Tale 40 — The wolf's camouflage and coat color
It was said that if the grass grew to about three sun in height, the wolf, the mountain wolf, once called o-inu, could hide itself within it. It was also told that the wolf's coat color changed to follow the seasonal shifts in the colors of grass and trees.
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