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This story is part of the Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki) unit. Story source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908).
Watanabe was a brave warrior in the band of five knights. One time, he heard one of his friends saying that the residences in the Rashomon was terrified by the ogre. The ogre killed the people who set the foot to the occupied place.Watanabe could not ignored this. He prepared everything to find the orge.
At he headed to the gate of Rashomon, the ogre stood behind him and seized his helmet. He suddenly cut off the arm of the ogre as he grabbed it. Then, the ogre ran in painful. Watanabe brought the ogre's arm as a booty, but really worried that the ogre would be back one day to take the arm back. He made a steel box, hard and safe, and hid the arm in it so nobody would know it.
One day, Watanabe had a special guest coming to his house. He was very happy to meet his nany, who had been out of contact for so long. The nanny came and asked to see the ogre's arm for one last time. Although, Watanabe was skeptical to show, but could not denied the begging of his beloved nanny. He opened the box and allowed the nanny see it in the distance.Unfortunately, the nanny came closer to the box and picked up the arm and turned herself into the big ogre.
Watanabe realized that this was the same ogre he fought with last time, and aimed to cut off the ogre's head this time. However, the ogre ran away and disappeared.
Although Watanabe lose a chance to kill the ogre, the people of Rashomon thanked to him since the ogre was no longer dared to come to this land.
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