No. 54 — Two to and one sho of sake
The priest told the acolyte how much sake to buy by holding up a certain number of fingers, but he drank it all himself and let the acolyte drink none. In revenge, the acolyte sawed through the floorboard of the privy, and the drunken priest stepped through it and fell into the privy pit. The acolyte, called in haste, misread the number of fingers and bought as much as two to and one sho of sake. No longer able to scold him, the priest in the end let the acolyte drink the sake too.
- Land
- Shiwa District
- Type
- Strange Fates
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