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A dancing magical tea kettle performing before villagers in a Japanese folktale.

The Tea Kettle That Transformed

In the quiet countryside of Shiga Prefecture there lived a humble peddler who traveled from village to village selling small household items. He was kindhearted but poor, and each day he hoped that fortune might someday show him a little kindness in return. One afternoon as he wandered through a market he noticed an old iron tea kettle lying among

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