The Ainu And the Fox

One night, an Ainu elder is woken from his sleep by the sound of a fox’s cry. The man gets out of bed, approaches the riverbank so he can hear better, and discovers that the fox is addressing all Ainu with a passionate appeal for them to end their selfishness and share nature’s bounty with all the animals, as the gods intended. The man is deeply moved by the fox’s appeal and calls the Ainu together to apologize to the fox god and to turn away from their selfish behavior.