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of fearful aspect, his horrible head
armed with a pair of copper col-
oured horns. With his strong and
bony hand he still grasped Tsuna's
head and tried to lift him on to the
roof. Surprised and horror-stricken,
Tsuna was fain to confess to
should be placed in a
strong stone
chest, and watched by Tsuna night
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and day, for seven days. "But," said
Seimei to Tsuna,
"you must purify
yourself by much fasting and pray-
er, and spend those seven in
days
holy contemplation, holding converse
with none. Unless you
faithfully car-
ry out my directions, I foresee that
misfortune will surely follow."
Tsuna therefore caused a strong
stone chest to be prepared, placed
the ogre's arm within it, and,
having purified himself by fasting
and prayer, sat down alone to watch
it* The doors were shut, and all
refusing to be comforted.
Thereupon Tsuna,
who was a soft-
hearted young
warrior
could withstand her no longer.
"Just one look then," said he, and
lifted the lid of the chest.
r The pretended aunt took up the
arm, and seemed to be gazing at it
in a kind of rapture, when, sud-
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JAPANESE FAIR? TALE SERIES,
1. Momotaro or Little Peachling.
2. The Tongue Cut Sparrow.
3. The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab.
4. The Old Man who made the Dead Trees Blossom.
5. Kachi-Kachi Mountain.
6. The Mouses* Wedding.
7. The Old Man and the Devik
8. Urashima, the Fisher-boy.
9. The Eight- Headed Serpent.
!O. The Matsuyama Mirror.
1 i . The Hare of Inaba.
12. The Cub's Triumph.
13. The Silly Jelly-Fish.
14. The Princes Fire-Flash and Fire-Fade.