26.
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH #Inspirational Moral Stories
An old
woodsman, Yoshida, and his wife, Fumi, were happy to have lived for
long
together, but were saddened to think that one day death would separate
them.
Yoshida
once went to the forest but lost his way. Reaching a spring, he drank
some
water. At once, he found himself to be healthy and young as a twentythree
year
old! Realising the spring had a magical quality, he returned and
told the
astonished Fumi about it. She also went to the stream. Hours ticked
by. Fumi
did not return. Yoshida went to the stream, and found a baby girl
lying
there! Fumi had drunk a huge amount of the magical water! Yoshida
looked
after her, and they lived happily for a long, long time.
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