With a yelp, the salesman recognized the tanuki he’d freed.

销售员大叫一声， 认出了他放出的那只狸猫。

Following the screams to their source, he discovered a trapped tanuki.

随着尖叫声的来源，他发现了一只被困的狸猫。

With a yelp, the salesman recognized the tanuki he'd freed.

销售员大叫一声，认出了他放出的那只狸猫。

However, this tanuki only smiled sweetly.

然而，这只狸猫只是甜甜地笑了笑。

The tanuki explained that he wanted to repay the salesman’s kindness.

狸猫解释说， 他要报答店员的恩情。

From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple.

从那天起，狸猫就成了神殿的尊贵客人。

The tanuki explained that he wanted to repay the salesman's kindness.

狸猫解释说，他要报答店员的恩情。

Some people even placed tanuki statues outside their homes and businesses to trick potential pranksters into taking their antics elsewhere.

有些人甚至将狸猫雕像放在他们的家和公司外面，以诱使潜在的恶作剧者将他们的滑稽动作带到别处。

Many Ghibli films, like The Secret World of Arrietty and Pom Poko are simply masterful retellings of older folktales, such as The Borrowers, and Japanese folklore regarding the tanuki spirits respectively.

吉卜力的许多电影，比如《借东西的小人阿莉埃蒂》和《平成狸合战》其实都是对古老传说的精彩演绎，两部电影分别改编自《地板下的小人》和日本狸猫精的传说。