# The Fisher-Boy Urashima

Author: Chamberlain, Basil Hall, 1850-1935 [Translator]; Eitaku, 1843-1890 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30024

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Fisher-Boy+Urashima+Chamberlain&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Well, one day he went out in his boat to fish. But instead of catching any fish, what do you think he caught? Why! a great big tortoise, with a hard shell and such a funny wrinkled old face and a tiny tail. Now I must tell you something which very likely you don't know; and that is that tortoises always live a thousand years,--at least Japanese tortoises do. So Urashima thought to himself: "A fish would do for my dinner just as well as this tortoise,--in fact better. Why should I go and kill the poor thing, and prevent it from enjoying itself for another nine hundred and ninety-nine years? No, no! I won't be so cruel. I am sure mother wouldn't like me to." And with these words, he threw t...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-fisher-boy-urashima-30024/chapters/1/index.md)