In "Urashima Taro and the Princess of the Sea," Urashima makes the decision of opening the forbidden box. The consequence was that his three hundred year old age catches up to him, and Urashima dies.

In "Urashima Taro and the Princess of the Sea," the Princess decides to trust Urashima in giving him the box. As a consequence Hiroshima opens the box and dies.

In "Come again in the Spring," the book keeper decides to come back a third time after his first two times had failed. As a result the bookkeeper can't come back.

Cause and Effect