Yeah! ( And now he's all worked up and excited to share his story, ) He's really famous!
Urashima Taro was a fisherman! One day, he caught a bunch of humans bullying a small turtle in a net. He went to stop them and set the turtle free into the sea. The next day, a minogame-- a thousand year old turtle-- came up from the sea and said the Dragon King wanted to thank him for saving his daughter.
So the minogame took Urashima down to the Dragon King's palace. The Dragon King gave Urashima lots of treasure and introduced him to his daughter, the little turtle. She turned into a beautiful princess named Otohime and she married Taro.
( What a happy story, right? )
But after three days under the sea, Taro missed his family so he asked to return to them. Otohime was sad but she sent him up with a magic box that he was never supposed to open.
When Taro got back to land, everything had changed. He couldn't find his home and when he asked for help, no one could tell him where his family was. He then asked if anyone had ever heard of Urashima Taro and they said they'd heard of a man who disappeared out at sea 300 years ago.
In his grief, Taro opened the box the princess gave him and a lot of smoke came out. He turned into an old man and from the sea, he heard Otohime say, "I told you not to open the box. In it, was your old age..."
( And that's it. That's the story. What an ending! At least he seems to really like the story. )
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Urashima Taro was a fisherman! One day, he caught a bunch of humans bullying a small turtle in a net. He went to stop them and set the turtle free into the sea. The next day, a minogame-- a thousand year old turtle-- came up from the sea and said the Dragon King wanted to thank him for saving his daughter.
So the minogame took Urashima down to the Dragon King's palace. The Dragon King gave Urashima lots of treasure and introduced him to his daughter, the little turtle. She turned into a beautiful princess named Otohime and she married Taro.
( What a happy story, right? )
But after three days under the sea, Taro missed his family so he asked to return to them. Otohime was sad but she sent him up with a magic box that he was never supposed to open.
When Taro got back to land, everything had changed. He couldn't find his home and when he asked for help, no one could tell him where his family was. He then asked if anyone had ever heard of Urashima Taro and they said they'd heard of a man who disappeared out at sea 300 years ago.
In his grief, Taro opened the box the princess gave him and a lot of smoke came out. He turned into an old man and from the sea, he heard Otohime say, "I told you not to open the box. In it, was your old age..."
( And that's it. That's the story. What an ending! At least he seems to really like the story. )