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"The Boy Who Drew Cats" is a Japanese
fairy tale published in 1898. The story
begins in a small village in Japan whereDownload The Boy Who Drew Cats Study
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"The Boy Who Drew Cats" is a Japanese
fairy tale published in 1898. The story
begins in a small village in Japan where
a poor farmer and his wife live with their
large family. It is difficult for them to feed
all of their children, who must help with
the work around the farm. Their youngest
child, however, is unfit for manual labor
because he is rather weak, though he
is very smart. His parents think that he
would make a better priest than a farmer,
so they take him to the old priest in the
village temple and ask the priest to take
the boy as his acolyte. The priest is so
impressed with the boy's intelligence that
he agrees to educate the boy as a priest.
The boy is a good student, but he cannot
stop himself from drawing cats, even
when he is supposed to be studying.
Finally, one day, the priest tells him that
he should be an artist because he won't
make a good priest, but he offers the boy
some advice, saying, "Avoid large placesat night; keep to small!" The boy leaves
the temple, not really understanding
this advice. He is afraid to go home and
disappoint his parents, so he travels to
the next village because he remembers
that there is a large temple there where
he might continue his education. He
has not heard that this temple is closed
because a "goblin" has frightened all the
priests away and has devoured several
warriors who have tried to slay it.
When the boy arrives, he notes that
everything is covered in dust, and no one
is there. He hopes that this means that
the priests would like to have him help
clean. He sees some big white screens
and decides to draw cats on them while
he waits. Afterward, he feels sleepy;
however, he realizes that he is in a big
place, remembering the priest's advice,
so he finds a small cabinet in which he
can sleep. In the middle of the night,
he hears terrible noises of fighting and
screaming, and he stays in his cabinet
until the light of the morning shines
through the cracks. When he emerges,
he sees a huge "goblin rat," bigger than
a cow, dead on the floor. He then notices
that the mouths of all the cats he drew
are red with blood. He now understands
the priest's advice and soon becomes a
famous artist.