Tale 58 — The capture of the kappa who pulled a horse
At the house of Shinya, when they took a horse to cool it at a pool, a kappa, a river creature, tried to pull the horse in but was instead dragged along, and was caught in front of the stable, covered by a horse trough. The villagers deliberated whether to kill it or spare it, and released the kappa after it promised never to play tricks on the horses of the whole village again.
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