Project Gutenberg 2018-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 118 Nelson, Kathleen Gray Wheelan, Albertine Randall Wheelan, A. R. Wheelan, Mrs. Randall The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden Tails Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, amsibert, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden Tails" by Kathleen Gray Nelson is a children's fantasy tale written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a Japanese fox who aspires to gain nine golden tails by living peacefully for a thousand years without being chased by dogs. The narrative explores themes of ambition, desire, and the consequences of one's choices in the pursuit of happiness. The plot follows a clever and whimsical fox who first dreams of transforming into a magnificent being with nine golden tails, representing the pinnacle of ultimate success for his kind. As he navigates through various adventures, including an encounter with a dragon and the complexities of becoming a human, he discovers the weight of his desires. Ultimately, after achieving his goal and gaining the golden tails, he realizes the burdens that come with them exceed the fulfillment he sought, leading to an ironic and thought-provoking conclusion about true worth and the nature of contentment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fairy tales Foxes -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 101748 2025-07-23T04:05:11.007881 text/html 101078 2018-06-17T04:52:58 text/html 289451 2025-07-23T04:05:13.424004 application/epub+zip 287752 2025-07-23T04:05:11.539886 application/epub+zip 113174 2025-07-23T04:05:11.256897 application/epub+zip 331543 2025-07-23T04:05:15.036983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315804 2025-07-23T04:05:13.158860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146217 2022-08-25T18:04:04.240330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 86998 2025-07-23T04:05:10.823875 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 87219 2018-06-17T04:52:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18520 2025-07-23T04:05:15.161952 application/rdf+xml 24042 2025-07-23T04:05:11.327885 image/jpeg 3731 2025-07-23T04:05:11.291919 image/jpeg 33455 2018-06-17T04:53:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 293444 2018-06-17T04:53:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 366647 2025-07-23T04:05:11.028880 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog