WELCOME
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!!!.