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