Grace James was an English writer, who is best known as the author of adventure stories for children. Grown up in Japan, Grace James was considered in her time and still remains nowadays as one of the most famous collectors and retellers of stories from the Japanese folk tradition. “The Good Thunder” is a tale about Rai-den, the spirit of thunder and storm, and his son Rai-Taro. The people are mortally afraid them and hate lightning and tempest – it is considered, that Rai-den is an unloving spirit, dangerous, revengeful and cruel to man. But in very deed the people are wrong. Rai-den and his son are the great and mighty gods, who viewing the doings of men and help them. This story is about one of such occurrences. Become your familiar with the mysterious world of the Far East with the collection of Japanese Fairy Tales! Enjoy the reading!