AN OLD TALE OF JAPAN★No.2 Sumo of the two mice

Once upon a time, in a far place there is an old poor and kind couple.
One day, When an old man go to the hill as usual
"Hakke-yohi! Nokotta, Nokotta(ready! go, go)", He heard someone's voice.
"Well, whom voice is it?"
When he opened the bush and he peep through an opening, there are two mice doing sumo wrestling.

"The first mouse is skinny the second is fatty of the rich house"
The skinny mouse who lived in the old man's house. It is always defeated because it has no power, even if they do it many times.
After he came back home, he told his wife the story of the mice.
"That's a poor thing."I wanna somehow let our skinny mouse win" he said.
And, The old woman answered
"Well, we shall let our skinny mouse eat Mochi, so that it will become mighty"
"Oh! That's a good idea!"
The couple made Mochi immediately for it, and they rolloed it into the hole where the skinny mouse lives.

On the next day, the skinny mouse and the fatty mouse did sumo wrestling again.
This time, the old man's skinny mouse won the sumo wrestling. The two mice fight over and over again, the skinny mouse always outwin the game.
Then, the fatty mouse is wondering and he asked the skinny mouse,
"Why are you become so strong suddenly?"
The skinny mouse said proudly,
"He, he, actually, the old couple gave me some Mochi yesterday. therefore I became powerfull".
"Good, the owner of the house is rich but he is stingy with money, and he never give me Mochi at all".
"Well, cammon to my house. An old man will make some Mochi tonight, I will give you half of it".
"Really? I'm happy for that".

The old man hear this talking, and he made some Mochi for them and rooled it into the hole.
The old woman sewed small Mawashi to two mice.
When they came back home, they were so delighted to find that.
The pleased fatty mouse gave the couple the small gold coin, which the fatty mouse brought it for souvenir. Since then the old couple became rich.

"Even if you are poor, if you have a kind heart and takes care of other people, someday you will surely be happy."