A Japanese folktale about a poor stone cutter works hard day after day cutting slabs of stone from the side of a mountain until one day the mountain spirit grants him one wish after another - but each wish makes him more and more discontented, until at last, he realises what brings him the most happiness.  (duration  12 minutes) An episode from Journey with Story, a storytelling podcast for kids ages 5-10)

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