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The story takes place around one thousand one hundred years ago during the Heian period of ancient Japan. Those were the days where the capital was still located in the city of Kyoto, an unnamed samurai was in service of the Lord Regent Fujiwara Mototsune. Our protagonist, who was not given a name, but is identified as “Goi” a lowly court position. Goi was frequently mocked by his peers due to his unkempt appearance, red nose, and simple demure, often times the other samurai would ridicule and make pranks at his expense.
Even though routinely mocked by his peers Goi would only question them, asking “Why did you do that?” and being calm about the situation. His actions remained the same even when the other samurai were gossiping about his ex-wife …show more content…

Goi could not help but admire Tohishito’s heroics qualities, bravery and ferocity. In the distance, the narrator quickly switches to the Point of View of the fox, and the creature saw the beauty of the setting sun and the horses.
When Toshishito, Goi and their other companions arrived at Toshishito’s estate, they were greeted by Toshishito’s men and was quite surprised that the fox followed through the delivery of the message. Toshishito’s men informed the group that their lord’s wife suddenly fell into a trance and started talking nonsense about her being a ‘fox from Sakamoto.
In the mansion, Goi couldn’t find it in him to sleep, nervousness chewed away at his thoughts and his appetite slowly vanishing as time goes by. Morning came and as he looked outside he saw yams, enormous yams, stacked up like houses and more than enough to feed an entire village. As the yam was cooking, Goi’s thoughts filled his head. The more that he thought about yam gruel, the more miserable he became and the less his appetite grew. When the gruel is finally ready and Toshihito along with is father-in-law, Arahito encourages and forces Goi to eat his fill of gruel. Later, when Goi could feel like his insides would pop, due to overconsumption, Toshihiro called everyone’s attention towards the fox from

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