Tale 36 — The futtachi of monkey and wolf
The futtachi, an animal grown so old it turns uncanny, of the monkey and of the wolf, the mountain wolf once called o-inu, were fearsome things. At Mount Futatsuishi near Yamaguchi village, on a rainy day, a child on the way home from school saw wolfs crouched on a rock, taking turns howling. It was said that there was nothing so terrifying as the growling voice of the wolf.
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