Chapter Folktale: The Fox and the Kirin

Chapter Folktale: The Fox and the Kirin

A fox came upon a kirin caught in a trap. He had been there many days.

Fox, open this trap, the kirin said.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

I cannot, she replied, for I have only the one tail, and have never yet worn a mans skin. I have not their hands, and I cannot pry open its teeth with my paws.

Even so, fox, you need only dig the peg from out the ground so I may run.

Is what you say true, fox?

Today you will be saved.

Then I will give you my blessing, tomorrow.

A folktale of the archipelago