long, long ago in the province of tango there lived on the shore of japan in the little fishing village of mizu-no-ye a young fisherman named urashima taro. his father had been a fisherman before him, and his skill had more than doubly descended to his son, for urashima was the most skillful fisher in all that country side, and could catch more bonito and tai in a day than his comrades could in a week.