URASCHIMATARO AND THE TURTLE
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'Where have you brought me?' he asked his guide in a low voice.
'To the palace of Ringu, the house of the sea god, whose subjects we all are,' answered the turtle. 'I am
the first waiting maid of his daughter, the lovely princess Otohimé, whom you will shortly see.'
Uraschimataro was still so puzzled with the adventures that had befallen him, that he waited in a dazed condition for what would happen next. But the turtle, who had
