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Big Turtles: A Short Story

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Once upon a time, there was a young man in a village, Taro Urajima Tarou. Urashima passed by the seaside, and the children were capturing big turtles. Looking at by buckwheat, the children are all teasing bugs. "Oh my, poor thing, please let me escape" "No, I guess we finally caught it, regardless of what we are, our lives will come." As you see it, the turtle is staring at Mr. Urashima while spilling tears with Harahara. Mr. Urashima took out the money and presented it to the children. "Then, I will give you this money, please sell me a turtle to my uncle" "Yeah, I guess so," Urashima thus received children from children, "Are you OK, are not you going to be caught anymore?" Gently let the turtle escape into the ocean. Well, a few days after …show more content…

Urashima, I am Ohime, the owner of this Ryugu, Thank you for helping the turtle in the meantime, I will show you the Ryugu in return, please slow Please go slow." Mr. Urashima who returned to the ground was surprised to look around the surroundings. "Oh, just three years, the appearance has changed a lot.“ It is certainly a place where Mr. Urashima was fishing but it looks somewhat different.Mr. Urashima's house is not found anywhere and those who do not even know who we meet. "What happened to my house, did everyone move to somewhere? ... ... Excuse me, do not you know the house of Urashima?“ When Mr. Urashima asked an old man, the old man caressed his head a little and said it. "Urashima? ... Oh, certainly Urashima people seem to go to the sea seven hundred years ago and they will not go home.“ "eh!?" Urayashima was surprised to hear the old man's story.Is it the seventy years of the world that Ryugu's third year is? "Everyone, my family and my friends, have died ..." Mr. Urashima who shrugged his shoulder slowly suddenly looked at the ball and box he had. "To say so, Otohama said that. When you open this handy box, "time" will come back. ... By the way, if you open this you will return to when you were living. “ Mr. Urashima thought so, opened the ballad box which was said to be unable to …show more content…

Urashima who returned to the ground was surprised to look around the surroundings. "Oh, just three years, the appearance has changed a lot.“ It is certainly a place where Mr. Urashima was fishing but it looks somewhat different.Mr. Urashima's house is not found anywhere and those who do not even know who we meet. "What happened to my house, did everyone move to somewhere? ... ... Excuse me, do not you know the house of Urashima?“ When Mr. Urashima asked an old man, the old man caressed his head a little and said it. "Urashima? ... Oh, certainly Urashima people seem to go to the sea seven hundred years ago and they will not go home.“ "eh!?" Urayashima was surprised to hear the old man's story.Is it the seventy years of the world that Ryugu's third year is? "Everyone, my family and my friends, have died ..." Mr. Urashima who shrugged his shoulder slowly suddenly looked at the ball and box he had. "To say so, Otohama said that. When you open this handy box, "time" will come back. ... By the way, if you open this you will return to when you were living. “ Mr. Urashima thought so, opened the ballad box which was said to be unable to

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