two!

363
00:35:58,121 --> 00:35:59,632
Farewell!

364
00:36:00,495 --> 00:36:02,875
Well, I will head north from here.

365
00:36:03,293 --> 00:36:04,598
I will come with you.

366
00:36:04,981 --> 00:36:07,136
You mustn't. It's too dangerous for a girl.

367
00:36:07,844 --> 00:36:09,370
But I want to come, too.

368
00:36:10,143 --> 00:36:12,023
Never mind. Come, get on.

369
00:36:13,149 --> 00:36:14,687
Take care of Grandma for me. Go!

370
00:36:16,552 --> 00:36:17,563
Taro-san.

371
00:36:18,256 --> 00:36:20,153
You need to go home, too.

372
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:23,062
Farewell!

373
00:36:23,966 --> 00:36:25,687
Tatsunoko Taro!

374
00:36:29,674 --> 00:36:34,877
Winds of the South, blow strong.

375
00:36:37,304 --> 00:36:44,394
Winds of the North, also blow strong.

376
00:36:45,407 --> 00:36:51,726
Blow, blow your flutes with you.

377
00:36:53,509 --> 00:37:00,763
I am, I am the dragon child, Tatsunoko Taro

378
00:37:01,405 --> 00:37:06,373
The clouds are dancing. 
Den dera den dera den

379
00:37:14,296 --> 00:37:15,872
I wonder what happened here?

380
00:37:17,802 --> 00:37:20,599
It looks like it should be 
prime farming land.

381
00:37:24,071 --> 00:37:26,391
Old lady, I hear there's 
supposed to be a large pond...

382
00:37:26,654 --> 00:37:28,318
with a dragon living in it around here.

383
00:37:29,682 --> 00:37:31,372
Dragon, you say?

384
00:37:32,802 --> 00:37:34,941
Yes. I'm looking for a dragon.

385
00:37:36,420 --> 00:37:43,091
Well, there IS a dragon living in the
pond behind my house. A dragon, I say.

386
00:37:43,441 --> 00:37:44,214
Are you sure?

387
00:37:45,082 --> 00:37:46,253
Yes, I am.

388
00:37:46,657 --> 00:37:49,036
But she doesn't show herself.

389
00:37:50,646 --> 00:37:52,960
Would you come work for me?

390
00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:56,336
Work? What exactly do you mean?

391
00:37:58,619 --> 00:38:00,452
I keep a farm.

392
00:38:02,461 --> 00:38:06,048
I had 100 employees, but they all left me.

393
00:38:06,787 --> 00:38:12,062
Now no one will man my fields. If
things keep up, all my crops will rot.

394
00:38:20,582 --> 00:38:23,218
- Old lady, do you live alone? 
- Of course

395
00:38:23,523 --> 00:38:24,874
Why did your employees leave?

396
00:38:25,421 --> 00:38:29,393
They said a strange sickness came
from the pond with the dragon in it.

397
00:38:30,390 --> 00:38:31,305
A sickness?

398
00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:33,010
That's right.

399
00:38:35,416 --> 00:38:41,498
This dragon seems to be a bit bashful
and only appears when everyone is gone.

400
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,990
So you should work here until that happens.

401
00:38:47,241 --> 00:38:49,426
This will be your house.

402
00:38:50,873 --> 00:38:54,282
I expect you to start work
tomorrow, so go to bed early!

403
00:38:57,062 --> 00:39:00,567
What a strange dragon.
But she might be Mother.

404
00:39:02,496 --> 00:39:07,191
Heyyyy, if you're my Mother,
you'll show yourself to me soon,

405
00:39:07,803 --> 00:39:10,311
Okay? I'll be here waiting for you.

406
00:39:25,150 --> 00:39:26,863
You good for nothing lazy bones.

407
00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:32,829
Kaw, kaw, kaw, kaw, cock-a-doodle-dooooooo!

408
00:39:43,872 --> 00:39:46,253
What the? Huh? Old lady.

409
00:39:46,895 --> 00:39:49,501
Take this and get in the field!

410
00:39:50,416 --> 00:39:51,218
What's this?

411
00:39:51,687 --> 00:39:56,029
You don't even know what a scythe
is? What a crazy boy I've taken in.

412
00:39:56,512 --> 00:40:00,049
You use this to cut grass.
If you don't hurry, the sun will set!

413
00:40:03,972 --> 00:40:05,949
But the sun hasn't even risen yet.

414
00:40:15,952 --> 00:40:19,887
What a big field. I can grow lots of
rice here. Everyone will be so pleased.

415
00:40:20,628 --> 00:40:23,071
Finnnne! Yoisho!

416
00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:40,133
That's the spirit, that's 
the spirit! Work! Work!

417
00:40:44,063 --> 00:40:45,091
You idiot!

418
00:41:08,015 --> 00:41:12,947
You impudent fool! You wrecked my machine!

419
00:41:14,153 --> 00:41:15,663
You idiot!

420
00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:22,192
Look. What an amazing boy.

421
00:41:22,740 --> 00:41:23,928
He must be magical.

422
00:41:29,188 --> 00:41:31,375
Hey, would you mind helping me?

423
00:41:32,052 --> 00:41:33,756
Good, here's our chance.

424
00:41:36,328 --> 00:41:38,014
Take it!

425
00:41:53,564 --> 00:41:56,929
Old lady, you have so much rice 
from last year's harvest. 

426
00:41:57,257 --> 00:41:59,671
So why won't you let me eat any of it?

427
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:05,200
Why should I feed you rice when you
don't even know how to prepare it?

428
00:42:05,554 --> 00:42:07,210
In that case, I quit!

429
00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:11,022
What? You're quitting? Wait, Taro! Owwww!

430
00:42:17,211 --> 00:42:21,650
Mother, if I prepare you some
rice, will you come out to see me?

431
00:42:22,825 --> 00:42:25,558
I'll work hard and learn how.

432
00:42:39,419 --> 00:42:42,571
Tatsunoko Taro. How are you doing?

433
00:42:54,969 --> 00:42:56,898
Taro. Keep going.

434
00:43:19,922 --> 00:43:24,279
Oh, please, oh, please, Mountain Gods,
Water Gods, please give me some rain!

435
00:43:24,763 --> 00:43:31,226
Please give me some rain!
Please give me some rain!

436
00:43:41,067 --> 00:43:47,275
Winds from the mountains, blow strong!

437
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:55,957
Winds from the sea, blow strong!

438
00:43:58,138 --> 00:44:00,035
What seems to be the problem, son?

439
00:44:00,533 --> 00:44:04,425
Red Oni! The plants are drying
out! Please give us some rain!

440
00:44:04,990 --> 00:44:09,168
Fine, I accept! Here we go.

441
00:44:10,149 --> 00:44:14,493
Whee! Go, go, go, go, go!

442
00:44:22,347 --> 00:44:23,602
Go!

443
00:44:29,295 --> 00:44:32,014
It's raining! Raining, raining!

444
00:44:41,661 --> 00:44:43,077
The plants are happy!

445
00:44:43,214 --> 00:44:46,044
It's raining! It's raining!

446
00:44:47,251 --> 00:44:48,777
Thank you, Red Oni!

447
00:44:49,341 --> 00:44:55,002
No problem.
Take care, little runt! May we meet again!

448
00:45:06,662 --> 00:45:09,513
You should have told me you
were friends with the Thunder God.

449
00:45:09,931 --> 00:45:11,330
Here, eat these rice balls.

450
00:45:50,164 --> 00:45:54,474
Mother, I made you some rice.
So why won't you show yourself?

451
00:46:11,738 --> 00:46:13,039
A snake!

452
00:46:15,162 --> 00:46:17,087
Were you the one who fed me rice?

453
00:46:20,205 --> 00:46:22,504
Are you the dragon the old 
lady told me about?

454
00:46:22,954 --> 00:46:24,433
Dragon, you say?

455
00:46:24,916 --> 00:46:27,602
I wouldn't put it past that 
greedy old witch.

456
00:46:28,261 --> 00:46:30,248
She keeps all the rice to herself. 

457
00:46:30,674 --> 00:46:35,308
That old hag wouldn't feed any 
of her employees, so they all left.

458
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:39,246
But she told me everyone 
ran away because...

459
00:46:39,541 --> 00:46:42,250
 of a strange sickness that 
came from this pond.

460
00:46:42,773 --> 00:46:47,820
She only said that because I
refused to let her drink my water.

461
00:46:48,481 --> 00:46:52,760
Dammit, she tricked me. And
here I worked so hard for her.

462
00:46:53,562 --> 00:46:57,840
I thought I would be able to
see my Mother if I did. Dammit!

463
00:46:59,545 --> 00:47:01,474
Thanks, that was delicious. Son,

464
00:47:03,436 --> 00:47:06,954
once you pass the ninth mountain to the
north, you will find a mountain woman.

465
00:47:07,612 --> 00:47:11,217
Ask her about the dragon, 
she knows about it.

466
00:47:11,272 --> 00:47:12,380
Are you sure?

467
00:47:13,290 --> 00:47:18,533
If you tell her I sent you, she
will tell you where the dragon is.

468
00:47:19,737 --> 00:47:21,780
Well, take care of yourself.

469
00:47:28,808 --> 00:47:31,583
Hey there, old hag!
You really tricked me good!

470
00:47:32,757 --> 00:47:38,095
It wasn't a dragon, but a snake! I'm
leaving now, so give me my pay!

471
00:47:40,812 --> 00:47:45,139
You're leaving? In that case, I'll have to
pay you. Take as much as you can carry.

472
00:47:45,654 --> 00:47:49,174
- Fine! You said I could take as much as I
can carry, right? - Sure, sure, just leave!

473
00:47:49,993 --> 00:47:53,558
Paying that little runt for a year's work...

474
00:47:53,887 --> 00:47:56,463
with just as much as he 
can carry is dirt cheap!

475
00:48:04,304 --> 00:48:07,519
I'm going to share this with the
workers who were tricked by her!

476
00:48:19,965 --> 00:48:23,744
Taro! You intend to take 
ALL the rice with you?

477
00:48:24,838 --> 00:48:29,790
It's MY rice! Give me my rice
back! Hey! Hey, don't go!

478
00:48:31,027 --> 00:48:34,757
Tatsunoko Taro! I apologize.

479
00:48:36,479 --> 00:48:42,116
Please forgive me!
Please don't go! Don't go, Taro!

480
00:48:44,110 --> 00:48:46,215
It's my rice!

481
00:48:48,030 --> 00:48:51,937
My rice! It was my rice grown on my land!

482
00:49:10,632 --> 00:49:12,481
What's this?

483
00:49:13,253 --> 00:49:14,425
It's rice on the stalk.

484
00:49:15,003 --> 00:49:18,237
Oh, so this is the stalk that 
rice comes from!

485
00:49:19,088 --> 00:49:20,746
I brought some to share with you all.

486
00:49:34,348 --> 00:49:36,279
It smells good.

487
00:49:40,492 --> 00:49:42,982
This is rice? It's pure white!

488
00:49:44,406 --> 00:49:48,165
I worked on her farm, but...

489
00:49:48,430 --> 00:49:51,922
 I was sent away before. 
I got to eat any rice.

490
00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:53,243
This sure is tasty.

491
00:49:53,708 --> 00:49:54,577
It's good.

492
00:49:55,206 --> 00:49:57,985
I'll leave all of this with you, 
so you can eat it all.

493
00:49:58,275 --> 00:50:01,242
No. Beyond this village there 
are so many others...

494
00:50:01,475 --> 00:50:03,104
who are in even worse 
shape than we are.

495
00:50:03,825 --> 00:50:06,365
We can't let them suffer while
we have such wonderful food.

496
00:50:06,898 --> 00:50:08,169
That's right.

497
00:50:18,037 --> 00:50:19,437
Thank you so much!

498
00:50:20,368 --> 00:50:22,234
Nii-chan! Thank you so much!

499
00:50:28,891 --> 00:50:31,156
Why is there nothing but mountains here?

500
00:50:34,087 --> 00:50:37,785
I had no idea. I'd ever eat 
something so fancy.

501
00:50:38,685 --> 00:50:43,108
Let's save some of these
seeds and grow our own rice!

502
00:50:43,815 --> 00:50:46,195
I'd like to, but we have no land.

503
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:52,402
I wish I were much bigger.
Then I could smash all these mountains down.

504
00:50:52,972 --> 00:50:56,109
You speak as if life were a fairy tale.

505
00:51:03,505 --> 00:51:07,402
"How can such poor villages 
become prosperous?"

506
00:51:08,023 --> 00:51:13,671
While thinking of this, Taro 
arrived at the ninth mountain.

507
00:51:14,810 --> 00:51:16,449
There's a light.

508
00:51:25,437 --> 00:51:27,189
That must be the house of Mountain Woman.

509
00:51:37,399 --> 00:51:39,185
Good evening, old lady?

510
00:51:40,278 --> 00:51:42,337
And who are you?

511
00:51:42,818 --> 00:51:45,567
The white snake in the pond 
told me about you.

512
00:51:46,210 --> 00:51:47,272
Oh, I see.

513
00:51:47,674 --> 00:51:49,378
Come on in.

514
00:51:50,628 --> 00:51:57,778
A man and a woman are 
bound by fate.

515
00:51:59,709 --> 00:52:03,487
Is it true that there is a lake with
a dragon in it near this land?

516
00:52:04,114 --> 00:52:07,072
It is true. Do you wish to see a dragon?

517
00:52:08,037 --> 00:52:12,765
I'm on a quest to find my Mother.
She's been turned into a dragon.

518
00:52:13,375 --> 00:52:18,023
I see. But you never know
when the dragon will show herself.

519
00:52:19,824 --> 00:52:23,908
I know. But I can wait until then. So
it's true that there is a dragon nearby?

520
00:52:24,455 --> 00:52:26,816
Of course. I'm not a liar.

521
00:52:28,136 --> 00:52:31,240
What a relief.
I was tricked by the last lady I visited.

522
00:52:32,027 --> 00:52:34,344
She told me a dragon 
lived in her pond,...

523
00:52:34,867 --> 00:52:37,281
but it turned out to be a 
white snake instead.

524
00:52:39,128 --> 00:52:42,955
I see. That snake also used 
to be a woman,

525
00:52:43,631 --> 00:52:46,831
but the gods turned her into a snake.

526
00:52:47,875 --> 00:52:50,047
Why did she turn into a snake?

527
00:52:50,803 --> 00:52:54,052
Because she did not obey me.

528
00:52:56,693 --> 00:52:59,683
You sure are a sweet boy.

529
00:53:01,443 --> 00:53:03,148
Don't struggle.

530
00:53:05,317 --> 00:53:08,228
Oh, yes, I'll go make you 
some delicious azuki buns.

531
00:53:08,915 --> 00:53:11,296
So wait right there.

532
00:53:14,757 --> 00:53:19,484
The lake where the dragon lives
is in the next big mountain over.

533
00:53:20,577 --> 00:53:23,422
But the night paths are dangerous.

534
00:53:28,941 --> 00:53:32,303
Come back! Come back!

535
00:53:46,917 --> 00:53:48,123
It's cold!

536
00:54:03,882 --> 00:54:07,595
Mother! I'm almost there, Mother!

537
00:54:24,179 --> 00:54:28,126
Where are you going, little one?

538
00:54:32,159 --> 00:54:33,316
It's cold!

539
00:54:43,705 --> 00:54:45,647
What a precious little leg.

540
00:54:49,268 --> 00:54:50,343
It's cold!

541
00:54:56,472 --> 00:54:58,884
What happened to your strength of a hundred?

542
00:55:11,150 --> 00:55:13,710
Mother.

543
00:55:21,258 --> 00:55:25,131
Mother. Help me.

544
00:55:54,065 --> 00:55:57,000
Tatsunoko Taro, wake up!

545
00:55:59,591 --> 00:56:00,990
Am I dreaming?

546
00:56:01,553 --> 00:56:03,514
This is no dream. It's me, Aya.

547
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:06,073
Aya, what are you doing here?

548
00:56:07,936 --> 00:56:11,727
When I concentrate into this mirror,
I can see you.

549
00:56:12,402 --> 00:56:15,137
I saw snow women were about to kill
you, so I flew here as fast as I could.

550
00:56:15,568 --> 00:56:16,919
- But how? 
- Look.

551
00:56:18,301 --> 00:56:22,272
Do you notice the horse
got bigger? She can fly now.

552
00:56:24,330 --> 00:56:25,600
That's amazing.

553
00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:28,125
Come, Taro, let's fly together.

554
00:56:29,503 --> 00:56:31,738
Then we'll find the dragon's lake together.

555
00:56:32,462 --> 00:56:33,441
Good!

556
00:56:39,236 --> 00:56:40,249
Here we go.

557
00:56:53,017 --> 00:56:54,286
There it is!

558
00:56:54,992 --> 00:56:56,128
The dragon might live in there.

559
00:56:56,628 --> 00:56:57,703
I'm sure she does!

560
00:57:01,870 --> 00:57:04,747
Look over there, Aya. There's the ocean.

561
00:57:05,247 --> 00:57:07,063
You're right. It's the ocean.

562
00:57:07,963 --> 00:57:10,039
The ocean sure is vast.

563
00:57:35,888 --> 00:57:38,584
Mother!

564
00:57:39,839 --> 00:57:41,800
Tatsunoko Taro is here to see you!

565
00:57:42,282 --> 00:57:44,213
Show yourself!

566
00:57:45,351 --> 00:57:47,635
Mother!

567
00:57:51,616 --> 00:57:55,957
Mother! Mother! 

568
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:59,551
Tatsunoko Taro is here!

569
00:58:00,670 --> 00:58:03,019
Mother!

570
00:58:04,593 --> 00:58:07,359
Mother!

571
00:58:11,797 --> 00:58:17,682
Mother! Come out to me!

572
00:58:28,151 --> 00:58:32,266
It's no use. She's not here. 
It was all a lie.

573
00:58:33,054 --> 00:58:34,551
I feel so bitter!

574
00:58:38,263 --> 00:58:41,175
Don't cry, Taro. You mustn't give up hope.

575
00:59:17,004 --> 00:59:18,451
What is that sound?

576
00:59:35,607 --> 00:59:38,212
Listen, boys, is there a dragon
living on the bottom of this lake?

577
00:59:38,705 --> 00:59:39,460
Yes, there is.

578
00:59:40,185 --> 00:59:41,311
Are you sure?

579
00:59:41,792 --> 00:59:44,485
Yes, I'm sure. And a very 
big dragon, at that.

580
00:59:44,983 --> 00:59:48,309
Please, deliver a message to 
that dragon for us.

581
00:59:49,067 --> 00:59:50,932
Tell her Tatsunoko Taro is here.

582
00:59:51,834 --> 00:59:54,336
I'm not sure I want to. 
Yes, she might eat us.

583
00:59:54,997 --> 01:00:00,253
Now, don't fret over that, you
two. Fine, I'll deal with it myself.

584
01:00:01,782 --> 01:00:03,502
Listen, the dragon cannot see.

585
01:00:03,919 --> 01:00:07,531
Is that so? Then she must be my mother!

586
01:00:10,206 --> 01:00:11,935
That's it. Take this to her.

587
01:00:12,235 --> 01:00:12,467
Fine.

588
01:00:13,088 --> 01:00:15,339
- I'm sure she'll know it's me. 
- Thank you.

589
01:00:50,864 --> 01:00:55,270
It's a dragon! Run for your lives!

590
01:00:56,899 --> 01:00:58,040
Tatsunoko Taro.

591
01:01:00,519 --> 01:01:03,370
Tatsunoko Taro, where are you?

592
01:01:04,975 --> 01:01:07,422
I'm over here, Mother! Over here!

593
01:01:09,361 --> 01:01:11,917
I'm Tatsunoko Taro, Mother!

594
01:01:14,233 --> 01:01:15,831
So you came to see me.

595
01:01:16,777 --> 01:01:20,204
To such a far off land. You came to see me.

596
01:01:21,867 --> 01:01:25,654
Taro, I wish I could see your face.

597
01:01:31,822 --> 01:01:34,728
Mother, I will never leave you again.

598
01:01:37,893 --> 01:01:41,712
Thank you. I'm so angry that I have
to face you looking so hideous.

599
01:01:42,137 --> 01:01:44,389
I don't mind! You're my Mother.

600
01:01:45,431 --> 01:01:49,610
But, Mother, why did you turn
into a dragon? Please tell me.

601
01:01:51,828 --> 01:01:53,296
Yes.

602
01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:57,602
I do want you to know the truth.

603
01:01:59,363 --> 01:02:02,942
I, your Mother, was turned 
into a dragon because...

604
01:02:03,238 --> 01:02:05,553
i broke the commandment 
of the mountain.

605
01:02:09,190 --> 01:02:14,739
Since you were inside of me,
the villagers gave me easy tasks.

606
01:02:17,579 --> 01:02:19,941
My job was to fix everyone's lunch.

607
01:02:21,670 --> 01:02:25,357
Since there was fish in the
river, I caught it and cooked it.

608
01:02:27,446 --> 01:02:29,241
And when it's smell 
reached my nose,

609
01:02:29,537 --> 01:02:31,723
I was overcome with the 
desire to eat it all myself.

610
01:02:32,863 --> 01:02:37,563
Pregnant women always crave fish.

611
01:02:39,129 --> 01:02:41,935
I wanted the fish to help
my baby grow strong.

612
01:02:42,816 --> 01:02:46,509
I intended to eat just one fish, but
before I realized it, I had eaten all three.

613
01:02:48,467 --> 01:02:51,958
And then,
my throat felt as though it were on fire.

614
01:02:53,167 --> 01:02:54,930
No matter how much
water i drank,...

615
01:02:55,290 --> 01:02:57,771
the heat remained and i felt
as though I would die.

616
01:03:03,545 --> 01:03:05,274
The gods had unleashed
their punishment on me.

617
01:03:09,126 --> 01:03:12,879
I should have shared the fish with everyone.

618
01:03:14,249 --> 01:03:17,447
Those who are selfish and do not
share are punished by the gods.

619
01:03:20,385 --> 01:03:23,745
That has been a commandment of
the mountains for a very long time.

620
01:03:28,839 --> 01:03:29,589
But I...

621
01:03:31,350 --> 01:03:37,685
I didn't consider the feelings of
others. And I thought only of myself!

622
01:03:48,363 --> 01:03:52,761
I see. So you were turned into a dragon
because you were pregnant with me.

623
01:03:53,479 --> 01:03:54,653
That's not right, Taro.

624
01:03:55,632 --> 01:04:00,754
I was wrong for breaking the
commandment. I was not patient enough.

625
01:04:03,430 --> 01:04:05,713
But that is a sad commandment.

626
01:04:06,691 --> 01:04:07,833
Sad, you say?

627
01:04:08,193 --> 01:04:11,619
It's because there's simply not enough
food to go around! That's why our village,

628
01:04:12,371 --> 01:04:13,870
that's why that commandment was set!

629
01:04:15,044 --> 01:04:18,667
But we cannot resist it. No
matter how hard we slave,

630
01:04:19,092 --> 01:04:21,605
our flatlands are small and
our crops lack water.

631
01:04:22,135 --> 01:04:24,974
Yes, but I see a nice low
flatland over there.

632
01:04:25,887 --> 01:04:28,663
If we break those boulders and
let this lake flow down there,

633
01:04:29,509 --> 01:04:31,252
I'm sure we can make a very
large piece of land for farming.

634
01:04:31,776 --> 01:04:34,059
Then the farmers can all
move and work there.

635
01:04:35,097 --> 01:04:38,460
I'd like to give it a try.
Mother, won't you help me?

636
01:04:42,961 --> 01:04:44,572
You, what made you come up with that idea?

637
01:04:45,778 --> 01:04:47,166
During my quest to find you,

638
01:04:47,398 --> 01:04:48,898
I visited many villages.

639
01:04:49,681 --> 01:04:51,737
I even learned how to grow
and harvest rice.

640
01:04:52,876 --> 01:04:56,696
So I want to help people who
are having trouble.

641
01:05:03,322 --> 01:05:04,561
Is that so.

642
01:05:05,636 --> 01:05:07,235
You are such a good boy.

643
01:05:09,647 --> 01:05:12,267
I was only able to think of myself.

644
01:05:13,601 --> 01:05:15,494
But you think of others.

645
01:05:18,072 --> 01:05:19,220
Very well.

646
01:05:19,970 --> 01:05:22,679
I will help you.

647
01:05:25,459 --> 01:05:31,859
Come, get on my neck. Then, steer
me by my horns. Be my eyes for me.

648
01:05:32,868 --> 01:05:33,749
Fine.

649
01:05:37,295 --> 01:05:39,301
Understand? No matter how
frightened you are, you mustn't let go.

650
01:05:39,923 --> 01:05:41,194
Don't worry, Mother.

651
01:06:05,106 --> 01:06:06,246
Straight ahead, Mother.

652
01:07:09,314 --> 01:07:15,491
Winds from the East, blow strong!

653
01:07:16,632 --> 01:07:21,257
Winds from the West, blow strong!

654
01:07:21,619 --> 01:07:24,490
Tatsunoko Taro, what are you up to?

655
01:07:25,825 --> 01:07:29,384
Breaking those boulders! Will you help us?

656
01:07:29,777 --> 01:07:33,108
Very well! I will call my friends!

657
01:07:34,607 --> 01:07:36,270
Go! Go!

658
01:07:37,150 --> 01:07:38,424
Go!

659
01:07:38,522 --> 01:07:39,369
Go!

660
01:07:56,994 --> 01:08:00,810
Taro, I will warn the villagers
below the lake. It's getting dangerous!

661
01:08:01,106 --> 01:08:02,378
Good. Thanks!

662
01:08:07,472 --> 01:08:11,420
Water is coming! Water is coming!

663
01:08:12,073 --> 01:08:15,504
It's dangerous, so please escape!
Water is coming!

664
01:08:15,963 --> 01:08:18,116
Water is coming from the mountains!

665
01:08:18,151 --> 01:08:18,978
- Water? 
- Water?

666
01:08:22,660 --> 01:08:25,527
It's a thunderstorm!

667
01:08:34,928 --> 01:08:37,013
Are you all right, Mother?

668
01:08:37,894 --> 01:08:40,354
With one more shove, it will break.

669
01:08:40,747 --> 01:08:42,607
Fine.

670
01:08:54,106 --> 01:08:55,245
What's wrong?

671
01:09:23,536 --> 01:09:25,002
Amazing!

672
01:09:39,516 --> 01:09:42,127
Taro, keep a tight hold on my horns.

673
01:09:43,875 --> 01:09:47,936
It's water! Yes! It's water!

674
01:10:34,695 --> 01:10:37,804
We did it, Mother!
We did it!

675
01:10:38,264 --> 01:10:40,743
We did it! Banzai!

676
01:11:35,838 --> 01:11:38,322
Mother! Wake up!

677
01:11:40,345 --> 01:11:42,302
Mother!

678
01:12:01,439 --> 01:12:03,200
Mother is dead!

679
01:12:59,177 --> 01:13:00,227
Mother.

680
01:13:07,834 --> 01:13:10,020
Mother. Can you see me?

681
01:13:27,426 --> 01:13:28,312
Taro!

682
01:13:36,660 --> 01:13:37,507
Mother!

683
01:13:38,031 --> 01:13:38,977
Taro!

684
01:13:46,426 --> 01:13:47,827
I'm so relieved, Mother!

685
01:13:49,752 --> 01:13:51,578
Taro, thank you!

686
01:13:53,471 --> 01:13:57,649
Because of you. I changed back into a human!

687
01:13:59,018 --> 01:14:00,485
Mother!

688
01:14:33,044 --> 01:14:39,025
And so, the larrrrrrge flatland that was
created was shared by allll the villagers.

689
01:14:39,840 --> 01:14:46,545
They grew rice, and were prosperous.

690
01:15:01,984 --> 01:15:05,475
Finis