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Hukumusume fairy tale collection > Japanese classical stories > July
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The Kappa Prays for Rain
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Once upon a time, there was a village surrounded by woods.
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The woods had an old pond where a kappa lived.
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The kappa was very mischievous. He is always up to no good, damaging the crops and dragging people into the pond.
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One day, a Buddhist monk came along to the village and heard of the mischievous kappa.
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the monk went to the pond immediately, called for the kappa and said,
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‘I heard of you doing bad things. What does it make you annoyed?’
The kappa started to talk.
‘I’m tired of being kappa.
People won’t let me join their group because of my appearance.
Said that, I’m not a kind of fish and turtles.
I have no company here, it’s boring.
The situation makes me angry, that’s why I behave violently.’
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While talking, kappa shed a tear.
‘Monk.
If I could be born again, I want to be a human.
What should I do to make my wish?’
‘You have to do a right thing for others as long as you live.’
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‘I see.’
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The kappa said thank to the monk and went home.
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That summer,
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the dry weather spelled and the crops died and the wells were dried up.
‘If it continues to be like this, we would soon die. Let’s pray for rain.’
Villagers gathered at the square, praying for rain towards the sky from dawn to dusk.
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‘Let it rain, let it rain. Please let it rain!’
However, it didn’t rain at all.
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After many days of praying for rain, the kappa came along to the village.
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‘Here is the mischievous kappa. Beat him!’
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The villagers surrounded the kappa, to pay him back and revenge for dry weather, they hit and kicked the kappa.
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Usually the kappa get away quickly, but that day he was being patient.
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Then, he was about to faint but to look up them, he asked them to pray for rain.
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‘Pray for rain? How could we trust you, mischievous kappa?!’
‘You kidding us! You must be doing bad things again!’
‘Wait. The kappa is also worried of dry weather.’
‘Right. The kappa is a water imp and if he pray for rain, it would be rain.’
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The villagers allowed him to pray for rain, they took the kappa on the turret at the square tying him with a rope.
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The kappa raise his body at last, started praying towards the sky.
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‘Heavens God,
I’ve been doing bad things for a long time.
I always bothered the villagers.
Could you please let it rain?
Could you please let it rain in spite of my life?
Heavens God, would you please make my wish come true?’
The kappa kept praying for rain every day.
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While praying, the kappa neither drank water nor ate foods.
The kappa had completely lost his strength, but kept praying painfully.
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‘God… please. Please…would you…let it rain…on the village…’‘God… please. Please…would you…let it rain…on the village…’
The kappa prays so hard that the villagers started praying with him.
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‘God, please. Let it rain for the village, please.’
‘God, please. Let it rain for the village, please.’
‘God, please…’
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Strange thing happened. Suddenly, large drops of rain fell down from the dark clouds.
The rain was getting heavier, and poured like rainfall.
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‘God has made kappa’s wish come true!’
‘The kappa has saved our village!’
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When the kappa heard it, he looked up the sky and said
‘…God, I appreciate.’
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The kappa died with being struck by the heavy rain, but his face was full of comfortable.
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After a while, the Buddhist monk came to the village again and knew the kappa’s praying.
Then, the monk told to the villagers that the kappa wanted to be a human.
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‘The kappa made an atonement for his sins at the risk of his life. Someday he would come along to this village as a human.’
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The villagers built a small grave beside the pond, they handed the story of kappa praying for rain from generation to generation.
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The End
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