【一】 This is a story I heard from an old man in my village, Mohei, when I was a little kid. (これは、私が小さいときに、村の茂兵というおじいさんからきいたお話です。) Once upon a time, there was a small castle in a place called Nakayama near my village. A king by the name of Nakayama-sama lived in the castle. (むかしは、私たちの村のちかくの、中山というところに小さなお城があって、中山さまというおとのさまがおられたそうです。) A short distance away from Nakayama lived a fox named "Gon the Fox.