The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die
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This story is part if Japanese Fairy Tales Unit by Jei Theodora Ozaki (1908) along with the story of My Lord Bag of Rice and The Adventure of Kintaro. Among these three, i very much enjoy "The Man Who did not Wish to Die", since it teach me a mortal lesson, which is live in the present, and let go of the past or future.
The story told about a rich man named Sentaro. Although he lived in a prosperous life, he was not happy. He spent most of his time a day just worrying about the death, afraid he would lose everything he had because of the death. So, he seek for an immortal life.
Some legendary had told that there was a King, who also had the same desired, ordered his courtier to bring him the hermits living in the peak mountains. So they could teach the King how to have the "Elixir of Life".
Knowing that, Sentaro left the home and sought for the hermits.
Although there was no sign for the hermits, Sentaro still headed to a immortal world on the paper crane, which was created by a deity. In the place Sentaro headed, people all sought for the dead because they believe the life after dead is the most happy life in the Paradise. However, Sentaro still felt excited to begin his new perpetual life and to growth his business in this new land.
Time passed...things happened... Sentaro recalled his original life with his family. He got bored with this immortal life since time passed by with no impacts on him. He felt meaningless to live a life like that forever.
He really wanted to come back home.
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