Digital Ehon is a site that turns the folktales of various countries into a picture book and translates them into various languages in order to offer them to the children of the world. Their sincere hope that children may come to gain a greater mutual understanding of people and cultures thorough this site. With that end in mind we shall do our best to offer a wide variety of folktales that children will enjoy.
Hanasaka Jiisan is a Japanese fairy tale. Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford collected it in Tales of Old Japan, as The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Blossom. Andrew Lang included it, as The Envious Neighbor, in The Violet Fairy Book, listing his sources as Japanische Marchen.
STORY:
An old childless couple loved their dog. One day, it dug in the garden, and they found a box of gold pieces there. A neighbor thought the dog must be able to find treasure, and managed to borrow the dog. When it dug in his garden, there were only bones, and he killed it. He told the couple that the dog had just dropped dead. They grieved and buried it under the fig tree where they had found the treasure. One night, the dog's master dreamed that the dog told him to chop down the tree and make a mortar from it. He told his wife, who said they must do as the dog asked. When they did, the rice put into the mortar turned into gold. The neighbor borrowed it, but the rice turned to foul-smelling berries, and he and his wife smashed and burned the mortar.
That night, in a dream, the dog told his master to take the ashes and sprinkle them on certain cherry trees. When he did, the cherry trees came into bloom, and the Daimyo, passing by, marveled and gave him many gifts. The neighbor tried to do the same, but the ashes blew into the Daimyo's eyes, so he threw him into prison; when he was let out, his village would not let him live there anymore, and he could not, with his wicked ways, find a new home.
GAME:
Digital Ehon Vol. 4 - Imadoki no Hanasaka Jiisan is based on the japanese fairy tale of the same name. The gameplay is like the usual in an interactive book since in the first game mode the player can interact with each image using the pointer to see different objects or characters moving, and in the second game mode is just to watch the story without any kind of interaction.
The game features full japanese voice acting.
Manufacturer's description:
Picture-book revolution! Soft modern twist to old tale that everyone knows, inspire the imagination of children animation and games that can not be expressed in ordinary books, narration, and sound effects appeared! 4th is recorded "Hanasakajisan"! Full mode "for fun", you will enjoy the "story mode" of reading in Kikase narration gimmick.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy & Fairy Tales themes.
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