title: The Last Kappa of Old Japan: A Magical Journey of Two Friends
author:  Sunny Seki 
description: "This is a Japanese 'Lorax' folk tale with a cautionary message about taking care of our earth!" <b><i>PragmaticMom.com</i> blog</b>
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  The _he’s wonderful!_ feeling I had earlier steadily withers away with that
  brazen attitude of his.
  
  
  Wh-what a peculiar man. Most people are ecstatic when I tell them they were
  chosen to be a Hero… O-oh, well. He’s probably just confused after being
  summoned so suddenly. Good thing I have the perfect remedy for situations like
  this! I’ll just sidle up to Seiya like so, aaand…
  
  
  “Hey, Seiya! I want you to yell ‘status,’ okay?”
  
  
  Heh-heh-heh! This! This is it! This is perfect! Japanese people love stuff
  like this!
  
  
  “Why?”
  
  
  “Huh? Wait. You don’t know? Were you not that into video games? Ah, it doesn’t
  matter. Whenever you yell ‘status,’ you’ll be able to see your capabilities
  expressed in numerical form! Anyway, just give it a go! Seeing is believing!”
  
  
  However, after a brief moment of silence…
  
  
  “…Properties.”
  
  
  “‘Properties’?!”
  
  
  I’m pretty sure I told him to say “status,” so why did he say that?! What is
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