:12:02
...that my close friend Ponkichi
only wanted to live a normal tanuki life.
:12:08
At dusk, when going
through the mountain pass,...
:12:12
...a moon rose up
from behind the mountain.
:12:15
A branch from a cedar next to
the pass was blocking the moon.
:12:20
``This is odd.'', he said.
:12:22
The moment he uttered that,
the branch ducked down...
:12:27
...and appeared on the opposite side.
:12:31
``A-ha,'' So the human realized.
:12:34
He said, "No, I was wrong.
There was a branch on both sides.''
:12:37
And so another branch appeared.
:12:41
Suddenly, there was a thud.
:12:43
End of story.
:12:44
So, can you figure out what fell?
:12:46
A tanuki!
:12:48
Correct.
:12:49
But why did he fall, Gonta?
:12:52
He was a clumsy jerk!
I would never have fallen!
:12:55
Very good. That's the spirit.
:12:57
Sasuke, why did this tanuki fall?
:13:01
He had to let both hands go
to make both branches.
:13:04
Well done.
:13:05
What is the lesson
of this story, Shoukichi?
:13:09
I think it's that we listen
too much to what the humans say.
:13:13
That's right.
:13:15
We tanuki are basically
good-natured, gullible, and too obliging.
:13:20
These are the reasons for our failure.
:13:22
Do you understand?
:13:24
Yes, Abbot Tsurugame!
:13:26
For example, I might say,
``Tanuki-san, tanuki-san, let us play!''
:13:33
``We're in the middle
of studying right now!''
:13:37
There, you've already fallen for it.
:13:40
That's what's frightening.
:13:57
While the tanuki were busy learning
about humans and transformation,...