Issun Boshi

[Story Teller]

But he was so tiny that the guard did not notice him. "I'm here, I'm here," Issun shouted.



Finally the guard spotted him and lifted him up from the shadow of his geta (Japanese sandals).



Issun-boshi was granted permission to see the lord and, in the palm of the lord's, he knelt, bowed, and pledged his loyalty.



The lord took an instant liking to Issun-boshi and made him a retainer. Everyone in the mansion soon came to like the intelligent, charming issun-boshi, but none more so than the lord's daughter. Before long, he became her personal attendant.