A boy throws a rock at a baby kappa, and its father puts a powerful curse on him.  The lake moss of the Ainu come to be refered as the heart of the forest.
Children were sometimes pulled 
down by the kappa and drowned.
A veces los kappa jalaban
la pierna de un niño para hundirlo.
A veces, los kappa tiraban de
la pierna de los niños para hundirlos.
Às vezes as crianças eram puxadas
 pelos kappa e se afogavam.