葛 means 'arrowroot'

Helping a distressed animal should reap big karma points, and most folktales in this bundle reflect that view—but not all do. One man obeys an entreaty to treat animals better and finds himself handsomely rewarded. In "The Magic Tea Kettle," told here bilingually, a tanuki goes to great lengths to reward a good Samaritan with wealth. Another folktale has a similar ending, but despite a woodcutter's kindness to an injured sparrow, the old man is still tested. A final story stands as an anomaly; Taro Urashima aids a turtle and ends up punished with sudden-onset old age.