now sentaro determined to set out to find the hermits , and if he could , to become one , so that he might obtain the water of perpetual life . he remembered that as a child he had been told that not only did these hermits live on mount fuji , but that they were said to inhabit all the very high peaks . so he left his old home to the care of his relatives , and started out on his quest . he traveled through all the mountainous regions of the land , climbing to the tops of the highest peaks , but never a hermit did he find .
he might obtain the water of perpetual life .
why did sentaro want to become a hermit ?
why did sentaro want to become a hermit ?