'What do you want?'
'What do you mean? I live here. Where are my father and mother? They are expecting me.'
'I do not understand. What is your name?'
'Urashima Taro.'
'Urashima Taro!' cried the man in surprise.
'Yes, that is my name: Urashima Taro!'
The man laughed, as if he saw the joke.
'You don't mean the original Urashima Taro?' he said. 'But still, you may be some descendant of his—what?'
'I do not understand you. My name is Urashima Taro. There is no other bears that name. I am the fisherman: surely you know me.'
The man looked at Urashima very closely to see if he were joking or not.