The exterior shows signs of wear, such as wrinkles, but the story pages are clean, so I think it's still in a condition where you can read it. Korokoro Ike wa Pochan Ike (The Rolling Pond is the Splashing Pond) Kodomo no Tomo | March 1998 Issue Written by Kimiko Aman Illustrated by Noriko Ueno Hide-kun and his little sister Nana-chan dropped a rubber marble into the pond. Then, a kappa (water imp) child appears and searches the bottom of the pond, but they can't find it. So, the kappa child transforms the two of them into kappas with a magic song and takes them into the pond. In the pond, Nana-chan finds the marble, and Hide-kun also finds an orange ball he had lost before, and they have fun playing with the kappa children.