昔、岐阜県の坂下という村に「のう」という大きな化け物がいました。
Once upon a time, there was a big monster called Nou in Sakashita Village, Gifu Prefecture.
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It is said that Noh drinks a lot of water from the Kiso River, but no one really knows its true form.
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In years when there was a big typhoon, the villagers would whisper to each other, The Nou is rampaging.
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To appease the Nō, they had to offer the most beautiful girl in the village.
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One year, a big storm came again.
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However, only a girl named Tsuyu remained in the village.
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Tsuyu was not beautiful, but she willingly went to Noh for the sake of the villagers.
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Mother and the villagers tried to stop her, but Tsuyu still climbed the mountain alone.
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At the top of the mountain, Nō appeared and was very happy to see Tsuyu.
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I was really scared, but Tsuyu pleaded, If youre going to eat me, please dont struggle anymore.
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Noh said, Youre a very cute girl, and treated Tsuyu very kindly.
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The next morning, Tsuyu and the other girls who had previously been offered to Nou returned to the village.
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The villagers are very happy.
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The rainy season said, Nō said that if a girl like me had come from the beginning, he wouldnt have become rebellious.
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So, I asked Nō to give back the girls he had eaten before.
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Since then, Nō stopped rebelling, and even when he occasionally came to the village, just a glare from Tsuyu was enough to make him behave.
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Later, Noh left behind a large footprint and went somewhere, and that footprint became a pond.
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The villagers call that pond the Pond of Agriculture.
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