nd as the hoodie fell on the bank of the loch, out of her
jumps the trout. "Oh! that thou wert by me now, O otter!" No sooner
said than the otter was at his side, and out on the loch she leaped,
and brings the trout from the midst of the loch; but no sooner was the
otter on shore with the trout than the egg came from his mouth. He
sprang and he put his foot on it. 'T was then that the sea-maiden
appeared, and she said, "Break not the egg, and you shall get all you
ask." "Deliver to me my wife!" In the wink of an eye she was by his
side. When he got hold of her hand in both his hands, he let his foot
down on the egg, and the sea-maiden died.

_The Enchanted Waterfall_

Once upon a time, there lived alone with his father and mother a
simple young wood-cutter. He worked all day on the lonely hillside, or
among the shady trees of the forest. But, work as hard as he might, he
was still very poor, and could bring home but little money to his old
father and mother. This grieved him very much, for he was an
affectionate and dutiful son.

For himself he had but few wants and was easily pleased. His mother,
too, was always cheerful and contented. The old father, however, was
of a selfish disposition, and often grumbled at the poor supper of
rice, washed down with weak tea, or, if times were very bad, with a
cup of hot water.

"If we had but a little sake, now," he would say, "it would warm one
up, and do one's heart good." And then he would reproach the simple
young fellow, vowing that in his young days he had always been able to
afford a cup of sake for himself and his friends.

Grieved at heart, the young man would work harder than ever and think
to himself: "How shall I earn some more money? How shall I get a
little sake for my poor father, who really needs it in his weakness
and old age?"

He was thinking in this way to himself one day as he was at work on
the wooded hills, when the sound of rushing water caught his ear. He
had often worked in the same spot before, and could not remember that
there was any torrent or waterfall near. So, feeling rather surprised,
he followed the sound, which got louder and louder until at last he
came upon a beautiful little cascade.

The water looked so clear and cool that he stooped down where it was
flowing away in a quiet stream, and, using his hand as a cup, drank a
little of it. What was his amazement to find that instead of water it
was the most excellent sake!

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