あまんじゃくの星ほしとり

Once upon a time, there lived a mischievous little demon called Amanjaku in a certain mountain.

This amanjaku would come down to the village at the foot of the mountain and cause trouble, being an incorrigible mischief-maker

One evening, while Amanjaku was walking through the village, a girl came outside and looked up at the sky.

When asked what Amanjaku is doing, the daughter says she is making a wish upon a shooting star.

Upon hearing this, Amanjaku thought that instead of making a wish on a shooting star that would soon disappear, it would be better to make all the stars in the sky fall and make them his own, so that his wishes could come true endlessly.

The Amanjaku quickly took a broom and climbed to the top of the mountain.

Climbing the mountain, the stars seemed right above my head, almost within reach.

Then Amanjaku swung the broom towards the sky

However, it still doesnt reach the stars.

Then, this time, I piled up nearby stones, stood on them, and tried swinging the broom around.

However, even then, I couldnt bring down the stars

Thinking that if he piled up more stones higher, he would surely be able to reach the stars, Amanjaku finally stacked every stone from the riverbank and forest, even stone lanterns, on top of the mountain.

In this way, Amanjaku built a stone tower that seemed to reach up to the top of the mountain.

The Amanjaku climbed the stone tower and this time swung the broom in the air.

But still, I couldnt reach the stars.

The eastern sky gradually brightened, and dawn began to break.

The stubborn person, feeling frustrated, stomped their feet on top of the stone tower.

The stone tower wobbled and finally collapsed.

It is said that the crumbled stones rolled down from the mountain, continuing all the way from the top to the village at the foot.

And then, Amanjaku was trapped under the stone, and it is said that he never appeared in the village again.