Tale 19 — A whole family wiped out by poisonous mushrooms
In Magozaemon's house, unfamiliar mushrooms grew around a pear tree. Following a saying that if well stirred in a water tub they would not poison anyone, everyone ate them together, and except for one seven-year-old daughter, every member of the household lost their life. Taking advantage of the confusion, relatives carried off all the property, and the house of the choja, a very rich man, fell to ruin in a single morning.
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