Kihachi was very tired and he went to sleep immediately in the small cramped place.
However, in the middle of the night, there was a terrifying sound in the middle of the night. To the young Kihachi it seemed like there were ogres fighting in the main temple. Kihachi was terrified to look through the peephole and see what was happening and he lay there just waiting for all the sound to pass.
There were some terrible screams and then suddenly everything went quiet.
In the morning, Kihachi decided to ring the bells of the temple to let the priests know that he was here and had cleaned the place.
The bells sounded loud and rang throughout and Kihachi saw people gather below and come towards the temple.
After that Kihachi decided to see what happened to the cats that he had drawn and Kihachi was in for the biggest shock of his life.
There was a pool of blood and there was the huge rat lying dead and the rat was big as a cow.
Kihachi wondered what had happened here and what he had heard last night.
Kihachi was even more shocked because all the cats that he had drawn were covered in blood now.
A second later, Kihachi realized the truth.
The rat was a goblin and somehow the cats that Kihachi had drawn had come alive at night and killed the rat goblin.
Adapted from Japanese Folktales
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