The One-Inch Boy
Japanese folk tale
The One-Inch Boy
Issun-boshi, a boy no bigger than a thumb, sails a rice bowl to the city, faces a big red oni and proves that small can be brave.
- 5 chapters
- Illustrated
- Read aloud
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How the story begins
Chapter 1: A Child No Bigger Than a Thumb
Long ago in Japan, in a little village by a river, there lived a kind old man and a kind old woman. They had everything they needed except one thing: they had no children. Every day they went to the shrine and wished, "Please send us a child, even a very small one."
Chapters in this story
- 1.A Child No Bigger Than a Thumb
- 2.A Rice Bowl Boat
- 3.At the Lord's Grand House
- 4.The Oni on the Road
- 5.The Magic Mallet
