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The legends agree that even as a toddler, Kintarō was active and indefatigable, plump and ruddy, wearing only a bib with the kanji for " gold " ( 金 ) on it.
His only other accoutrement was a hatchet ( ono and masakari ).
He was bossy to other children ( or there simply were no other children in the forest ), so his friends were mainly the animals of Mt.
Kintoki and Mt.
Ashigara.
He was also phenomenally strong, able to smash rocks into pieces, uproot trees, and bend trunks like twigs.
His animal friends served him as messengers and mounts, and some legends say that he even learned to speak their language.
Several tales tell of Kintarō's adventures, fighting monsters and demons, beating bears in sumo wrestling, and helping the local woodcutters fell trees.
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