WELCOME

PRESENTATION BY,

GAYATHRI KRISHNA

THE BOY WHO DREW CATS

-HASEGAWA TAKEJIRO

A VILLAGE IN JAPAN

Setting of the story

SEE, HOW WONDERFUL THE VILLAGE SCENERIES.

ISN’T IT?

IN SUCH A VILLAGE LIVED A FARMER AND HIS

WIFE.

THEY HAD MANY CHILDREN

SEE, HOW SIMPLY THEY LIVED!!!.

THEIR YOUNGEST

CHILD WAS THE CLEVEREST IN THE FAMILY..

BUT HE HAD A FAULT. HE LOVED TO DRAW

CATS.!!!

HE DREW CATS ON EVERY BIT OF PAPER THAT HE

GETS…

H I S FAT H E R T O O K H I M T O A P R I E S T. T H E P R I E S T A P P O I N T E D H I M A S T H E AC O LY T E .

BUT HE CONTINUED HIS HABIT

HE DREW PICTURES ON TEMPLE SCREENS

AND EVEN ON THE PRIEST’S SACRED

TEXTS.

PRIEST ASKED HIM TO LEAVE THE

TEMPLE AND GAVE HIM A ADVICE.

“AVOID LARGE PLACES AT NIGHT

AND KEEP TO SMALL.”

P O O R B OY ! ! ! H E L E F T T H E T E M P L E S O R R O W F U L LY ! !

H E MADE UP H IS M I ND T O GO TO A B I G TEMPL E IN T H E NEXT V I L L AGE .

WHEN HE REACHED THERE, HE DIDN’T

MEET ANYONE.

A GOBLIN WAS RESIDING

THERE.

WITHOUT AWARE OF ANY THESE MATTERS,

HE ENTERED THE TEMPLE.

HE DREW CATS ON WALLS.

HE FELT SLEEPY.

AFTER SOMETIME, HE HEARD AWFUL

NOISE. HE BECAME AFRAID.

NEXT MORNING, HE CAME TO KNOW

WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

HE REALISED THAT IT WAS HIS

CATS WHO SAVED HIM!!!.

HE SAW GOBLIN’S CORPSE!!! .

AFT ERWARD, T H E BOY BECAME A VERY FAMO US ART I ST IN JAPAN .

THANK YOU!!!.