The Little Coal Boy

SHADOWS THEATER
Beniko Tanaka

June 13th I Ferraria de São João I 9h30 pm
June 14th I Centro Cultural, Cerejeiras I 5h00 pm

Duration: 40 mins; G.A.

In a small village in Japan, an old blacksmith found himself struggling to produce a fire hot enough to forge tools capable of working the region’s hard soil. 
Mysteriously, over several days, logs began to appear at his door. Later, the old man discovered that it was a young boy who had brought them, advising him: 
“Make charcoal from this wood; the fire will burn stronger.” 
The villagers were delighted with this discovery. Later, the old man discovered how the little boy had managed to get hold of all that wood, and was delighted… 
A traditional tale that shows us the spirituality and ancestral wisdom of rural Japanese life.