(The flying ogre disguised as a little girl. Source)
- A Buddhist monk loved wandering to different places and he wandered to a huge tree that was hollow inside
- A little way past the tree, he saw a girl running towards him and when she got close she asked the monk to save her life
- When the monk asked her what was wrong, she said a man is pursuing her and wanted him to tell the man he hasn't seen her while she hid in the tree
- After the monk walked further, he came upon a man with a bow and sword on an armored horse. The horse could travel on air and on ground.
- He asked the monk if he had seen the girl in the red coat, to which the monk said he had not
- The man on the horse warned him and said that this girl is not a human but a flying ogre and this ogre is the worst of them all
- Upon hearing that, the monk pointed at the hollow tree and revealed the girl's location
- When the man searched the tree for the girl, she came out of the tree and flew away with the man on the horse chasing after her
Bibliography
The Flying Ogre by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens
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