Tale 28 — The slaying of the monster monk of Hayachine
A hunter from Tsukumoushi village who was the first to cut a mountain path into Hayachine was roasting mochi in a makeshift hut when a large monk appeared, wanted the mochi, and ate it. The next day he mixed white stones shaped like mochi into the roast, and the monk ate those too, then fled in shock, and was later found dead at the bottom of a valley.
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