Name: The Little Monk Ikkyu A Long Letter【Japanese Fairy Tales in English】
Uploaded: 2021-02-05T17:20:21.000Z
Duration: 4 min 20 s
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Once upon a time, there was a little monk named Ikkyu.

One day, the head monk returned from a temple  in the neighboring village with a long face.

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As soon as the head monk saw Ikkyu,  who was sweeping the garden, he said,

I made a senseless promise with the monk  in the nearby village.

I really need your help since you are very smart."

"All right, Master.  If i could be of some help."

while talking with the monk in the nearby village,  your story came up.

'Ikkyu is so wise, he knows a lot of things,  and he can do anything.'

'If it is true, I'll have Ikkyu, the wise boy,  to draw the longest letter in Japan.'

'It's a piece of cake for Ikkyu!'  and accepted the challenge.

Hearing this, Ikkyu scratched his head and said,

I'll come up with the longest letter in Japan  by tomorrow morning."

The next morning, Ikkyu went to the head monk  and said with a smile,

"Master, I will draw the longest letter in Japan,

so will you send someone to the nearby village

and have him lay a long piece of paper  from that temple to our temple?

Also, I need a writing brush made of a bamboo broom,  and a washtub full of indian ink.

"So you can do it, can't you?   Thank you!  I'll do as you said!"

When everything was ready for Ikkyu  to draw the longest letter in Japan,

"Oh, boy.  How dare you demand such a great amount of paper!

However, if you fail,  you have to pay for all the paper!"

Ikkyu soaked the thick writing brush of a bamboo broom  in indian ink,

and started drawing a straight line on the paper.

drawing the very long straight line  toward the temple of Ikkyu.

The head monk of the nearby village  said very angrily to Ikkyu,

It cannot be called a letter!   Now, please pay for all the paper you wasted!"

Then, Ikkyu smiled,  flipping the end of the straight line to right and said,

"Well, I have finished drawing the longest letter  in Japan."

"Yes, this is one of the hiragana letters, 'し'. "

This is how Ikkyu splendidly draw the longest letter  in Japan,