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 Father fox and mother fox

Gazing after it:

"O, Kawwaiso! Caught when Spring was come!"

"Cruel, noisy boys!" she said,

"Loose the little fox!

See his honorable parents

Weeping, by the rocks!"—

"Iye! iye!" Each one shook his head.

"Foxes' skins fetch half a bu

In Komadzu town!

Foxes' livers—sliced and dried,

And well powdered down—

Sovereign physic for a fever brew!"

"Ah! but when all things rejoice

In this flower-time feast:"—

Spake the Princess—"will you kill

Such a small, soft beast?"

"Hime Sama!" cried the village boys:

"Your august excuse we crave—

Yet—three hundred cash!