The Dancing Teapot
Once upon a time in a quiet mountain village in old Japan, there lived a kind-hearted ragman named Kenji. He wandered from town to town with a large sack on his back, collecting old clothes, broken toys, and worn-out pots and pans that people no longer wanted. Though he didn’t have much, Kenji was always smiling and willing to help anyone in need. One crisp autumn morning, while walking through a forest trail, Kenji heard a faint rustling sound near the base of a tree. Curious, he went to look, and there, caught in a rusty old trap, was a small badger. Its leg was bleeding, and its eyes were full of pain. ...