Once upon a time, there lived a young fisherman named Urashimataro and his old mother.
One sunny day, when Urashimataro hurriedly went passing the beach, he heard many children playing loudly and noisily, so he went over to have a look. He saw the children using sticks to poke a turtle‘s body, and sometimes turned its body and played. "Hay! Don‘t abuse the animal! It’s such a poor thing!