HIRO AND THE STORM
Many years ago, in Japan, a hare named Hiro lived on a forested mountain overlooking the sea.
He lived a happy life in the forest, and there were many leaves, seeds and berries for him to eat. One day, as he was prowling through the bushes, he came across Takashi the tanuki. A tanuki is sometimes called a raccoon-dog, and that’s just what Takashi looked like – a small dog, with the furry body and masked face of a raccoon. This made Hiro nervous, because the tanuki was bigger than him, and had sharp teeth. The hare tensed up, ready
