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    Tale of a Fox
    Tale of a Fox
    Tale of a Fox
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    Tale of a Fox

    By Kate Macleod

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    Nagano nestles amongst the highest mountains in Japan, far from the fashionable life of the capital city of Heain-Kyo.

    Asuka wishes to never leave her mountain home. But her husband's career beckons him to the capital.

    Mountains covered in forests, forests filled with foxes. And with things more than foxes. No one says the word out loud, but Asuka knows it. Kitsune.

    The kitsune understand her love of remote Nagano. They share it.

    Asuka just wants her husband to share it too.

    "Tale of a Fox", a short story set in Heian era Japan.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRatatoskr Press
    Release dateApr 29, 2017
    ISBN9781946552204
    Tale of a Fox
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    Kate Macleod

    Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.

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      TALE OF A FOX

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      TALE OF A FOX

      For the first time in four years of marriage, Asuka did not find her husband’s awkward manner and shy smiles endearing. She watched in annoyance as Masuyo got to his feet in a lurch, the movement too hurried to be graceful, and then entangled himself in his long sleeves. The bunkan sokutai she had so carefully fashioned for him was wrinkled, all of her long work wasted by his carelessness.

      He would not last a day in Heian-kyo.

      Asuka bit the inside of her cheek, willing the tears not to come as Masuyo paid his respects to her father and left. She remained seated where she had so carefully positioned herself earlier, to greet her husband in a rare daytime visit.

      She had been glowing with happiness when she had received his message and had extended her invitation to come to call. It had seemed the perfect occasion to show off her new juni-hito, her robes of twelve layers. Each layer was a different color: scarlet,

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