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The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy

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The Adventures of Kintaro, The Golden Boy Long ago in feudal Japan, there lived a brave soldier named Kintoki and his beautiful wife. After Kintoki’s passing, his wife fled to the Ashigara Mountains in fear of his enemies. There she gave birth to a child she named Kintaro, or Golden Boy. Kintaro was incredibly strong and deep out in the mountains where only woodcutters ever came, Kintaro was soon able to cut trees down as fast as them.