Best version:

Williston. Japanese fairy tales. 1st series.

The straw, the coal and the bean.

Best version:

Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.

[5] For source, see page number preceding title in index.

Other versions:

Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour.
(Why the bean wears a stripe.)

Blaisdell. Child life in many lands.
Strong. All the year round; Spring.