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Secondary 10
The perfect sword
After a Japanese master swordmaker and his apprentice craft the perfect sword, they search high and low for someone worthy of it
The last kappa of old Japan
In 1860s Japan, young Norihei saves the life of a kappa, one of the mythological beings who keep the water clean, and the two become friends, but changes brought by the Industrial Revolution force the kappa to leave, only to return when Norihei needs him most. Includes historical and cultural notes
The boy from the dragon palace
A magical boy grants a poor flower-seller's every wish until the greedy and ungrateful man grows tired of the boy's unpleasant behavior and sends him away