Round 4: Tossup 16

A deer and one of these animals accompany the Old Man of the South Pole. Lǚ Dòngbīn drew one of these animals that came alive and danced on a tavern wall, and ascended to heaven at a tower named for these animals at Snake Hill. After opening a jewelled box, Urashima Taro ages or turns (-5[1])into one of these animals. (-5[1])One of these animals gives an always-full sack of rice to a man who saves her from hunters, but abandons him after he peeks on her weaving a beautiful cloth made from her body, slowly killing herself. One of these animals stands on a (*) tortoise in a longevity motif. The supposed thousand-year lifespan of these animals is the basis (-5[1])of a legend popularized by Sasaki Sadako, who contracted leukemia from the Hiroshima bombing. (10[1])For 10 points, a wish is the reward for folding one thousand origami of what animals? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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