Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-01
THE M1KADo,s SWORD.

Little Folks
THE MIKADo'S SWORD.
Have you ever heard of the won
derful fairy sword of the Emperor OF
Japan? There is strange old legend
| of how the first Emperor of Japan
got possession of that sword, and
this tale is told to the little folks
of that country, Just as the stories
of fairies and elves and COLLINS are
told to you. Would you like to hear
the story? You must go way back
to the time that was long before the
beginning of history, to the time when
| the world was created. And this is
the way the legend runs. as it has
been printed in Japan,
After the world had been created
it became the property of a wonder
full fairy; and, when this fairy was
about to die, he divided it between
his two boys and his girl. The girl,
called Anna, was given the sun; the
eldest boy called Susano, was given
the sea, and the second boy, whose
name has been forgotten was given
the moon. Well, the moon-boy be-
haved himself properly and you can
still see his jolly round face on a.
clear night when the moon is full, But
Susano was very angry and disap-
| pointed at having nothing but the cold,
| wet sea to live in. So up he rushed
into the sky burst into the beautiful
room inside the sun, where his sister
was sitting with her maidens weav-
| ing gold and silver dresses, broke
their spindles, trampled upon their
work. and, in short did all the mis-
chief that he could and frightened the
| poor maids to death. AS for Anna,
she ran away as fast as she could,
| and hid herself in a cave on the side
of mountain full of crags and rocks.
| When she had got into the cave and
had shut the door, the whole world
became pitch dark. For she was the
fairy who ruled the sun and could
make it shine or not, as she chose.
| In fact, some people say that the light
of the sun is really nothing else
than the brightness of her own bright
eyes.
Anyhow, there was great trouble
over her disappearance. What was to
| be done to make the world bright
again? All sorts of plans were tried.
AT last, knowing that she was curious
and always liked to see everything
that was going on, the other fairies
got up a dance outside of the door
of the cave. When Anna heard the
noise of the dancing and the singing
and laughing, she could not help open
ing the door tiny bit in order to
peep through the chink at the fun
the other fairies were having. This
was just what they had been waiting
for. Look here they cried; look
at this new fairy. more beautiful than
| YOURSELF" and herewith they thrust
| forward mirror. Anna did not know
the face in the mirror was only the
reflection of her own; and. more and
more curious TO know who the new
fairy could be, she ventured outside
the door, where she was caught hold
of by the other fairies, who piled up
the entrance to the cave with big
rocks, so that no one could ever go
into it again.
Seeing that she had been tricked
into coming out of the cave, and that
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