Ifitwerenotforthefleas，whicharehereinlegions，Ishouldstaylonger，fortheviewoftheAidzusnowisdelicious，and，asthereareonlytwootherhouses，onecanramblewithoutbeingmobbed。

　　Inoneachildtwoandahalfyearsoldswallowedafish-bonelastnight，andhasbeensufferingandcryingallday，andthegriefofthemothersowonIto’ssympathythathetookmetoseeher。Shehadwalkedupanddownwithitforeighteenhours，butneverthoughtoflookingintoitsthroat，andwasveryunwillingthatI

　　shoulddoso。Thebonewasvisible，andeasilyremovedwithacrochetneedle。Anhourlaterthemothersentatraywithaquantityofcakesandcoarseconfectioneryuponitasapresent，withthepieceofdriedseaweedwhichalwaysaccompaniesagift。

　　Beforenightsevenpeoplewithsorelegsappliedfor“advice。“Thesoreswereallsuperficialandallalike，andtheirownerssaidthattheyhadbeenproducedbytheincessantrubbingofthebitesofants。

　　Onthissummerdaythecountrylooksasprosperousasitisbeautiful，andonewouldnotthinkthatacutepovertycouldexistinthesteep-roofedvillageofNojiri，whichnestlesatthefootofthehill；buttwohempenropesdanglingfromacryptomeriajustbelowtellthesadtaleofanelderlymanwhohangedhimselftwodaysago，becausehewastoopoortoprovideforalargefamily；

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