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Creepy Little Girl Wants a Fox Shrine Maiden*

A pleasant Western tourist traveling in rural Japan. He's tried hard to be as respectful as possible, knowing how insensitive Westerners make life difficult and annoying for locals.

At a Buddhist temple, after respectfully purifying, bowing and clapping, he wanders around. A group of schoolgirls on a field trip are, do the chagrin of their teacher, being noisy. Except for one girl. Quiet and alone, she walks up to the man and gives him a wave and a small smile.

The man smiles back and waves. He barely gets out the words, "Konnichiwa, kodomo-chan" when the girl points at him. There is a flash of light then...

*The translation of the text. In Romanji: Bukimina shōjo wa kitsune no miko o hoshi gatte iru

If you know Japanese and I got something VERY wrong, please, please PLEASE let me know so I can fix it!