"The Two-Leaf Chestnut Tree" The Old Story from Takayama A long time ago, there lived a man called Genji in the Kiyomi village. He was arrogant and act as if he could take anything from anyone anytime. People in the village ostracized him and kept away from him. “I don’t care!” He got more and more cranky and did whatever he likes. One day, he stole wood from Yoheiji, his neighbor because he knew Yoheiji had been to a pilgrimage in Tateyama mountains and wouldn’t come back for two or three days. “Now, this should do for a while.” He shouldered a pile of wood on his back and went down the mountain. On the way home, a gust of wind blew Genji’s hood off. He chased after the hood but it went out of his sight as if it had vanished into the air. He looked all over but it wasn’t anywhere. “Damn it! How strange! It can’t be blow off such far.”