"How can I know what happened to me before I was born?"
Katsugoro looked surprised and exclaimed:
"Then you cannot remember anything that happened before you were born?"
"Do _you_ remember?" asked Fusa.
"Indeed I do," replied Katsugorō. "I used to be the son of Kyūbei San
of Hodo-kubo, and my name was then Tōzō--do you not know all that?"
"Ah!" said Fusa, "I shall tell father and mother about it."