The Stonecutter:
Theme of the story: Greed
The man lived a happy basic life, he started to envy those who were better off then them. He cried out to the spirit for him to be rich, a prince, the sun, a cloud, a rock and finally back to being a man.
The man realized that being the "best" is not always best for everyone. When he was the "best" villages were destroyed and he was never happy.
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Bibliography:
Japanese Fairy Tales: The Stonecutter by Andrew Lang.
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