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Yuki-Kitsune, the Snow Fox
Minokichi is a young boy who lives on a hillside farm in Shirakawa-go. Every day he leaves his slant-roofed house to tread over a mile to go to school in the village. All the farmhouse roofs are steep to help them withstand the copious amounts of snow Shirakawa-go receives every year. However, because they live so high up in the mountains, snow storms can spring up unexpectedly, quickly dropping several inches of snow. Knowing this, Minckichi’s father ensures his son always has some essential survival tools in his backpack.Today is such a day. On his way home, the wind rises, and the sky be...
The Mighty Lion
I am a lion and people often awww.onedoor.ccsk me to describe a typical day. I tell them that I grew up in the wilderness and was part of a pack. During the day, we would roam through our territory searching for food. Some of the lions were responsible for hunting for food and would bring it back to the group to share. They would either catch it or find fallen animals that were fresh enough to eat. At the end of the night, we would sleep together as a pack. We roamed for miles, and made our way across the territory. We would stay in one location if food was easily accessible, and once it became scarce, we ...
Love
It goes without saying. Every last Thursday of the month, come rain or shine, we meet at the bus stop for a stroll along the little quay. Sometimes we will remember to bring a slice of bread to break up for the swans, who will scramble along hurriedly to be the one to get the most; and other times one or both of us forget, or have been too rushed, or distracted. The swans would look at us expectantly on those days...but that would quickly turn to resignation, those clever swans - which always left me feeling a little guilty. Susan and I have been doing this since our childhood. Best friends s...
The Pyre
Sam looks around at the people invading his house and he can feel his nerves already starting to fray. It doesn't matter what Debbie says dear, we've talked about this having the people come to you gives the impression of being magnanimous they come here to see you as much as your collection all these strangers makes him want to hide in his office and never come out.Is this the way things are gonna be like now? Just people walking into his home for 7 hours every day? We have to be open on the weekend as well, dear, some people work for a living. Just because of his stupid elephants.He walks al...