The hungry gods

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The hungry gods

Kenji ate a big breakfast before walking in the mountains.
But after an hour he was overcome by extreme hunger.
“I’m starving,” thought Kenji.

“It is the hidarugami - the hungry gods causing this. I know it.”
The hidarugami were yōkai, spirits of travellers who starved to death in the mountains.

Exhausted, Kenji fell to the ground on the trail.
“I feel the ghosts haunt me. They want to take me. They want me to be with them.”

The hungry gods then appeared on the mountain trail before him.
“No!” said Kenji. And he placed his little finger in his mouth and he ate it.
This enraged the hungry gods, for if you eat - just something small - then a traveller may escape the ghosts.

“Go, Kenji!” they cried. “You have been clever, this time.”
And with that the hidarugami ate his remaining fingers.

Trailing blood behind him, Kenji stumbled down from the mountain.

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from Tokyo Yōkai, released December 21, 2023

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